The City of Murcia has been developing since 1985 Driver Education Program aimed at schools in the municipality at the Children's Traffic Park.
Last academic year 2014/2015, a total of 3,987 children participated in some of the activities organized at these facilities.
According to the councilors Rafael Gomez and Lola Sanchez, who this morning visited the park on the occasion of the European Mobility Week, "Driver Education must be present in all comprehensive training programs in each municipality, educating and teaching rights duties "
The program of the Children's Traffic Park Hall is divided into two actions:
- Intervention in primary schools: Aimed at students in grades 5 Primary Education 161 municipal schools (116 public centers of which 77 are located in districts and 39 in the urban area, 44 private schools, 19 districts and 25 in the town center and a private hamlet)
Activity comprises two phases:
A theoretical at school: Talk about one hour driver education in schools, by the three local policemen attached to the Children's Traffic Park.
In them the student answering a test based on rules and road signs aimed at assessing the previous knowledge about this subject.
A practical phase in the Children's Traffic Park, first in the classroom through interactive games, and then, on the slopes where they perform a circuit bikes and karts in which real traffic conditions are simulated in order that experience In practice the content purchased through the talks.
During 2014/2015 involved a total of 3,052 students
Besides other actions are also conducted on the premises of Children's Traffic Park are scheduled:
- Early Childhood Education: During each school year and due to high demand centers seeking road safety education activities for children 1-6 years Children's activities are conducted in schools, kindergartens and educational centers.
In proceedings that develop content and identifying sounds, pedestrian signals, recognize driveway, sidewalk and curb are working, perform the exercise of looking left and right when crossing ...
- Special Education: The objectives of road safety education for children with special educational needs to seek to develop the habits of visual, auditory observation, and psychological habits related to spatial notion, along with the need to know certain rules governing the social order in relation to traffic.
The activities developed in the classroom of children's traffic park where test their theoretical knowledge and practical difficulties and solutions that can be found daily.
The Children's Traffic Park has adapted both bicycles and mopeds.
- Scheduled activities outside school hours: In addition, the Children's Traffic Park is also open in the afternoon from 17 to 19 hours, time in which all applicants are attended both individually and groups from different associations, host groups, organized groups for Social Services City, scout groups ...
These activities have involved a total of 737 children and youth and 198 adults during 2014-2015 course.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia