Child safety is high up on the list of priority for local councils
, and the lollypop camera is the latest idea to protect our children.
Critics have labelled the idea sad and disappointing' but officials are defending it as a bid to increase safety. Lollipops are fitted with hidden cameras which will record dangerous drivers that are putting people's lives at risk around the localities of the schools. The footage will be able to be used to prosecute wayward drivers and to help stamp out road rage.
The cameras are activated when the lollypop pole touches the ground, being pointed in the right direction by the lollypop person, who will have received training on how to use them correctly.
The scheme was first launch in the welsh valleys after a spate of assaults on lollypop people, or drivers simply ignoring the instruction to stop to let the children cross. In extreme cases some lollypop people have had to be admitted to hospital after being hit by cars.
Around one thousand four hundred of these incidents are reported annually to councils across the country, and the government felt something should be done.
Under UK law, a lollypop person should be obeyed as a driver would obey a red light, as they have the same jurisdiction. Failure to stop could result in three points on a driving licence and a hefty one thousand pound fine.
If you are driving on the UK roads, make sure that you have valid Car Insurance, as this is the law.