In autumn and
winter children in road traffic are particularly vulnerable, a reflective
vest can
make children be seen and be safer. But for a safe way to school in the dark,
rain and ice, parents can do a lot - even without "Taxi services".
They draw early in
the morning: packed with heavy backpacks school children, on foot, by scooter,
skateboard or bike. Located in the busy rush hour, it’s rain or shine - in the
fall and winter, even at dusk or even in the dark. The danger of being
overlooked in traffic is even greater than for adults for children.
In the dark season
parents should look for in their children bright, best fluorescent or reflective
clothing. This glow in the beam of the car up to 160 meters fluorescent
materials in orange or yellow as well as large-area reflector strips are
already prescribed for the market today satchel. Parents recognize this satchel
on the DIN standard 58124 and appropriate safety clothing to the designation
DIN EN 13356. But normal jackets, hats and bags can be easily retrofitted by reflective
material figures or stripes or sews. For added security worry dangling
"cat's eye" pendant whose additional movement particularly draws
attention to itself?
Helpful in
fashionable concerns that sometimes already have five-year refuse any
cooperation, are fun experiments: the mother or the father has been raised in
different clothing to the curb, trying the child in the car with the other
parent, she or recognize him. The concrete experience helps the child to
understand an otherwise abstract context.
For children aged
six to eight years of close to other, if they themselves can see an illuminated
car well, they assume that the driver sees them. Younger children interpret the
spotlight often referred to as eyes that can see everything - like their own
children's eyes. But even in the bright kids are hardly properly evaluate
capable of distances and speeds. In darkness, it is virtually impossible for
them. And the reaction time of children is about three times as long as the
adult.
Training takes
taxi
No wonder that
more and more parents chauffeur their kids to school by car. A poll by the
Forsa Institute showed that in 1970 made in Germany alone on the way to school
91 percent of primary school, in 2012 there were only 50 percent. But the
family taxi is dangerous: On the way to school children come not only on foot
or by bicycle to harm but also by the car. And the traffic is just too close to
the schools where many children are traveling. In addition, it lacks many
children to move, which in turn is important for the formation of psychomotor
skills - a prerequisite for a safe movement in traffic.
Also, traffic
psychologists call: Parents should trust their children something. Already six
to seven year olds can handle the way to school alone. They exert to move in
public space and to bring critical situations. "At first, parents should
accompany their children and indicate possible harm," said Dr. Ralf,
psychologist at TÜV NORD. However, children get distracted quickly and behave
willing to take risks, especially in the company of other children.
"Often the children's attention diminishes
when they feel safe and in the dark, fog or snow also very familiar paths are
dangerous. It is therefore advisable to check from time to time whether the
once learned permanently will be implemented. In particular, in the fall and
winter, when dangerous in fog or snow also familiar ways parents should
accompany the school children again and this particular attention to the
traffic behavior." Especially in the dark winter months, it is important
to let children wear reflective clothing and send off the
child in time. Without time constraints, a child may perceive the road better
and it will remain on the safe route.
