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02.28.08

Yellow triangle for safety Life, Life in Switzerland | (2)
In Switzerland, children are provided a free yellow, reflective traffic triangle that is worn to and from school. It is placed over clothing around the neck. Children are, also, given traffic training by a professional starting at age five which is the first year a child can go to school. Sweet Bear was given the training by a policeman. The kids were taken to a real road in front of my daughter's school and each child practiced crossing the road under the supervision of the officer. After the training at school each child in her class was sent ...

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