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Kids can learn road safety in Suffolk's new 'town'
Photo credit: Handout, 2009 | Students from Moriches Elementary School in the William Floyd School District ride their bikes at the new Safety Town in Holtsville.
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Safety Town through the years
The rules of the road are something that can't be learned in books - it takes practice.
That's the motive behind a Nassau County Police Department attempt to teach traffic safety awareness: a child-sized "Safety Town" built to one-third scale that includes paved streets with traffic signals as well as an overpass, tunnels and railroad crossing. Since 1972, the 21-building village - located...
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