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To find out more about the Captain Jerry Traffic
Safety Program, click one of the following links!
Feel free to email Captain Jerry with comments
or questions at captainjerry@cityofsacramento.org
Captain Jerry's mission
statement
The goal of the "Captain Jerry Traffic Safety
Program" is to educate children on traffic safety
- safe travel to and from school, use of seatbelts,
walking in crosswalks, watching for cars, bicycle
rules, and school bus safety.
Who is Captain Jerry?
The Captain Jerry Traffic Safety Program is
designed for elementary school children. Captain
Jerry is the creation of Street
Services Division Manager Jerry Way in the
Department of Transportation.
Why was this program started?
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of
death for children. Each year about 1,900 child
pedestrians up to age 14 are killed and 46,000
injured. City Council members, school principals,
parents and Department of Transportation staff
have been very concerned about the problem. In 1992,
the Captain Jerry Traffic Safety Program was created
in response to those concerns. Through this interactive
educational program, children are taught traffic
safety lessons which will help reduce those staggering
statistics.
What is the Captain Jerry
Traffic Safety Program?
At no cost to any of the city's elementary
schools, Captain Jerry personally presents the
Traffic Safety Program to more than 10,000 children
annually. The Traffic Safety Program includes the
use of a portable traffic signal and a caricature
map of the school and surrounding neighborhood.
After the presentation, the map is given to teachers
to copy and distribute to students. The map will
familiarize them with street names, traffic signs
and signals, and the safest route from home to
school. Each child receives a copy of the colorful "Cool
School Safety Rules" coloring and activity book
listing the five basic rules of traffic safety
in words and phrases easy for children to understand
and remember. Children also receive Captain Jerry "Safety
Rules!" stickers and pencils. They are encouraged
to place the stickers on their own seatbelt (with
mom and dad's permission) to remind them to always "buckle
up!" When can we schedule our
school presentation?
Schedule your school presentation for the coming
school year with Captain Jerry NOW. For more information,
call John "Bucky" Perez at (916) 808-7607.
Special recognition
for the program
Congratulations to the Captain Jerry Traffic Safety
Program for earning the following honors:
- Resolution
Honoring Captain Jerry Traffic Safety Program,
Sacramento City Council, 1993.
- Excellence in Transportation
Award, CalTrans, 1994.
- Tranny Award, California
Transportation, 1994.
- Safety Center Incorporated
Innovative Program of the Year Award, 1996.
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