Background Info to Scholar Patrol / School Patrol
Scholar Patrol is an important part of road safety education and essential to enhancing the safety of our scholars at their schools. Not only does it regulate traffic, improve speed calming and facilitate safe crossing of the road but also instills in the minds of our young pedestrians an awareness of the importance of road safety.
The Safety Patrol Program was started by the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 1920. Boys, when they reached the sixth grade, would be screened for the proper character traits and then trained in safety and put to use.
Why do we need scholar patrol?
Each year, children travel to and from school almost 200 times.
Dangerous traffic congestion occurs around schools with so many parents dropping their children off in the morning and picking them up after school.
Traffic Authorities, school teachers and principals recognize that this congestion creates the most dangerous location on a child’s...
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