SUMMER SCHOOL AT BALANCE SHEET

After 6 weeks in which more than 200 children and adolescents from Braila participated in the "Danube Summer School", within the County Library "Panait Istrati" the courses organized in the 60 workshops have ended.

The story of the Summer School ended on August 1, by a trip on the Danube aboard the ships "Borcea" and "Ovidiu". It was a surprise of the library for the children enrolled in the program and for the coordinators of the workshops and many of those present were overwhelmed by the beauty of the adventure on the water.

Throughout the courses, there were diverse and interesting activities, clever, creative and empathetic moderators.

"In total, there were 60 workshops within the Danube Summer School, 90% of them having a fishery theme, totaling over 700 hours of activity, each having a variable period of development. Thus, some activities were carried out during one week, others during the whole club, reaching a total of 470 workshops. On average, each day there were 253 visits, with 16 participants per workshop, totaling 7,590 visits throughout the club. In this project we've involved 30 librarians, 40 external collaborators, and 70 young volunteers, who dedicated themselves to children and their development", said Laura Caplea, spokesman of the County Library. According to the quoted source, the little ones participated in various workshops of creativity, skill, communication, meant to develop their skills. The workshops with the greatest attraction for children were those of skill, where they had the opportunity to create under the guidance and careful supervision of the coordinator's various objects, toys, paintings, which they could later take home.

Also, a great success was the creative writing workshop, where 19 talented children and young people, between the ages of 10 and 17, wrote an anthology of literary texts "Legends hidden in waves", published in Proilavia Publishing House in 350 years.

Equally interesting to the young people was the marine knot workshop, where they learned to make various types of knots, as well as to use the reflective vest and the life jacket. The teenagers were attracted to the techno-creative workshop, where they learned to build 3-knot boats, equipped with video cameras, designed to make various measurements, such as the temperature or the depth of the water, without disturbing the natural, wild environment of the Bălţi Mici area of ​​Braila.

In other workshops, children had the opportunity to make various visits to the municipality or county, where they learned the history of places, personalities, buildings and factories representative for the area in which they live. The visit to the VARD Brăila Shipyard revealed to the children some of the trades of those who work within this unit, and at the Holiday Ecobase workshop, the children discovered the beauties of the wild area of ​​Balta Mică in Brăila, following a visit with the ferry in the area.

The Danube Summer School was funded with European POPAM funds, which provided the necessary materials for the workshops, the participation of children being free, only based on the library permit. The project was financed within the Strategy for Integrated Local Development of the Fishery Zone of Brăila county with the sum of 123,576 lei, and the project manager is Corina Ciuraru, head of the service within the Library. The main topic of the activities was the fishing area of ​​Braila, the environment, the fauna and flora of these places, as well as the traditions and customs here, and the period of implementation continues until May 2020.

One of the most suggestive walks of the year returns

One of the most suggestive walks of the year returns. Back on Saturday 8 June, at the suggestion of the GYM Tonic gym in Santhià, involving the administration and parish of Santhià.

The program

The walk includes a meeting on Saturday 8 June from Piazza Roma at 8.30 pm or for those who want from the "Butalin" in Biella around 4 am. Arrival scheduled for 8 am on Sunday with Mass celebrated and return to Santhià by one's means. Registrations are already open and will end on June 3rd (to be presented at the Gym Tonic gym or the school office of the municipality of Santhià).

Mandatory: high visibility vest and lights (front or batteries). Appropriate clothing for walking, water, and food is needed. Along the way, there will be refreshment points.

Cappuccio and Posillipo happy with the initiative

"From a sporting point of view - commented the supermaratonet and mayor Angelo Cappuccio - I cannot but welcome initiatives of this type, even better if they have a human value given by the desire to do an activity together and if also given a dimension that goes beyond the simple walk. We thank those who will be available for the success of the event, in particular, Don Stefano Bedello and the group of volunteer helpers ".

In Turin come electric scooters and pedal-assisted bicycles in sharing

Scooters will only be able to circulate on bicycle lanes and in areas at 30 km/h, pending the resolution fixing this limit also in Ztl. To drive them it will be mandatory to be 18 years old or have a motorcycle license and have a reflective jacket behind, to be worn from sunset to sunrise

In Turin, electric scooters and pedal-assisted bikes with sharing are arriving. After the approval on 8 October by the Appendino of the guidelines for free-floating services, this morning the public notice for operators who want to offer these services and those of traditional bicycles, scooters were public in the praetorian register.

The first scooters should be racing through the streets of the city in November. If at the moment it is not yet possible to know if someone will decide to join, as transport councilor Maria Lapietra announced ten days ago, "there are 12 interested managers, as well as some for assisted pedaling bikes".

There is a limit of 500 units per company, which may vary according to use. "If a type of vehicle will be used a lot, the exponent of the junta Appendino explained - the manager could put more on the road. On the contrary, it will be obliged to remove them ". In the squares of San Carlo, Castello, Vittorio Veneto, Carlo Alberto, Carignano and Palazzo di Città parking will be permitted only in the areas designated for parking cycles and motorcycles.

