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Before I start, I am not slating or putting down the incredible job these people are employed to do, there is nothing more useful in the fight against child crossing safety then these people.


However I do have a question concerning deployment of these valuable resources.


When I was a child (dim and distant memory) Lollipop men and women were positioned at crossings with no other control over making drivers stop (road islands without lights, Zebras or anything) and this helped children get across some of the more dangerous crossing points. Yet now I mostly see them at crossings that have Pelican Crossings, Zebra Crossings or traffic lights already installed at them.


Is it me or is this now down to a failure by drivers to stop at lights / crossings that requires this?


Surely there would be more benefit in placing the national treasures that are School time Lollipop people at crossings that don't already have any other controls in place to stop drivers in favour of children crossing ?


Like I said I think they provide a wonderful service but I am questioning the decision to deploy them at crossings that already control the traffic.


Xena

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Hi Mr BBW


I am referring to them all over the place


This morning I was stopped by one on a Pelican crossing on the South Circular (just before the A23 cross over)

There is one on a Zebra Crossing on Barry Road

and so on.


Like I said I think they would serve a better safety remit if they were positioned at crossigns that didn't already have mechanisms in place to stop traffic.


I guess Zebra Crossings may well be the only exception I can think off as cars often don't stop when they should but ...


And no I haven't asked them as it would mean getting out of my car (6)

snorky Wrote:

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> Sadly No - the clown eluded the long arm of the

> filth - he ran away to join the circus


lol...


Mind you he nearly got caught so many times, but he walked the tightrope and got away with it...

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