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From: Universities Transport Study Group [mailto:UTSG@...] On
Behalf Of Tramsol@...
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 12:56 AM
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Subject: [UTSG] Kids safer going to school outside the car

I recall some work - possibly Australian - which showed that there were
greater risks for kids taken to school in cars - through a number of factors

including - lack of supervision and security ("its only a short school run
no need
for seat belts" can fit 6 kids in my 5 seat saloon etc), and stressed driver

(get everyone through breakfast drop breadwinner A at the station rush to
the
school drop kid B and then take kid C to nursery before rushing to the part
time
job which just about pays to keep Kid C in nursery etc). Combine this with
many schools which still have inherently dangerous arrangements for mixed
flows
of kids, teachers cars, delivery vehicles and parents cars all circulating
in
the same areas and it seems a logical outcome that the kids taken to school
in the cars are in greatest danger, as well as posing greatest danger to
those
not in cars.

Dave Holladay
Glasgow