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"Handle grips must be kept condition; brakes Survey Shows Many Parents Shirking Duty In Guiding Children's Street Behavior By MARY WILLIAMS Oshawa Times Staff "Children are carefree not careless" -- 2 motto, frequent- ly seen on many safety posters, s has been worn to a frazzle. It has encouraged parents to forget about their responsibil- ities so that while it is some- times applicable to pre-school p age children -- it no longer applies to children attending school. In the past few days, to intro- duce National Child Safety Week in Oshawa and district, a | comprehensive .survey was | safety patrolmen made of all Police Depart- ments in the area, from the Pickering Township Police on the west to the Bowmanville Police Department on the east including the Oshawa, Whitby,|. Ajax and Provincial Police, to determine which safety viola- tions presented the biggest problems and to find out what the departments were doing to overcome them. It was the consensus of all that bicycle donald Public School in Bay| Ridges just as school was dis- missed in the afternoon. On Krosno boulevard, before | reaching the school, the first! picture was taken of two little) boys wandering haphazardly in the middle of the street, un-| aware of the approach of the police vehicle or any other. There is a sidewalk on this! street but many of the students fail to use it. Some of the older students walk three or four! abreast and refuse to move off | to the side to allow traffic to) pass. | On Balaton avenue, | the school, children were seen riding double on their bicycles | and Sergeant Box stopped two| on Cortez avenue. | In the picture, lower left, he is seen pointing out defects on| jShould be checked frequently; broken or missing spokes should be repaired or replaced ; jimmediately as a broken spoke « can catch in the forks and throw a child right over the |handlebars into the path of a countered the same problems petals but now feel they are under ' control. aa 7 Sergeant Robson has had the ot We wel Reels Oe ke backing of an active Safety|put js strongly recommended Council for the past eleven that a carrying device be se- By tie aed ea earely mounted, preferably on hey have gived HBARGEl back fender for better con support, sponsored bicycle| ¢, ; rodeos, done a lot of the paper |; paneiaule Robinson Aeeeeted oat ae "Fr; |that monkey bars were for work, and have been a definite | acrobatics and should not be age in getting the support Of | nurchased' for regular riding e parents." The streets are n d i- This spring, the Safety Coun- cycle acrobatics ip piace for hi cil, Sergeant Robson and the "The proper use of bicycles school teachers were co-spon- , desi ' and safety rules should be sors of a safety poster display taught at home by a parent who should be checked periodically, lubricated and THE SIDEWALK. IS NOT CROWDED which had 2,600 posters in the Shopping Centre alone. Art teachers guided the students and most children from Grade 8 down entered one. Another successful event ar- understands the working of alig pe walking mostly on the|tendance of about 16,000 i a stly ,000 pupils,Jin size to Ajax and Corporal OF sce tudes the safety rules," |side of the road but the Slane ond while pointing out theselMcGuey drew attention hy the si ones were the offenders. An-|areas in particular, other AFeaS| pact | ' WHITBY POLICE jother spot which had heavy con-jaround other schools are just|2°t i" Concurrence with Ser- Constable Ernest Stoneman|8estion of undisciplined pedes-|as bad. Beant Robson of Ajax, that be- warns them about riding year double. The bicycle had four rodeo defects, any one of which could $ cause an accident -- the pedals were badly worn; no horn; no head light; and no carrier for was a_ unique in which donated by local garages. The|walks, especially pupils from mechanics gave a Saturday|Grades 7 through high school, ine racycle to the owner, as helranged by Mrs. Wetherall last of the Whitby Police Depert,|ttian traffic was around Me- bicycle|ment finds his biggest headache |L@ughlin Collegiate, where Con-| she secured|is the older children walking on|Stable Moring reports the worst|_ 17 eich : i ide-|Offenders are in Grades 9 and|John McGuey has the safety the services of three mechanics,|the roads instead of the side- assignment and works in close "Constable Moring complains|C°-Operation with the Provincial |BOWMANVILLE I Bowmanville, Police at Bowmanville. Corporal books or other items. I; morning, stationed themselves|who should be setting the ex-\°f lack of instruction on the cause the area was smaller the \safety patrolmen had a better chance to know the students and their parents and therefore got better co-operation from the parents. Constable Robinson of the hing up concur. that. bicycle|\OPP sums the whole riders were the worst offenders ; in a designated park and re-|ample to the younger students,|Parents' part when a child gets| They a -- the most difficult to reach -- bar st 2 pea to cten|Paired free of charge any bi-|\ He agrees with the, other|his first: bicycle. anny: ro riders give 'them Ve ; erent Fee ne pallsemnen ae moet| because it couldn't get past the\CyCe Proust, to them by alareas that Bicycle niders Jack|sive a child, a push to get tim|trouble, 'with, and riding after|do their best to educate all these same policemen, as most a OKT hea ans id, safety training, demonstrated|o her sta ae ifereat 4 ag ithout' ligh "td indichildren in all are in the senior grades of ele-|Sc®ne, Shown in the upper PROVINCIAL POLICE \by 'many riding double, by rid-|the child on his own thereafter.