Students need to remember the message 'Respect the law to build a culture of safe traffic'
(Baonghean.vn) - This is the message throughout the propaganda program "Students and traffic safety" implemented by the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee in coordination with functional units for students during the peak month of traffic safety for students going to school - September 2023.
On the morning of October 2, at Nguyen Truong To High School (Vinh City), the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee (TSC) coordinated with relevant units to organize a propaganda program "Students and Traffic Safety".
Attending the program were Mr. Tran Le Thang - Chief of Office of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee; representatives of relevant departments, branches and units. The program also had the presence of representatives of the Board of Directors, teachers and more than 1,500 students of Nguyen Truong To High School.
According to the report of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee, in the first 9 months of 2023, the whole province had 127 traffic accidents; killing 85 people, injuring 90 people. Traffic accidents have killed or disabled thousands of people, leaving many consequences, serious and long-term losses for families and society. Many victims of school age had to leave their entire future behind.
The most common violations are underage driving a motorbike to school; students riding abreast; not wearing a helmet when riding a motorbike or electric bicycle; running a red light, etc.
With the awareness that each citizen as well as the whole society must be more active in raising awareness, especially the youth and teenagers in participating in traffic, the program is organized with the desire to promote the dissemination and education of laws on traffic safety for students. From there, it helps to raise awareness for students in participating in traffic and minimize unnecessary accidents.
Speaking at the program, comrade Tran Le Thang - Chief of Office of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee suggested that each person, especially students, when participating in traffic, should comply with legal regulations and always remember the message "Respect the law to build a culture of safe traffic".
At the same time, the Department of Education and Training as well as schools need to continue to pay more attention to propaganda work and ensuring traffic order and safety for students, considering this a common responsibility of schools, families and the whole society.
At the program, the school, parents and students signed a commitment to 9 criteria on strict compliance with laws on traffic order and safety between the parties.
In addition, students of Nguyen Truong To High School were also informed about legal regulations, participated in answering multiple choice questions to learn about traffic safety regulations as well as directly practiced driving under the guidance of safe driving instructors.
