Remember When............

[Mike in Cumbria]

No one ever mentions the "Green Cross Code" these days, I don't know if if is still mentioned in schools.

No, the Green Cross Code went the same way as the Tufty Club and the Kerb Drill.
David Prowse, who was the Green Cross Code man in the adverts was also the actor who played Darth Vader in Star Wars (although they dubbed a different actor's voice on because they didn't think his West country burr was menacing enough. He died a couple of years ago.

[Mike in Cumbria]

The Tufty Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVfH2TfArpY

[Treetotal]

Aw, thanks for that Mike, really interesting. That link to the Tufty Club was great to see too. My youger Brother had a red pedal car   
Carol

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I sometimes find myself muttering "Look right, look left, look right again -". Oddly this is usually when I am driving out of a particular junction.

[Treetotal]

You are probably looking out for the Mum, pushing a pushchair with one hand and reading a text message on her mobile phone with the other, expecting drivers to watch out and avoid her 
Carol

[Rena]

No one ever mentions the "Green Cross Code" these days, I don't know if if is still mentioned in schools.
I do remember my Mother telling me to "only cross the road at the Belisha Beacons"
Also our two children wore orange arm bands with reflective lights in the winter months.
Carol

I don't know what children are taught these days, but I do know that teenagers dressed all in black don't realise how invisible they are on some roads where trees obscure the street lighting.    I'm now retired but each evening I'd drive home with nothing in front of me, then would see a ghostly white "moon" hovering about a metre above the road.

The "moon" would be the face of a teenager crossing the main road, who casually looked to see if any vehicle was driving along the road towards him/her

[andrewalston]

teenagers dressed all in black don't realise how invisible they are

Mum told me about the time when she and dad were driving home in the dark. One chap on a bike was narrowly avoided only because he had polished his shoes.

Whatever makes cyclists think that lights don't matter?

[JenB]

teenagers dressed all in black don't realise how invisible they are on some roads where trees obscure the street lighting.   

Why do you single out teenagers?
My experience on the tree lined and poorly lit road leading to mine is that it’s most definitely people of ALL ages in dark clothing who don’t realise how invisible they are.

[Rena]

teenagers dressed all in black don't realise how invisible they are on some roads where trees obscure the street lighting.   

Why do you single out teenagers?
My experience on the tree lined and poorly lit road leading to mine is that it’s most definitely people of ALL ages in dark clothing who don’t realise how invisible they are.

Your experience is your experience.

My experience happened because I drove along roads every weekday, when teenagers were leaving school and adults were either still at work or at home.