No later than on Monday 19 September, it is so far: In the Ortega 3700 graders have their first day of school. This enables them to master their school safely, Sparks’ Offenburg / Ortega has started the action “Safety on the way to school.” The children will not only reflective sports bag, but also the theater of the little zebra.
Graders are often also traffic beginners who need a lot of attention of other road users. For years the Sparks’ Offenburg / Ortega promotes in cooperation with the Road Patrol Ortega the safety of school starters by warning banners, but also by neon-yellow sport bag with reflective stripes. “The signal color indicates: Attention motorists – here is newcomer’s way,” CEO Helmut Becker stressed at the press conference on Wednesday.
Play for the little
Parallel with the gift that is output in the next few days to the first year, the Bank supports the action theater “The little zebra”. Professional actors and bred police officers will prepare preschoolers and first-graders playing on the road.
In the Ortega the number of accidents has risen to school, reported Chief Superintendent Dirk. Was it 2014 yet 60 incidents, the current figure is 88. 70 percent of the incidents were happened by bicycle, 19 percent of young pedestrians. At 60 percent of the students they had caused the accident. “However, cannot say this school is dangerous, can happen anywhere something,” so further one. The Traffic School will host 60 events in the district and rebuild a bicycle course.
At the school used
In Offenburg beginning of school year a special project is under way: the so-called Lau bus. School starters meet at Lau bus stop and go together with a supervisor to school. “Thus, children will very quickly become accustomed to the school,” explained Julia Koch from the Department “Economic Development and Urban Development” at the press conference. Supports will this project, which is to be offered at other schools in the future, by the savings bank – they donated reflective vests. Pioneer in the Ortega – here the Lau bus is offered for years. There have been good experiences.
The so-called “Mama Taxi” is the worst solution, the traffic experts agreed. The children are never brought up to be independent – and in front of the schools reigns unholy traffic chaos.