May 19^th, 2023    Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held a traffic safety class for 443 students of Fukuyama Municipal Higashi Junior High School (Hiroshima Prefecture) on May 17 jointly with Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Higashi Police Station.

At the request of the school, which is adjacent to an arterial road with heavy traffic and located downtown, we conducted a seminar to foster a deeper understanding of necessary traffic rules and manners to prevent traffic accidents on the way to and from school. The students had hands-on experience learning the characteristics and dangers of trucks and safe behavior at intersections and pedestrian crossings. They commented on how this seminar helped them to raise awareness of traffic safety, saying, "Since intersections have many blind spots, I will make sure to be cautious when crossing.” 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 9, 2013, to promote traffic safety awareness, hosting various traffic safety lectures in 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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(Explanation of blind spots on a truck) (Demonstrating braking distance of a truck)

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