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Parent urges Mobile City Council to audit school zones, equip crossing guards
Summary
A Mobile parent told the City Council that many school zones lack required signage and crossing guards lack authorized stop paddles and reflective gear, asking the council to audit zones, bring them into compliance with the 2009 MUTCD and equip crossing guards now rather than waiting for federal updates.
Jacob Cooper, identifying himself as a parent, told the Mobile City Council on Nov. 4 that several school zones in the city are missing “important warning signs” and that crossing guards are being sent into the field without equipment compliant with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
"The very signs that tell drivers a child is nearby, that a school zone has begun, or that the reduced speed is in effect," Cooper said,…
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