Yet another fatal accident. And no end of near misses.
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Near Miss
For example, in the UK, in Harrow, London, England, I was passenger in a car which tried to overtake another, not realising the car had stopped to let a pedestrian cross. This happens frequently.
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Singapore Fatality
A mother cross the road with three children, one on either hand and the third one runs ahead. (Fatal accident in Singapore. If I remember rightly, the accident killed the Korean mother and the three children. The British car driver was in prison awaiting trial for about a year before being released.)
Kindergarden Crocodile
When I was in kindergarten, we children had to walk in a crocodile, in pairs, hand in hand. Sometimes children have to march hand in hand in silence.
Lollipop Ladies
At a road, we all waited until the traffic stopped. A 'lollipop lady' with a lollipop shape, banner visible to cars, held up the traffic. (Alas now aended.)
Reins For Control
My mother kept me on a simple lead, called reins. Now you can get dog leads which can be adjusted to allow a dog or child or even an adult to stretch the lead and go no further than a distance you set.
Running In Public Places
I see children and even teenagers running around and shouting, making sudden movements, walking backwards or sideways, watching their friends, oblivious of their aurroundings.
I was prompted to write on Facebook:
Reins
This type of accident hapens again and again. Children under five, like dogs, should be kept on a lead and taught to walk about calmly and quietly.
They should not run around in public places but walk next to mother, father, parent or teacher. You see toddlers and children careering arond everywhere, racing along the street and out into the road, rushing around supermarkets and knocking over displays, bumping into adults including the elderly and hanicapped, piercing the air with their excited screams so that people zone out and cannot tell horseplay from an emergency.
Children should hold mother's or father's hand, or be attached by a lead. these deaths are preventable. What do you think the answer is?
Stations And Safety
Earlier this week in Singapore at a city centre railway station I heard a child shrieking for its mother. The child was racing in circles around the station platform. The mother was ignoring it, reading her mobile phone. I was two floors above. Everybody on the station could hear the child, except the mother. On a UK platform without barriers the child could have run over the edge onto the tracks.
Courtesy Campaign Improving Behaviour
What is the answer? Legislation?
Maybe a campaign worldwide like the ones in Singapore which encourage you to stand up and offer a seat to the elderly, turn down loud music, put your bag on the floor to make space for more.
Illustration from Wikipedia article on Signapore's courtesy campagn
Visiting Singapore
Singapore is an interesting country to visit. Most station platforms have barriers which makes them safer and fewer delays.
Useful Websites
NEWS OF ACCIDENTS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7061405/Boy-three-dies-hit-car-residential-street-north-London.html?fbclid=IwAR22emkaE8-AgwK5CWkcU9Uf6klFYSMSqysVrdjI6-mfMHt0bRO7-cvqJYk
SAFETY & COURTESY
https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/publications/guide-on-reducing-road-fatalities.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Courtesy_Campaign_(Singapore)
TRAVEL
singaporeair.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Near Miss
For example, in the UK, in Harrow, London, England, I was passenger in a car which tried to overtake another, not realising the car had stopped to let a pedestrian cross. This happens frequently.
Singapore Fatality
A mother cross the road with three children, one on either hand and the third one runs ahead. (Fatal accident in Singapore. If I remember rightly, the accident killed the Korean mother and the three children. The British car driver was in prison awaiting trial for about a year before being released.)
Kindergarden Crocodile
When I was in kindergarten, we children had to walk in a crocodile, in pairs, hand in hand. Sometimes children have to march hand in hand in silence.
Lollipop Ladies
At a road, we all waited until the traffic stopped. A 'lollipop lady' with a lollipop shape, banner visible to cars, held up the traffic. (Alas now aended.)
Reins For Control
My mother kept me on a simple lead, called reins. Now you can get dog leads which can be adjusted to allow a dog or child or even an adult to stretch the lead and go no further than a distance you set.
Running In Public Places
I see children and even teenagers running around and shouting, making sudden movements, walking backwards or sideways, watching their friends, oblivious of their aurroundings.
I was prompted to write on Facebook:
Reins
This type of accident hapens again and again. Children under five, like dogs, should be kept on a lead and taught to walk about calmly and quietly.
They should not run around in public places but walk next to mother, father, parent or teacher. You see toddlers and children careering arond everywhere, racing along the street and out into the road, rushing around supermarkets and knocking over displays, bumping into adults including the elderly and hanicapped, piercing the air with their excited screams so that people zone out and cannot tell horseplay from an emergency.
Children should hold mother's or father's hand, or be attached by a lead. these deaths are preventable. What do you think the answer is?
Stations And Safety
Earlier this week in Singapore at a city centre railway station I heard a child shrieking for its mother. The child was racing in circles around the station platform. The mother was ignoring it, reading her mobile phone. I was two floors above. Everybody on the station could hear the child, except the mother. On a UK platform without barriers the child could have run over the edge onto the tracks.
Courtesy Campaign Improving Behaviour
What is the answer? Legislation?
Maybe a campaign worldwide like the ones in Singapore which encourage you to stand up and offer a seat to the elderly, turn down loud music, put your bag on the floor to make space for more.
Illustration from Wikipedia article on Signapore's courtesy campagn
Visiting Singapore
Singapore is an interesting country to visit. Most station platforms have barriers which makes them safer and fewer delays.
Useful Websites
NEWS OF ACCIDENTS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7061405/Boy-three-dies-hit-car-residential-street-north-London.html?fbclid=IwAR22emkaE8-AgwK5CWkcU9Uf6klFYSMSqysVrdjI6-mfMHt0bRO7-cvqJYk
SAFETY & COURTESY
https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/publications/guide-on-reducing-road-fatalities.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Courtesy_Campaign_(Singapore)
TRAVEL
singaporeair.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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