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Parents Putting Kids Road Safety At Risk
Mon, 21 Feb 2011

A new study suggests that a "relaxed attitude" to road safety among UK adults may be putting children at risk.

Research carried out by Admiral shows that one in ten parents know a child who has been knocked down by a vehicle.

Despite this, the insurance provider found that a third of mums and dads still use their mobiles or listen to music on headphones when crossing the road, while nearly 10 per cent of young people do the same.

Furthermore, less than half of parents (42 per cent) and just under a fifth of young adults (18 per cent) do not abide by the Green Cross Code of road safety when crossing roads.

This is despite the fact that 85 per cent of parents believe that roads are busier than before and 70 per cent feel motorists are driving faster.

In addition, 61 per cent of parents less consideration is shown to pedestrians.

Commenting on the findings, Kevin Clinton, head of road safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: "Parents and carers have an important role to play in helping their children learn about road safety from an early age."

Admiral polled 1,317 parents and 1,000 seven to 12-year-olds for their road safety research.
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