Reiner schoolchildren receive garments for more road safety, like first graders from seven other Gauthier primary schools. They are let loose by girls and boys who are wrapped in color-fitting clothing: the first years have just got their bright yellow safety vests. For the Gotha is host to the start in Thuringia this year’s campaign “Enface sicker ghee” of the ADAC Foundation.
In Thuringia, the Automobile Club is distributing 450 reflective materials to 450 primary schools in 18,000 first years. In Gotha eight primary schools have applied for the campaign and have been taken into account. According to ADAC, 760,000 vests are distributed to 16,000 primary schools during these days.
How important such a piece of clothing can be, if day by day is dawning on the way to school in the morning, explains Jorgen to the children in a picture. The board member for traffic, environment and technology of the ADAC Hessen-Thuringia holds the large photo high. “How many children do you care for?” He asks. The arms go up, and the answer that Lecher hoped for is “Four.” But a boy knows better: “There are five children.” The four children, who were quickly recognized in the picture, wear warning vests; the fifth student is barely discernible in the dark in dark clothes.
A difference that makes a lot of difference
“Without the safety vest you can see a driver only 25 meters away. With the warning vest it is 140 meters, “explains Jorgen Lecher the difference, which can make a lot of.
In Thuringia, 40 to 60 primary school students per year are killed in traffic, says Klaus Suhl, State Secretary in the Thuringia Ministry of Transport. That is why the free provision of safety vests is so important. It is also supported by the Thuringia Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture and the Thuringia Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.
“Beginners of school are not traffic experts. The shining west will help the kids safely come to school and home. Nevertheless, we appeal to the drivers that they should drive particularly carefully in the vicinity of schools, “says Klaus.
“Particularly in the dark season young traffic people are often overlooked. Reflectors and signal colors increase the visibility, “says ADAC man Jorgen Lecher.”The first graders are to learn and recognize that they are clearly visible to other road users with a safety vest. And we like to invest in more security. However, the vest must also be worn, because only then does it fulfill its purpose. It should also be part of your leisure time, “he advises the students. Your parents will be informed by means of an info brief about the security action.
Before the children of the first two classes can cover their west, the class 4b sings a song about the piece of clothing and a zebra’s strip. Whether they are still dressed in their reflective vests, I ask two of the “big ones”, because the action with the warning vests for the schoolchildren has been running for several years. There is silence.