Scooters will only be able to circulate on bicycle lanes and in zones 30, pending the resolution that fixes this limit also in the LTZ. To drive them it will be mandatory to have 18 years or the motorcycle license and always have the reflective jacket with reflective fabric behind, which must be worn from sunset to sunrise.

Each operator must guarantee an insurance policy and a 10 euro surety bond - for traditional bikes and assisted pedaling, for scooters and segways - and 20 euros for scooters. The managers, for each vehicle, will have to allocate 5 euros for the MaaS platform, which will integrate the various services to move around the city (from local public transport to We Taxi, from scooters to bike sharing).

To ensure the removal of abandoned or irregularly parked vehicles, operators will have to activate a call center active 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

The notice will remain open for the next 5 years: advance deadline to 27 July 2021 for only innovative micro-electrically propelled vehicles, such as scooters.

"DO WE SEE?" - PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WEAR REFLECTIVE CLOTHING

Pedestrians in traffic should become more visible - especially in rural areas of the Czech Republic. Reflective clothing, ribbons and safety vests soon become mandatory for non-motorized road users in certain situations.

Reflective clothing can be detected about three times as far away in the night traffic as bright clothing and up to ten times greater distance than dark clothing. Exactly 200 meters. The clothing thus significantly increases the safety of road users and can avoid many accidents. From February, it will be mandatory in the Czech Republic to wear reflective clothing. The rule applies in the dark, rain or fog, outside towns where there is no sidewalk and no street lighting. Martin Farář is the head of the Road Safety Department at the Ministry of Transport:

"The requirement applies to pedestrians moving on unlit roads. When they walk by the side of the road, they are obliged to wear clothing or clothing made of reflective material in such a way that they are seen by all road users. "

For the pedestrians who go from one village to another at night, there are no exact rules on the size of the warning elements. Martin Farář explains the rules:

It is not enough to have a reflective sticker on the front of the jacket or the coat or the backpack on the back. The reflector must be visible from all sides. Most suitable for this are reflective tapes, which are worn around the wrist or ankle. It is best to carry the strip as far down as possible because the lights of the vehicles are directed downwards."

Failure to comply can result in fines of up to 2500 kroner (92 euros). The new regulation will come into effect in February. In a transitional period, the police should inform about the provision and distribute reflective tapes in the population.

"We launched an information campaign under the motto," See you? ". That's why we work with the police."

Reflector duty for pedestrians comes into effect through a change in the law, signed Thursday by President Miloš Zeman. The novella includes a few more changes in the road. In the future, motorists will be required to clear their cars of snow before driving if the snow limits their visibility or jeopardizes other road users. If a dangerous defect on the vehicle is detected during a check, the police may soon confiscate the vehicle registration. And anyone who drives over a railroad crossing despite a warning signal must expect a driving license withdrawal of up to six months.

More security for little "beavers"

Not only parents, educators and the police want to do something about children's car accident rates, but also a club that wants to get involved in a project to equip Kitas' kids with reflective vests, which should improve road safety, "Round Table" is the name of the union of men who have set themselves the goal of social involvement in various projects.

The "Biberburg" parents Mick and Katrin Dobber had made contact with the "Round Table", more precisely to the friendly Torsten Brandenburg, which belongs to the so-called "RT Münster 48". The parents had suggested equipping also the kindergarten "Biberburg" in the course of the club project with safety vests. The "Round Table" did not ask for long and traveled with 44 West, which presented a small delegation to the Kita leaders Ulla Brinkschulte and Irmela Höfener. "This is a great thing that benefits the safety of our children," rejoiced the women, who also thanked the Dobber couple for their thanks.

Meanwhile, the children moved to the West, of which the "Round Table" has already distributed 30 000 to various kindergartens nationwide. "We finance this through donations, which we acquire through various actions," said Torsten Brandenburg. "For the rest, we make sure that the vest is fair and not produced by child labor in China," added Daniel Hernaiz-Kleine of the "RT WAF 230".

The police, which was also in the day-care center on this day to practice with the children and parents the correct behavior in traffic, the action was very good. "This is absolutely in our interest because the children are much better recognizable by light reflection," said police chief Dagmar Hille and reminded the adults to wear reflective garments at the same time. "Here, too, you should be a role model," said the policewoman. Meanwhile, the children had prepared for the excursion into the traffic with the new West.

"Why is it good if you put on the vests?" Police chief inspector Bodo Kowatz wanted to know. "So that the cars do not run over us," the children formulated it frankly. And the policeman added: "If you go on an excursion, you will light up and be seen."

Then the children went with the policemen and their parents on the way through the village. Not only the youngest learned a lot. For example, small children have longer reaction times and different perceptions. Therefore, it is all the more important to make them fit for road traffic early. The police officers knew that safety vests with reflective fabrics are a tried and tested aid. However, they particularly appealed to motorists to take account of the weakest road users.

Vital homework for Bielefeld's first graders!

