Do what I say not what I do. “This classical education is unfortunately also applies to learning good road safety actions according to a survey Opinion Way commissioned by the insurance group Insurers prevention. In this new study, 75% of parents with safety vest surveyed admit to having had a risk behavior in the street, in school or extracurricular trips, in the presence of their children.
“People lack of vigilance on the road, said Nicolas Moreau, President of Insurers prevention. September is the time to make resolutions and set the example for his children. ”
Especially since the imprudence of consequences can be dramatic. In the past five years, it is 2500 pedestrians were killed. Because they are smaller and less visible to drivers, because they are not always aware of the risks, children are particularly vulnerable. In 2012 and 36 young pedestrians fewer than 15 were killed and nearly 2,500 were injured.
The Insurers prevention study shines a spotlight on the dangers of mobile which most cannot manage to win. Even accompanying their children, 58% of parents and already market their ear phone, 42% send or read their text messages and 23% in their eyes on the screen of the damn machine to check apps or games. It is a new risk behavior that emerges from five years falls insurers. “In everyday life we are not necessarily aware of the dangers of these behaviors,” says Nicolas Moreau. The proof, when mom and dad again become hen entrust their precious offspring with a third on the way to school, they are only 14% and consultant to the nurse or grandparents to drop their phone!
Yet, and this is another lesson of the study, when they entrust their toddler to a third party, the French are much more anxious. 54% of them give advice on safety rules. But six out of ten parents cannot provide the daily journey to the temple of knowledge. And among the councils, the vast majority (64%) recommends not cross with their little one on the crosswalks, they are nevertheless more than half (54%) do not always follow. Parents with reflective element also advocate a majority (52%) to walk on the sidewalk, while over a third (37%) admit sometimes walk on the floor holding their child’s hand.
Surprisingly, the study also reveals that the French are first trust their families for school and extracurricular trips. Not surprisingly, they are more likely to be reassured when their treasure entrusted to grandparents (50%) more than the nurse (13%). Even siblings, often children, have parental preference.
Explain, educational way, the rules to be observed as borrow pedestrian crossings; cross when the “little guy” is green; not to run, etc.
In the city, more of a pedestrian killed in three easts on regulatory white stripes!
As long as the children have not mastered the rules of caution, watch for them and accompany them.
Lead by example! Children mimic the behavior of their parents.
Make your little visible. Grab them with a backpack or satchel with reflective strips and dress them with light. At night, they will be identified and over 150 m instead of 30 m. namely, the months from November to February are particularly deadly for pedestrians, mainly because of poor visibility … while in car and motorbike, its summer, which presents more risk.
Study insurers Prevention The way to school, September 2014 conducted among a sample of 1009 meets representative of the French population.