The Green Cross Code
You learn the five steps of the Green Cross Code and use them whenever you cross.
How to look in traffic
- Find a safe place to cross.
- Stop just before the kerb.
- Look all around and listen, and let traffic pass.
- When it is safe, go straight across.
Where is the safest place to cross?
- Find a safe place first.
- Use a crossing if there is one.
- Never cross between parked cars or on a corner.
More examples
A car is coming. What do you do?
- Stop at the kerb.
- Look all around and listen.
- Let the car pass, and wait for a safe gap.
The road is clear. What now?
- Go straight across.
- Do not run.
- Keep looking and listening while you cross.