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sixTiPs
Hit
Always
ear
helmet
hen
ou
areon
your
b lke
because
f
you
don' t ,
nd
ou
get
crushed
y
some
uge
ehicle,
he
media
nd
he
pol ice i l l say
t
was
al l
your
ault ,
no mat ter
I
whether
ousustained
head
njury
r
not
i
l f there
re
members
f
the
Toronto
ol ice
earby,
o
not
I
handle
nusual
r
re f lect ive
bjects,
uch
sblcyc les
r
can-
openers.
uch
tems
may
dentify
ou
as
a menace
o
publ ic
sa
ety.
l f
you
eel
nervous
hen
ou
meet
new
kinds
f
peopLe,
rt tea
let ter
o
Toronto 's
ayor
nd
al l unusual
eople
i lL e
removed
rom
he c i ty
st reets
n orderto
ensure
ouhave
pleasat t ime
downtown.
ecome
oor. eing
oor
s
danqerous
ecause
hen
you
can't
f ford
o
go
o the
gym
and
you
wi l l
have
o do
your
workout
uts ide
n the a i r
po l lu t ion.
as
arge
vehic le
s
you
can
afford.
hat
way
fyou
get
n
a crash
ouand
your
k ids
wi l l be
safer han
he
other
eople
and
herr
ids.
Ready
or
an adventure?Try
aking
streetcar
owntown
ut
becarefu l ,
f
you
are
not
n the
habit
of usinq
ubl icransi t
ou
should
now hat
t
is not
assafe
s
t seems.
e ly ing
n
streetcars
or
your
ransportat ion
eeds
may ead
o
socia l ism'
You
ould
ind
yoursel f
hinking
hat axes
ren ' t
uch
bad
thing
af ter
l l .
@Sattg
McKag
and
Ben Smith
Lea
By Ca
oo
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Mg
name s
SafetgAnimatand
l 'm new in town.
Do
gou
remember
Etmer
he
Safetg
Etephant,
hat cute
it t te
sap
with the
safetg
ips?
Wett, e retired
and t've taken
over
Etmerwas prettg poputarand I know a tot 0f gou are
gonna
miss
him.Heck,'m
prettg
fond of the
gug
mgsetf i t 's
hard
not to
l ike someone ho's
wean
ing a
saitorhat, r ight?
So
wanna
hear whg
Etmer ban-
doned
his
post
as
ontario '
foremost
afetU
sp0kesetepha
Read n..
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Etmer
urstonto
he kids
safetg
cene
wagback n w+t.Hehada tongand
famousareer.
tmer orked
tosetu
ith
the upperechetons
f traff ic
planners
and aw
enforcers. vergonegreed
hat
brainwashing
eopte
o keepoutof
the
waqof
cars
made
heir
obs
much
ess
stressfut.
t wasup to Etmero convince
peopte
hat ctearinghe wag
or cars
wasn't
ust
convenient
or
drivers,
t
was
atso
SAFE."
odo thishe emptoued
he
timetesstrategg
f
programming
hit-
dren
o behaven
certainwags.
e
taught hemnever o run andnever o
suffer
momentaru
xcitement
hat
might
cause
btoodg
raff icaccident.
he
work
made
Etmer appg.
He oved
he
nno-
cence f
the chitdren
nd reattg
etieved
that eaching
hema tot of
rules
woutd
make
hemsafe.
He reattg
betieved
that teaching them
a
lot of rules would make
Can
gou
see
the
difference?
all-purposeoveralls
(orange
or visibi l i ty)
stick or road
sensibleoors
hockey
elephanteet
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1.You ids re
esoonsibleor
your
ownsafety.
f
a car
hits
you
ts
your
own ault or not
being areful .
./
2.Cars
ulelyourife,
\
even
when hey
are{urned
ff.
You
re
in
constant
anger,
nd ts
all
your
own
fault or being
rnpredictable.
so
--a
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lmer was
gett ing
td.
His
neeswere
he wasmoving
lot more
towtu. ne aghe
a car.Here
s what
happened: tmerived n
apartment uitding n
Steeies
ve.
n
he northof
hematl. here
e bought
roceries
as
crosshe busq
oad.Thenearest
ignatised
as
{00
metres waq.
herewasnoother
is nees
urt.
So
he
crossed id-btock,
ust
neighboursid
att
he
ime.And
he
got
hit.
t is
hat heroadhe was rgin g o
crosswasbuittbg
mptoge[ togdhe
Traff ic ngineer.
w
Etmer ad workedctosetg
ith
potice
nd raff ic
en
neers,but after his
accident
he ontghetphe
got
fr
cotteagues
as
advice
o
"wear
br ight ctothing,"
n
"use he crosswalk." nabte
o
work due o
his
injuries, tmerett ntoa depression
andbegan o questionhe value f
his ife'swork.He ound
hat he
was
unabteo face he itt te hitdren
witha ctear onscience.
ndsohe
decided
o
retire.
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