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Virginia DMV reminds pedestrians 'you're not a duck'
Drivers stop for ducks but often not for pedestrians – that's the message of a new Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles campaign designed to raise awareness among both drivers and pedestrians about pedestrian safety, at a time when officials statewide are working to reduce pedestrian-involved crashes. The initiative, titled "You're Not a Duck," uses ducklings to draw attention to the need for drivers to pay the same level of attention to pedestrians as they do to ducks – and to remind pedestrians of the need to be particularly careful when walking on or near roads. Pedestrian fatalities have decreased by...