§ 47 and 48. Mr. Holtasked the Minister of Transport (1) why his Department is advising local authorities that children and old people are not 61W really equipped to use pedestrian crossings safely, in view of the fact that children are continually advised to use such crossings in leaflets published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and other bodies;
(2) what facilities he recommends should be provided to enable children and old people to cross main roads in safety, in view of his advice to local authorities that children and old people are not really equipped to use pedestrian crossings safely.
§ Mr. GalbraithIt is right that children and old people should use pedestrian crossings if they are available and if there is no better protection such as an escort. But since an escort is very much safer for these classes of pedestrians my Department advises this means of protection if possible. This is a very difficult and urgent problem and we are giving special attention to it in our review of pedestrian crossing policy as a whole.