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Safe Kids Canada and CN continue the exciting tradition of the Safe Crossing Program! Since 2005, more than 270,000 children in Canada have participated and learned about rail safety! Safe Crossing Month takes place annually, during November.
Parents
Did you know there are 73,047 kilometres of railway tracks and approximately 55,000 public, private and pedestrian highway/railway crossings in Canada? Talk to your children about rail safety and the dangers of trespassing, and teach them about staying safe around trains and railway tracks. Be realistic about your child's abilities based on their age and stage of development. Children younger than 9 or 10 years of age need to be supervised. It's perfectly natural for children to be swayed by peer pressure into taking unnecessary risks, and children tend to have a limited comprehension of dangerous situations.
Walk with your child and discuss rail safety at a level they can understand. As your child grows and matures, making safe choices will become second nature.
Check out : Rail safety - parent fact sheet Rail safety for kids .
You and your child are walking down the sidewalk towards a railway crossing. As you approach, the lights begin to flash and the gates come down. How long is it from the time the lights begin to flash until the train rockets through the crossing? One minute? Two minutes?
Answer: as little as 20 seconds - definitely not enough time to make it across.
Surprised? Trains often look like they are moving relatively slowly, simply because they are so big. Just as you teach your children how to navigate through traffic, teach your children safety rules for staying safe around trains and at railway crossings.
Kids
Join CN's safety train, Obie and his sidekick engineer Max, to learn about railway safety. Obie's kid-friendly website is a fun way to learn about being safe around trains and tracks. With every click of the mouse kids will discover new safety messages. Check out:
- Obie's activity booklet
- Obie's online storybooks!
- Obie's song (lyrics (pdf) and audio, Windows Media)
- Safe Crossing month certificate 2011 (pdf)
- http://www.cn.ca/obie
