KIDDIE cars were all the rage in the late 1940s but as with all street traffic, there were rules to follow – and who better to teach them than the local policeman?
This officer was running a course at Hyndland School in Glasgow a couple of months before Glasgow Corporation and the Ministry of War Transport staged a road safety exhibition at the city’s Kelvin Hall, aimed at reducing casualties among children.
A campaign had been suggested a few months before, when the corporation’s Highways and Planning Committee was told that 107 people were killed on
Glasgow’s roads between January 1 and November 17, 1945, with 54 of these victims being under 13.
But this course made safety child’s play with miniature traffic lights and road
markings making youngsters aware of the rules of the road for all users.
It would be some time before this learner got behind the wheel for real but the lessons learned in the playground would stand her in good stead for life.
These youngsters in Primary 6 at St Francis’ Primary in Gorbals, Glasgow, in 1992 were the proud
winners of an enterpreneurship award
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