"Thank God we have those barriers right there."
That was the comment of a Head Start director after two cars collided at a busy Albuquerque intersection and both cars crashed into the front of a daycare and preschool.
That was the comment of a Head Start director after two cars collided at a busy Albuquerque intersection and both cars crashed into the front of a daycare and preschool.
As the Task Force in Orlando Florida completes there work on a new ordinance to protect daycare centers in Orange County (see the press coverage HERE ) this event in Albuquerque proves the point. Two cars collide in an intersection and both of them slam over the sidewalk and into the parking lot of a daycare -- but instead of tragedy as we saw at the KinderCare in Orlando, this daycare had a barrier in place that protected the babies and children just inside the building. To see the video and hear the interview, please review the excellent coverage from KRQE news HERE.
This is a good example of why ASTM took steps to create a test standard for safety barriers and bollards. This new ASTM standard - F3016 - will allow architects and engineers and city planners and daycare providers to understand that protection is necessary, that heavy vehicles moving at high speed can kill, and that with a small amount of planning and wise expenditure of funds, children can be safe in the very place parents drop them off every day.
So what could have been a tragedy turns out to be a wonderful lesson on planning ahead. I hope that the city and county representatives in Florida take heed of the this lesson and listen to their task force -- because lives depend on people doing the right thing for the right reasons.
This is a good example of why ASTM took steps to create a test standard for safety barriers and bollards. This new ASTM standard - F3016 - will allow architects and engineers and city planners and daycare providers to understand that protection is necessary, that heavy vehicles moving at high speed can kill, and that with a small amount of planning and wise expenditure of funds, children can be safe in the very place parents drop them off every day.
So what could have been a tragedy turns out to be a wonderful lesson on planning ahead. I hope that the city and county representatives in Florida take heed of the this lesson and listen to their task force -- because lives depend on people doing the right thing for the right reasons.
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