The children are still on vacation. But the new school-goers and those who change schools in a few days should already train their new way, experts advise. Even those who have practiced the way by bus and train, comes the first time relaxed in the new school year. In 2018, 117 children died in traffic accidents in Bielefeld - the highest figure in the past five years.

  

The police not only appeals to all parents to train the new way to school on time and several times - "even if your child is already very independent," said the traffic safety adviser to the police. says a police expert: "This is especially the positive role model of adults required so that children do not copy the misconduct of others."

Experts at the ADAC advise: "Depending on the route, five to ten units are necessary to internalize all the dangers." The training should also take place at school. "The weekend is due to the low traffic at most as a beginner's training," said the police.

  

Children usually take good care of adults, which is why many parents overestimate their abilities, says Verkehrswacht. "But children are not 'small adults', they react spontaneously and their behavior is hardly calculable." All experts, recommend: "Target your children specifically to particularities or danger areas and show them how to handle the dangers well. " But which are they? Above all, the correct crossing of the road should be practiced especially intensively. Because children cannot yet estimate velocities of cars well. They have a smaller field of view and cannot yet locate the sounds of their environment well.

Even parked cars on the roadside are a real danger. "Adults should squat more often to experience the obstruction of the little ones. These include hedges and garbage cans.

WHICH ROUTE?

The shortest route is not always the safest, says the ADAC. Often, small detours leading to traffic lights and pedestrian crossings make more sense. The city has worked out the best way plans for all elementary schools. They usually lead directly to intersections, which promise by traffic lights the greatest security.

GET UP EARLY!

Haste increases the risk of accidents in traffic. Who gets up early and is well-rested, so it is safer. Primary school children need much more time to cross a road, for instance: "While adults can walk along the sidewalk in one process, locate sounds and scan the two lanes for cars, elementary school children can only do one after the other", emphasizes road safety adviser Dunja Winkler from the police.

FROM WHEN ALONE?

The police advise to accompany the students in the first days. Nevertheless, one should encourage the independence of the students and let them go part of the route alone. "Follow your child unnoticed at first," advises the Verkehrswacht. "Only when the children think they are unobserved can one determine whether they stick to the agreements." Often the concentration decreases rapidly when other children join. Many parents organize "walking buses" with several students, who take turns accompanying them.

  

The police strongly advise against bringing children to school by car. So that accidents like those in Mönchengladbach cannot happen, many schools have long set up parental detention centers that are located away from the school building and therefore safer.

The renunciation of the parent taxi is not just about the dangers of parking and getting out. Scientific studies show that children who are brought by car, move much more dependent on the road. They hardly learn to estimate distances and recognize dangers. So they are much more at risk of being involved in an accident.

The police recommend: "Children should first take the bicycle exam during primary school and then cycle to school." The bike test usually takes place in the 3rd or 4th grade. Who sends his child to school by bike, should be regularly around Taking care of the perfect technical condition of the bike, including a bicycle helmet of suitable size.

Those who attend secondary school often have to travel to school by public transport for the first time. Therefore, also for fifth graders, a training recommendation: Both the correct behavior at stops as well as the ride itself should be practiced. The transport association "OWL Verkehr" offers the free "ElternKindTicket" for buses and trains.

VISIBLE IN THE DARK

After the summer, parents can easily increase the safety of the students by adding reflective materials to their clothing or by using safety vests. When it's dark in the morning, neon colors and reflectors are important lifesavers in the traffic.

County dresses Kitas in neon yellow

The children of the Harpstedt Kita Dwarf Nose are now a bit safer if they move in the public traffic area. The County of Oldenburg took care of that: He dressed all 42 girls and boys in safety vests sew on reflective tape. The neon yellow vests were financed out of the pot for traffic immunities (fines) - in the end, by traffic offenders.

On request, you can also equip other kindergartens in the district of Oldenburg with safety vests, offered Siegfried Blum, head of the Road Traffic Office in the county house in Wildeshausen. The first corresponding request had its authority recently received from the Harpstedter Waldburg kindergarten. As requested, the Waldburg lettering was also printed on the garments.

The Kita Zwergnase has now received the second delivery - because there is no logo here, these vests remained unprinted. Both deliveries would have struck together with about 500 euros to book, said the head of the authorities.

That the money is well spent, is synonymous for Samtgemeinde mayor Herwig Wöbse out of the question. Especially in the dark season, it is important to be seen.

Siegfried Bluhm hopes that the investment will send a message to the parents, an incentive to wear jackets with reflective colors or safety vests. "What good does it do to me when the gravestone says," He was well dressed, but you could not see him, "Bluhm pointed out.

Together with his colleague Marion Einemann, the head of the department gave a brief overview of the preventive measures financed from the pot for fines. All in all, it's about 30,000 euros a year.

A field of application: the safety training for young drivers, whereby the district takes over a very substantial part of the costs.

Another field is driver safety training for seniors over the age of 65, which, for example, shows what has changed in traffic law - and in which half-hourly driving tests point to quirks that have crept in over the years. Also, the loan of the rollover simulator of the city-Oldenburg road safety or traffic education measures in schools is made possible with the money from the fines pot.