Traffic Safety Kids Page

You may use your mouse (mouse) to click on any underlined words to jump to other pages. Some of the pictures are jumps also. If you put the mouse cursor over a picture, and you see a little hand, click to see where you go. All jumps are within the Kids Traffic Safety section of the New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee site, except the Other Safety Sites listed below.

~ Other Safety Sites for Kids ~

The NYS Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control has a Fire Safety Page with pictures of Hershey, a chocolate labrador retriever, who has been specially trained to find the cause of fires. They also have information, games and pictures related to fire safety.

Vince & Larry's Safety City located at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. The games for groups were provided by agencies in Pennsylvania. Some of their laws are slightly different from ours in New York State.

If you live on a farm, you probably know these safety rules. If you plan to visit in a rural area, you may not be aware of the dangers on a farm. Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is an international, non-profit organization which works to prevent farm related injuries to children.

If you are going camping or picnicking, see the Smokey the Bear website from the US Forest Service. Remember, only you can prevent forest fires!

Here are some tips on protecting your eyes from Optima, Inc., an eye glass lens manufacturer.

The Florida Citizen Safety Center, Children's Safety Center provides safety tips from what to do after an accident to how to protect yourself in bad weather.

The Nemours Foundation provides a Kids Health site. They have information on all types of topics including not injuring yourself using the computer, how to deal with change and your feelings, health, safety, and games.

For older kids:

If you are interested in volunteer work or community service, you should check out the American Red Cross Youth Page.

Information from the US Department of Transportation about sharing the road safely with commercial vehicles, including a quiz, coloring page and digital post cards you can send are available from the No-Zone Safety Site.