|dark without lights. They find|children in a aspects of safety, mentary school -- it was first|Picture, where pre - schoolers Constable Douglas Robinson|ing abreast and expecting cars| These two constables super-|making the offender walk the|the real responsibility for the it's giving | sults cut NE 6 8 DISE Oshawa hopping Centre ms ona" ntil 9 P.M, Re he ee ee a potieindinadintadhdeda dda ae ee ee a ol ge Te td Padi ss SERGEANT B. A, Box of Pickering Township Police, having stopped these two girls for riding double on their bicycles on Cortez avenue, Bay Ridges, points VIOLATING TRAFFIC ACT to. the pedals, which are lacking treads, making it dangerous to ride. Other defects pointed out were: no headlight, no horn or bell, as required by the and foremost the responsibility of the parents to enforce adher- ence to the safety rules and the parents seemed unaware of this. "How do we make parents aware of their responsibilities in teaching safety habits?" they all asked. PICKERING POLICE To get a better idea of the situation, accompanied by a photographer, and_ Sergeant Bernard A. Box of the Picker- ing Township Police, a tour was taken in the heavily populated area around Sir John A. Mac- and their tricycles were sprawl- ed all over the road. Watching of the Whitby Detachment ofj'0 0 around them. the truck approach they did|the Ontario Provincial Police, In his visits to the Whitby for 41 schools with a total at- vise the street safety program/bicycle home helps. Bowmanville is comparable/safety, begins in the home". child's safety and education in not make any effort to get offjwho is in charge of safety for|schools, which he makes about} the street. Ne parents i older|the rural sections from Scar-|three times a year, he teaches people were in sight. The police feel very frus- trated at situations such as this. They have tried taking the chil- dren to their mothers and draw- ing their attention to the chil- dren's danger, only to have the mothers scoff. PROGRAM FOR CYCLISTS Back at the police station, Sergeant Box outlined his de- partment's plans for cracking down on careless bicycle riders. Every police vehicle will have a supply of cards to be filled out when the patrolman catches a boy or girl violating the traf- fie act. On the cards is space for the) TRAFFIC ACT child's name, age, address, par- ents' or guardian's name, the borough to Courtice and from|the stop, look and listen rules the lake to Sunderland, on|0f safety to the younger chil- viewing the pictures on this/dren, and rules of the road to) page, had this to say: the older ones. | "These pictures are not iso-| He maintains that careless lated incidents, they are com-|Tiding habits on bicycles will| mon throughout the whole area.|C@!ry over and become care- The picture of Sergeant Box|less driving habits when the| pointing out the faults on that|Tider is old enough to drive aj bicycle aptly illustrates the|Car and he warns the older chil- | main factor in bicycle safety--|dren of this. the failure to have a bicycle in|}QOSHAWA'S PROBLEMS good working condition with} proper equipment. Moring is assisted in his school | "Many parents don't even re-|safety program by Constable| alize what equipment is neces-|Beyerley Graham. | sary and required by law," he! Constable Moring agreed that! continued, bicycle riders give the most| concern, closely followed by REQUIREMENTS child pedestrians in the senior | "The Highway Traffic Act re-|grades in elementary schools to ANNOUNCE A LAST END SALE MADEto MEASURE type of violation, the section of |Quires every bicycle to have a/Grades 9 and 10 in high schools. | the Highway Traffic Act, the|warning device such as a bell | location of the offence and the|or horn; a white or amber head |co date. wees turned in to Sergeant Box, who |00 feet and a red tail light or will send out a letter to the par-|8lass reflector. light which is clearly visible at\ity for pictures to illustrate his The completed card will be|night for a distance of at. least|point. upper right, One area which was causing mcern provided an opportun- SUITINGS were taken at} ents, carrying the same infor- mation as is on the card, notify- ing the parents of the mis- demeanor, and closing with the following paragraph: "In writing this letter, it is) not our intention to have the|League," child punished. Instead, it is s our hope that in bringing this # violation to your attention, you|wid ¢ will take immediate steps to e see that the child is taught the m safety rules and all laws per- @ taining to bicycles. This letter Highway Traffic Act; and it lacks a proper carrier for parcels or books, which the police recommend, Oshawa Times Photos By Bruce Jones = a.m. The Kiwanis Club of Bay is therefore a CAUTION letter. However, any further violations will be looked upon more ser- iously."" The letter is sent out over the signature of Police Chief R. T. Parker. In the station the card is filed. All cards brought in are checked against the ones al- ready on file and if a child's name shows up the second time, the parents are again notified of the offence and at this time, if the police feel a warning would do more to alleviate the situation, then a warning is given. If it is a-serious offence the child stands a chance of being charged and brought into juvenile court. "Otherwise, the police want to. bring the situation to the at- tention of the parents that the child is breaking traffic laws, to give them a chance to do} something about it. There will be NO THIRD CHANCE," Ser-| geant Box emphasized. In'an effort to teach the chil- dren, Sergeant Box will be at the bicycle rodeo being held in Kiwanis Park, Bay Ridges, June 10, from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 Ridges sponsors the rodeo in conjunction with the police. TOWN OF AJAX Sergeant Donald Robson of the Ajax Police Department re- Also required by Ontario Law is white reflector tape on the front and red reflector tape on the rear, "The tape can be secured from the Ontario Safety Constable Robinson reports, "and comes in strips Ridgeway avenue and Elizabeth | street, where there were no sidewalks, at noon hour. Eliza- beth street as seen in the pic- ture, is a driver's nightmare. Bicycles and children are going in every direction. Children are dipsy-doodling all over the ba 2 Pce. 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