Over 650 students from primary and secondary schools in Rome
Starting ribbons for the Road Education Planpresented today at Vallelunga ACI Driving Centre from the Ministry of Education and Merit together with the Automobile Club of Italyin collaboration with State Police. To benefit from it in the first place over 650 students from primary and secondary schools in Romeaccording to the program of a project that includes an educational path with educational workshops to raise children's awareness of the causes of accidents and on the importance of protecting vulnerable road users. The educational activities pioneered in Vallelunga will be replicated by schools in civic education teaching programs, with particular attention to safeguarding the universal right to mobility of all individuals.
Who participated
The event was attended by the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, the President of the Automobile Club of Italy, Angelo Sticchi Damianiand the Central Director of Specialties of the State Police – Prefect Renato Cortese.
The President of the ACI, Angelo Sticchi Damiani …
“Road accidents are the leading cause of death among young people – he underlines the President of the ACI, Angelo Sticchi Damiani – and constitute a social and economic plague that it can only be defeated through training and education of the entire population, not just drivers. The agreement with the MIM, for which we thank the sensitivity and foresight of Minister Valditara, represents a strategic cornerstone of theeducational activity that the Automobile Club of Italy has always carried out in schools of all levels, completing the training of motorists before and after obtaining the driving licence”.
…and the Central Director of Specialties of the State Police – Prefect Renato Cortese
“The children are the protagonists of this initiative which is in line with the awareness campaigns on the topic of road safety, implemented by the Department of Public Safety through the Traffic Police”, highlights the Central Director of Specialties of the State Police – Prefect Renato Cortese. “The Traffic Police has undertaken a series of initiatives for years to deal with the phenomenon of accidentswith awareness and education campaigns on legality which involve especially young people – a wake-up call from the data on accidents – intervening on multiple fronts and above all in schools, which to date they have reached approximately 200,000 students. The reduction of road accidents requires targeted, transversal and converging prevention strategies in a synergistic action that involves all the actors involved in the consolidation of a culture of road safety”.
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