What happens when your child is away attending school? Is he being taken on school bus. Or like in India, a cycle rickshaw is employed to carry your child to and back from school? Or may be a servant at home, or an office boy carries out the chore?
Well, whatever the mode may be it is essential that you make your child road-safe.
According to WHO's Global Status Report on Road Safety, road accidents are the second most important reason of death of 5-29 years old. Road crashes happen every 4.5 minutes in our part of the world. The best therefore, the parents must do is to take special interest in road safety of their families, especially children.
The video I shot recently shows the glaring and daring antics that children indulge in when not being watched. Even the adults, the parents and others ferrying children on their scooters, motorbikes, or bicycles and even rickshaws adopt wrong practices, jeopardising the life of children.
However, the parents must take the responsibility to teach the fundamentals of road use to their children.
a. Teach them the fundamentals of walking or driving on the road. Where, how and when they should cross the road.
b. Acquaint your child with the traffic rules, the road signs, and the right way to use the road.
c. Instruct your cycle rickshawallah or servant or whosoever picks up your child to strictly follow the traffic rules.
d. Talk to your school principal to instruct the school bus drivers, auto- and cycle-rickshaw drivers to follow traffic rules and ensure complete safety of children.
e. Walk the Talk. You as a parent has the greatest responsibility to follow the traffic rules and demonstrate with your own conduct. Children learn and acquire the knowledge through not what you say, but what you do.
Well, whatever the mode may be it is essential that you make your child road-safe.
According to WHO's Global Status Report on Road Safety, road accidents are the second most important reason of death of 5-29 years old. Road crashes happen every 4.5 minutes in our part of the world. The best therefore, the parents must do is to take special interest in road safety of their families, especially children.
The video I shot recently shows the glaring and daring antics that children indulge in when not being watched. Even the adults, the parents and others ferrying children on their scooters, motorbikes, or bicycles and even rickshaws adopt wrong practices, jeopardising the life of children.
However, the parents must take the responsibility to teach the fundamentals of road use to their children.
a. Teach them the fundamentals of walking or driving on the road. Where, how and when they should cross the road.
b. Acquaint your child with the traffic rules, the road signs, and the right way to use the road.
c. Instruct your cycle rickshawallah or servant or whosoever picks up your child to strictly follow the traffic rules.
d. Talk to your school principal to instruct the school bus drivers, auto- and cycle-rickshaw drivers to follow traffic rules and ensure complete safety of children.
e. Walk the Talk. You as a parent has the greatest responsibility to follow the traffic rules and demonstrate with your own conduct. Children learn and acquire the knowledge through not what you say, but what you do.
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