(Source: Column by Operation Lifesaver President and CEO Joyce Rose, January 20, 2015)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — At Operation Lifesaver, we educate the public about how to be safe around railroad tracks. Our nationwide network of volunteers make safety presentations in schools and to professional drivers, and we offer e-learning programs to expand our reach even further. And when we see depictions of unsafe behavior, especially those with a national reach, we respond with a “Bad Ad” letter, asking advertisers and producers to stop using images that send the wrong safety message and might tempt people to illegally trespass, too.
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