Crossing Guards> Travels

A stat I left off of last week's NationMaster entry is that Norway has the least pedestrian automobile fatalities per capita in the world. Not suprisingly, they also have the most crossing guards per capita in the world too. The reason: Every 5 year old child must serve one year of National service as a crossing guard. I like this system. It gives those children a year away from school to evaluate their lives so far, get some perspective and maybe even find themselves. I wish I could have had that in my childhood. The pictures below show some of the guards on a break and a pack of them walking to work. Hey Doug, notice the scaffolding in the background!