What are crosswalks?

A crosswalk is a special path on the street that helps people walk safely from one side to the other.

Imagine you're playing with your toy cars on the floor, and there's a line drawn in the middle of the road, that’s like a crosswalk! When it's safe, you can step onto this path and walk across, just like your toy car would zoom from one side to the other.

Without crosswalks, walking across the street might feel like trying to jump over a big puddle, tricky and sometimes dangerous! But with a crosswalk, you know exactly where to go, and cars usually slow down so you can walk safely.

Sometimes there are little lights above the crosswalk that blink red or green, just like traffic lights, they help tell you when it's your turn to cross.

Crosswalks make walking across the street feel like a fun game with rules, not a scary adventure!