The short leash on kids that strangles independence

By Editorial
Updated December 6 2017 - 10:02am, first published December 5 2017 - 2:01pm

For a regional city like Ballarat with an abundance of good local primary schools, it might come as a surprise to see the school-side traffic jams which are a regular and often dangerous factor at the drop off and pick up times. Proximity and traffic volumes don’t give much weight to the most common excuses it is too dangerous or far for kids to walk to school alone.

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