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In Hessen, the summer holidays are over with today's Monday, for 760 000 students is a new school year at the door, often a change of school, combined with other morning paths. In addition, 54,000 first-graders will be enrolled nationwide on Tuesday. Equipped with sugar packets and accompanied by the best wishes of their families. They begin a new phase of life. The Keri spoke to the Criminal Commissioner, and in the interview she asked for basic recommendations and specific tips for parents and children.

As a road user, children are certainly different from adults. What special features do you bring to the traffic scene?

On the one hand, children are physically smaller and weaker than adult road users. Are they untrained? As a rule, they do not have much experience in dealing with road traffic and its manifold impressions at school age. They do not recognize possible danger or too late. In addition, children are susceptible to many unimportant outrage, be it their own friends, a dog or a cat by the wayside, an unforeseen, exciting event. All this detracts, and concentration on one's own safety suffers. By the way, children under the age of ten are still unsure about the direction and speed and the traffic rules. Also motor deficits due to too little exercise can make itself unfavorably noticeable when coping with the school route - fortunately, however, in children's age it is usually possible to compensate quickly.

What do you recommend to parents who think. "If I bring my child to school by car and pick it up best, is it safest and best"?

For children, going to school independently is an achievement in which they grow. They gain self-confidence. You should therefore give them the opportunity to make their own way. Then you have to prepare them by going off the track in place before the start of school together and point out sources of danger. The use of crosswalks and pedestrian traffic light is important: parents and older siblings have a role model here! If they stick to the rules of traffic in a consistent and focused manner, the younger children will follow suit. When practicing, please do not forget to return home from school, because the new perspective, things often look very different to the child. For parents, it has been proven to send the children in small groups. Together they tackle the challenge easier and safer than alone, and you should then inculcate them that traffic and not the exchange of news among friends in the foreground has to stand. Speaks against the "parent taxi" - next to the quite dangerous advent of cars in front of the school buildings: the gained expertise in traffic makes children for life, and in the course of aging increasingly unclaimed independence.

How can parents prepare their children for coping with the school journey - even now, when the school has already begun?

One can still go the way together with the children now. It is important to schedule time and to proceed completely without hassle. If the impression arises that the children have become safer, they can be allowed to go ahead and accompany them at a certain distance, which still makes it possible, for example, to intervene on the spot. Last but not least, it is important to prepare the children for the encounter with foreign adults and to educate them for consistent demarcation and self-protection. Again, this behavior is easier and more effective in a children's group than when the child walks alone. If one sees that the little ones master the way without adults, this also promotes confidence in their parents' parents, and letting go is no longer so difficult. Finally, you can completely stop the accompaniment.

So far we had talked about the rather short way to school on foot: What will change for the students who go to school by bus from the coming school year? What kind of behavior does the police recommend when getting in and out?

The corresponding preparation is also the alpha and omega. "What station is the most obvious How do I get there Where do I get out of How to get from there to school???" It is important that you arrive in time at the bus stop and do not have to run to the bus stop. So do not go to the last minute at home. When pushing in and out do not jostle or push. In the bus is best to seek a seat. If they have to stop, the children should hold on tight to avoid falling during the ride and sudden braking.

At what age can children safely make their way to school by scooter or bicycle? What requirements must be met by the child or the vehicle and the route, where can I take a bicycle license?

Since children have individually different abilities, which are also dependent on their experience in dealing with traffic, one cannot name a specific age in these cases. Our police trainers work together with students in the fourth grade, and in this context, the young cyclists also acquire the bicycle license. The greater speed of movement with vehicles generally requires faster comprehension and response. For newcomers, therefore, a time is first recommended to walk on foot.

When vehicles are used, of course, they must be roadworthy and, for example, have good brakes and lighting. Cyclist children should definitely wear a helmet and a reflective vest. Driving up to the age of 8 is mandatory. Descend and push at intersections and junctions.

In the road traffic of the coming days, not only the children and adolescents are in demand, who now travels their way to school again or for the first time. What does the police recommendation to motorists and other, faster road users?

One should adjust oneself mentally to the traffic novices and keep themselves ready for braking. The police recommendation for adult road users: Drive slowly and count on errors of the minor ones to avoid possible accidents!

In your opinion, have pedestrian crossings, bumps, speed limits, or self-made wooden children's figures proved their worth? Is the beginning of schooling for motorists an issue to which they are prepared and consider?

The visualization of the problem leads to a sensitization, which, as already mentioned, shows the current topic of newcomers to traffic and helps to adapt to it. The police are with their actions "safe way to school" and "lightning for kids" exactly why always at the beginning of the school year on the site and will take preventive action.

The autumn days are still far off. But looking into the future, how can parents equip their child safely when the days get shorter and the weather more changeable?

As soon as it gets darker, make sure you have good lighting. This applies to the bike as well as to the clothing and satchels. Reflective tapes make the children recognize in the dark and in the rain, when visibility is limited for other road users. Rain-resistant reflective clothing ensures that the children do not rush on their way to school even in bad weather conditions and if necessary forget the attention for their own safety.