Child safety on the road - basic rules and recommendations. Safety behavior of children on the roads

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-07 12:45

Child safety on the road is certainly an important and relevant topic. Every day in the news you can see the message about accidents involving children. Parents from a very early age should tell, acquaint their children with the rules that must be observed on the roads. And this must be done systematically. How to convey this information to a child more easily, we will talk in the article.

Why do accidents happen?

Unfortunately, statistics show that most road accidents involving children are the fault of their parents. And this is not surprising, because in our country, adults are busy with other more important, in their opinion, problems: how best to dress the baby in kindergarten and school, what gadget to give him, in which section to write? Undoubtedly, these issues are important, but not as much as the safety of the child on the road.

If you give the numbers of accidents, they will be simply stunning. 40% of babies diewheels of cars in their own yard, and 10% - in an accident in which their drunken parents are involved. Every year the numbers are growing inexorably. Child mortality on the roads makes you wonder if parents are raising their children right?

The number of accidents involving children increases in winter. It would seem, what is the logic? The answer is actually simple, the kids make slides in the wrong places, next to the highways, with the advent of the first snow. When descending, the sled crashes onto the road, causing accidents.

It is worth noting that children have little developed sense of fear. It seems to them that they are fast, nimble, dexterous, they will have time to cross the road. Also, children under 10 cannot estimate the real distance left to a moving car. For many kids, it's quite normal to get out on the road on your bike or play near a busy road.

Such a topic as the safety of children on the streets and roads should be studied by every parent and conveyed to the child in detail.

When to start talking to kids about road safety?

Many parents mistakenly believe that children should learn the rules of behavior on the road only when they go to school. But this is not so. Psychologists have proven that the basic children's instincts, behavior are developed at an early age. Parents for a child are a standard and an example that needs to be imitated. Therefore, their behavior will also depend on whether the child will be able to comply with the rules of the road. Try to be an example for him, always voice,repeat the canons of behavior on the road, and then your baby will be completely safe.

Learn by playing

Many people are wondering where to get information from parents about the safety of children on the roads? If you do not know how to properly present information to a small child, you can contact the preschool teacher. In all kindergartens, lessons are obligatory, at which teachers easily convey the rules of the road to children.

Classes are held in the form of a game. Bright, musical posters are used. Riddles are given to reinforce the material. Learn quatrains about traffic lights, crosswalks, sidewalks and others.

As homework, children are offered to draw a picture on the topic: "Children and the road." And here the participation of parents is already important. This is an ideal opportunity to speak again, to consolidate the studied material with the child. Joint creativity brings together.

Compulsory class hours are held in Russian schools in September on the topic “Road Safety for Children of the Moscow Region!”. As guests, there are traffic police officers who talk in detail about situations on the roads.

Parents, this information is for you

The safety of children on the roads is extremely important. The life of your child depends on the right decisions. Therefore, you need to clearly convey information to him and, above all, do not break the rules yourself:

• Be especially careful when crossing the road with a baby. Do not let go of his hands.
• You are an examplefor a child. Never allow yourself to cross a motorway in the wrong place. Remember, once he sees it, he will imitate you.
• Talk to children. Game form is the best for learning. Learn the traffic light verse and tell it to your child as you cross the road.

• Not worth saving. The safety of the child on the road is paramount. A good car seat is a source of extra security for your baby.

• The yard is a dangerous place. Running out into the street, children do not look around and do not expect trouble. Explain proper behavior to your child.
• Baby can't remember the basic rules of the road? In this case, a poster hung in a conspicuous place will help. You can get it at any bookstore.
• Remember, the situation does not always depend on the driver. There are so-called dead zones. The driver, being in them, will not physically see the child.

• Never leave children alone in vehicles.

  

Child Passenger

If parents have a car, certain rules must be observed when transporting children:

• From birth to the age of twelve, the child must be in the car only in a special chair. Make sure it is appropriate for your baby's age and weight.
• Explain to your child the rules for exiting vehicles: you can only do this on the right side, which is closer to the sidewalk.
• Never put a child in the front seat. According to statistics, this is the most traumatic area in an accident.
• Do not let children get out of the seat while the car is in motion. Hard braking can cause a child to fly over the seats and hit the glass.

And a separate piece of advice for parents: never get behind the wheel drunk, especially if there are children in the car. Remember, the road is a place where maximum attention is needed, even the slightest hitch can be deadly.

Children and train tracks

Don't forget that children are too inquisitive. In addition to the correct behavior on the roads, they need to be familiarized with how to behave on the railway track:

• should cross only in a place specially equipped for this;
• if you see a locomotive ahead, never cross the tracks;
• pay attention to special traffic lights;

Railway safety for children is also important. If you do not follow it, you can forever remain a cripple or die. The most important rule to convey to a child is not to play on the railway, because this is not a place for entertainment.

Don't demand too much

Child safety on the road is certainly an important topic of conversation. But you can not demand from a child knowledge of the rules of the road at an early age. Psychologists claim the following:

• At 3 years old, the child already knows the colors, so he needs to be introduced to the traffic light. He also distinguishes a moving car from a standing one, but does not yet take it seriously. The sense of fear and danger is dulled.
• At 6 years old, children are quite active, they still cannot fully concentrate their attention. Peripheral vision is not developed in the same way as in an adult.
• At 7 years old, can easily tell the left side from the right side.

• At 8 years old, he is in full control of himself, knows what a pedestrian crossing is, instantly reacts to a sound or a call, determines the source of noise.

  

Briefly about the main things

Once again I would like to recall the rules that both an adult and a child should know:

1. You can only cross the road when the traffic light is green.
2. Look carefully first to the left, and when you reach the middle of the road - to the right.
3. There is a pedestrian or underpass, use only it.
4. If you have to walk on the road, drive only towards the cars.
5. Do not play on or near the motorway.

You need to prepare a child for adulthood in advance. Remember: road safety rules for children have been drawn up for a long time. In any educational literature they are the same. A child from an early age shouldknow that the road can only be crossed at a green light, at a pedestrian or underpass. Do not be lazy, repeat these dogmas with your children constantly, and then you will not be afraid to let them go for a walk or to school.