SCHOOL crossing supervisor Susan Hand has seen some "scary stuff" in her 10 years holding the stop sign.
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She said it was often challenging to find a break in the traffic and sometimes motorists didn't respond well to having to stop. "I try to make the minimal disturbance that I can, but sometimes the traffic is just continual," Mrs Hand said.
"I see reasonably often people on their phone, I see people applying their make-up with two hands and I see people drinking coffee with mugs from the kitchen."
Mrs Hand, who is the crossing supervisor in Koroit, said the lives of each and every child who uses the crossing is precious and urged people to slow down.
"I urge people to slow down and take care," she said.
"If you're doing more than the speed limit there is no way you will stop in time if a child runs out."
Mrs Hand said accidents could happen in the blink of an eye. "There's no going back - one second of inattention can cause an accident that you can't take back," she said.
Mrs Hand said the most frightening incident was when a car was speeding towards the crossing and the driver realised they would not be able to stop in time.
"There was a car hooning out of Koroit and I braced myself - I thought this car is going to run into the one that has stopped. It mounted the footpath and drove along the footpath before speeding off," she said.
Mrs Hand said the car narrowly avoided a woman walking along the footpath.
She said the first few days after school holidays were always challenging, as people had got into the routine of a higher speed limit.
Mrs Hand said while there were some drivers who flouted the rules, most locals and parents were very respectful.
Her comments come as the Australian Safety Foundation released results of a survey. One in four regional Victorian drivers admitted to speeding on a regular basis and one in three admitted to driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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