BLAIR WALK PROJECT FEATURED IN WUSA'S "COOL SCHOOLS" SEGMENT! To
see the video, CLICK HERE. To see more about the Blair Walk
Project's Spring 2012 Pedestrian Safety Education Campaign,
click here. If you are a Blair High School Student and would
like to volunteer with this project, please contact Joana
Conklin: firstname.lastname@example.org. You will receive SSL
hours for your participation! There is no winner in a contest
between a vehicle and a pedestrian. On average, about 100
pedestrians are killed each year in Maryland. It’s hard to
fathom that the cost to cross the street could be one’s life,
but in 2011, 11 pedestrians were killed in Montgomery County.
The Four Corners area, where Blair High School is located, is
one of the areas in the County with the highest incidence of
pedestrian crashes, and more than a third of those involve
pedestrians under the age of 20. - Pedestrian fatalities
comprise about 20 percent of all traffic deaths in Maryland. -
Nearly 3,000 pedestrians are injured annually in Mary