School Crossing Patrols

Hello All

During your Safer Neighbourhood Patrols, you might see us either in the morning or afternoon outside schools, engaging with students, staff and members of the school crossing patrols.

Patrol members are valued members of Derbyshire communities supporting children and their families to cross safely on their journey to and from school.

Knowing that a patrol is there to support you to cross safely can help children and families decide to make the most of their school journey, which can help them keep fit, beat traffic jams and reduce pollution.

We are highlighting in this post that issues have been reported to us around failing to stop while Patrol members are still either crossing students or when returning to the pavement.

Please remember... These patrols are there to keep everyone safe.

Patrol signs and what they mean...

Patrols use their signs to communicate with road users. Here is a reminder of what each position means:

🟡 Sign upside down
When the crossing patrol person holds their sign (or lollipop!) upside down this means they are not ready to take children or other pedestrians across the road.

🟡 Sign sideways
When the crossing patrol person holds their sign sideways this is to act as a barrier to stop children crossing until it is safe to do so.

🟡 Sign held up high
When the crossing patrol person is ready to cross children they will stand at the side of the road and hold their sign up high. When this happens vehicles must be prepared to stop.

🟡 Sign extended out
When the crossing patrol person has their arms and sign outstretched this means all vehicles must stop. You should wait until the crossing patrol person has returned to the pavement before moving off.

It is an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1984 if you do not stop when signalled to do so by a school crossing patrol. Penalties can include:

🟡 a fine up to £1000
🟡 3 penalty points
🟡 disqualification

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Thanks, PCSO Kirsty