Protect Yourself! Protect the Children!
“It was raining really hard and visibility wasn’t great, and I saw her step off the curb and I slammed on the brakes... I couldn’t stop, and it went right over her.”
News article quoting an SUV driver who struck and killed a crossing guard.
From 1993 to 2016, 16 NJ adult crossing guards were killed when struck by motor vehicles while at work. An additional 231 adult crossing guards suffered injuries serious enough to require full days away from work as a result of motor vehicle-related accidents.
New Jersey state law mandates that crossing guards receive training* and use required personal protective equipment.
*a minimum of two hours of classroom and 20 hours of supervised field training