Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Make Biking and Walking to School Mandatory by Having a Safe Route


Every school should encourage biking, walking, and car pooling. As we all go to neighborhood schools, the distance between homes and schools are not too far off. So kids who live close by should If you can’t walk to school either because you are physically injured or live far away then you can put a certain sticker the school gives you on your car that allows you to drop your child off at the drop off zones. If you bike to school you must be safe at all times! Some ideas to for a safe bike route is, take detours to avoid hazards, take the safest most direct route, ride on bike lane routes, and go on the right side of traffic to avoid collisions. Fact: Kids biking on the side walk have over 2.5 times of colliding with automobile. Just remember you can help us all walking or biking to school.


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