On Tuesday, September 11th, the new school year begins. The students will head back to the schoolhouses in droves. But after only a few weeks, the little ones will have to master the way to school on their own. In order to exclude the risk of accidents on the way to school as completely as possible, the police inspection of Walsenburg appeals to the rationality of road users.
“Send your child on the way in time!” is a police advice. Because the freshmen have to be able to manage their way to school in peace, without hectic rush and panic. The possibility that the first graders are distracted on their way to school should be taken into account.
The law enforcement officers know from Experienced: “Haste in traffic can be deadly!” And they advise all schoolchildren, not just the new schoolchildren, to dress reflective vests so that they are well seen even in bad weather by other road users. In doing so, parents should make sure that hoods do not restrict the child’s field of vision and do not lead to tunnel vision.
At the beginning of school, the first years of the traffic guard receive a reflective garment in a signal color, a high visibility vest, a harness, a cap or similar. The police ask the parents: “Insist that your child also puts on the reflective clothing on the way to school. The basic rules for the safe way to school are: “See and be seen!”
In principle, it is also to be welcomed from the point of view of the police if the children drive to school by bicycle and are not driven by their parents every day by car. The way to school by bike is from the point of view of the police but especially dangerous because the children would have to focus on driving. Therefore, parents should let their child go to school alone with the bike, if it has successfully passed the bicycle test in the fourth grade, advise the law enforcement officers. In addition, parents should make sure that the bike is safe and secure. Even trifles, such as a missing reflector, could already be fatal to children on the road if they are overlooked in the dark.