Now consider the masive line ups of cars every morning and afternoon transporting kids to and from schools. Kids walking next to the idling cars, they are shorter and heads are closer to the running exhausts. Even if they are one of the rare kids that still walks to school, there is a good chance they have to cross/walk beside a car infested stroad. Just because we took the lead out doesn’t mean these funes are no longer harmful.
Shockingly common in England currently. There’s a scheme to change roads near schools to pedestrian only during school hours but it’s getting loads of push back from the Range Rover brigade.
You may have lived in a rural area. The average city kid lives much closer to their school than that. My elementary school was about 50% bus in and 50% walk/drive in. Most of the second half walked as it was not a wealthy end of town so many parents couldn’t afford time or money wise to drive their kid a 10 minute walk. I can’t say for sure as i was a kid but i don’t think there was as much fear of the local streets being too dangerous then as well.
Now consider the masive line ups of cars every morning and afternoon transporting kids to and from schools. Kids walking next to the idling cars, they are shorter and heads are closer to the running exhausts. Even if they are one of the rare kids that still walks to school, there is a good chance they have to cross/walk beside a car infested stroad. Just because we took the lead out doesn’t mean these funes are no longer harmful.
I want to say none of that is common in England but perhaps it’s changed since I was at school.
Shockingly common in England currently. There’s a scheme to change roads near schools to pedestrian only during school hours but it’s getting loads of push back from the Range Rover brigade.
This is more of a North American problem. Many north americans believe it is too dangerous to let kids walk to school.
When I was young, unless you had a driver’s license, everyone took the school bus (ain’t nobody walking 20 miles to school).
You may have lived in a rural area. The average city kid lives much closer to their school than that. My elementary school was about 50% bus in and 50% walk/drive in. Most of the second half walked as it was not a wealthy end of town so many parents couldn’t afford time or money wise to drive their kid a 10 minute walk. I can’t say for sure as i was a kid but i don’t think there was as much fear of the local streets being too dangerous then as well.