The day-care centers in Berber and Goldenrod have been equipped with yellow safety vests for their walks.
Berber / Goldenrod l The action of the Public Insurance Saxony-An halt (SA) is now in its third year. Since then, around two dozen day care centers have been equipped with bright safety vests with reflective tapes nationwide. In the town of Trickster, two facilities were added: the day care center “Glottis Embarrassed” in Goldenrod and in Berber the day care center “Sonsofbitches”.
District director as the initiator
SA District Director Frank Meyer, responsible for northern Saxony-An-halt, was also the initiator on site. His idea for action arose when one day he drove by car in a place near a kindergarten group. Although there is a road safety campaign of the ADAC with safety vests for first graders, until then not for the youngest in kindergartens.
In Goldenrod and Berber, Frank Meyer and SA branch office manager Calf Doppelgnger each handed over a set of 25 safety vests to day-care centers. Not to take home, as Meyer noted. If children walk along the streets during their care period, they can strip the west. “Friday we are always on the forest day,” reported in Berber Kit director Nadine Schneider. Right on the doorstep of the establishment runs a busy country road.
The action is also supported by the police. “I’m thrilled,” said the Trickster regional area official Diet-mar Hart-wig. He accompanied the children as they crossed the provincial road, where the children now better attract the attention of motorists.
“With the reflective clothing, we also want to give all motorized road users a signal to always pay attention to children and to take into account,” said Calf Doppelgnger.
Reduce the risk of accidents
“We want to counteract the increased risk of accidents, which are exposed to the youngest inhabitants of the country on the road, by the highly visible warning vests something effective,” said Frank Meyer. Because children are quickly overlooked by motorists, they are more likely to be accident victims than other age groups. According to a traffic accident statistics of the Ministry of Interior accidents in Saxony-An-halt every ten hours a child and sometimes injured.
In its statute, the SA committed to charitable work. This also includes the promotion of traffic education for children. For example, the SA has been supporting a corresponding painting and drawing competition at elementary and special education schools in the state for 26 years.