On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, a CAA School Zone Safety Assessment was conducted at two White City elementary schools. Ecole White City is located at 30 Kingsmere Ave. and Emerald Ridge Elementary School is located at 15 Motherwell Drive in White City. The assessment took place before school from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and after school from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

On the left: Ecole White City School (photo credit: Google Maps)
Pictured right: Emerald Ridge Elementary School (photo credit: Angel Blair)

Staff from the Town of White City and the White City Fire Chief, RCMP officers, local volunteers, and CAA Saskatchewan staff worked in teams to track risky behaviours of drivers and pedestrians in the two school zones.

“The CAA School Zone Safety Assessment will provide us with valuable data to help increase safety in our community," explained White City Mayor Brian Fergusson. “The information we can learn by tracking pedestrian, cyclist, and motorist behaviours will help our Transportation Advisory Committee, Council, and administration in identifying programs and projects to increase safety and pedestrian connectivity throughout White City.” 

“The CAA School Zone Safety Assessment is an online application (app) that tracks the identified risky behaviours and ultimately provides education and awareness about the importance of school zone safety,” said Angel Blair, CAA School Zone Safety Coordinator. The assessment tool is free of charge and can be booked through CAA. School or community staff must make themselves available for onsite tracking and can work with CAA to establish the risky behaviours to be identified and tracked. The results are collected and given to the school community to share with staff, students, families, community partners, and decision makers regarding steps required to improve the safety in their school zones.

CAA reminds motorists that we can work together to make our school zones safe by eliminating distracted driving, observing traffic laws, paying attention to ‘No Stopping’ and ‘No Parking’ signs, and driving according to the posted speed limit.

Drivers, please remember performing U-turns in school zones is illegal in some municipalities. At a stop sign please come to a complete stop and proceed when safe to do so.

It’s good safety practice for students and all pedestrians to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, and THINK before crossing streets and busy intersections.

Students and families, please don’t run out in traffic or between parked cars, buses, or buildings, and remember to cross at crosswalks when you can or at a marked intersection. Never jaywalk.

The combined number of risky behaviours at Ecole White City School during the CAA School Zone Safety Assessment is: 268.

The combined number of risky behaviours at Emerald Ridge Elementary School during the CAA School Zone Safety Assessment is: 276.

Detailed results can be found at caask.ca/schoolzonesafety. Download the CAA Family Safety booklet.

For further information, contact: 

Angel Blair
Senior Communications Specialist
CAA School Zone Safety and CAA School Safety Patrol Coordinator
CAA Saskatchewan
306.216.7362
angel.blair@caask.ca