December 1th, 2022
Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held a traffic safety class for 34 students of third graders at Okayama Prefectural Okayama Seto Special Support High School (Okayama Prefecture) on November 30th.
Since Okayama Seto Special Support High School is adjacent to an arterial road with heavy traffic, the school wanted to prevent traffic accidents on the way to and from school by raising traffic safety awareness. The students had hands-on experience learning the characteristics and dangers of trucks and danger prediction using drive recorder footage and a bicycle simulator. They commented on how the experience helped to raise their awareness of traffic safety and said, "There are many blind spots from the driver's seat, so I will be extra careful when crossing intersections.” To prevent and decrease the number of future traffic accidents among children, we will continue to promote traffic safety awareness in cooperation with police stations and local authorities.
Komaru Koutsu Foundation was established on September 9th, 2013, to promote traffic safety awareness, hosting various traffic safety lectures in elementary schools across Japan and carrying out educational activities to prevent traffic accidents. Furthermore, the foundation supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing opportunities for students overseas studying Japanese to present the results of their studies and organizing Japanese composition speech contests to raise traffic safety awareness and promote cultural exchange with Japan.
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(Explaining blind spots on a truck)
(Riding experience using a bicycle simulator)
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