Road safety: Grade 5 students in Stittsville get firsthand lesson [Video]

Grade 5 students in Stittsville had class outdoors Tuesday, to see firsthand what traffic is like right outside their school.

The group of about 30 at St. Stephen’s Catholic School on Stittsville Main Street walked to the nearest intersection at Hazeldean Road and used radar guns to see just how fast some drivers were going.

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They learned the rules of the road from Cindy Embury-Mulhern, a crossing guard who sees dangerous driving every day.

“I hope they get just a real life experience… seeing the distractions, seeing the people running the red lights, looking at their cell phones, jaywalking, because I can tell them all the stories in the world,” she says. “But for them to actually see it, I think it becomes more real for them. And then hopefully in a couple of years …