May 27th, 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 all 35 students at Kasaoka Municipal Imai Elementary School in Kasaoka City (Okayama Prefecture) on May 27, 2022.
Imai Elementary School is close to the highway with heavy truck traffic, and in response to the school's request to prevent traffic accidents with large vehicles on the way to and from school, the students learned about preventing traffic accidents at intersections and crosswalks through hands-on experience with the characteristics and dangers of trucks. The students commented on how the experience strengthened their awareness of traffic safety, saying "when I wait for a traffic light at an intersection, I will always take one step back and wait for the light.
We will continue to work with the police and local governments to enlighten the public on traffic safety in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving children to the minimum possible.
Komaru Koutsu Foundation was founded 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. Overseas, it holds Japanese composition speech contests to provide opportunities for students to present the results of their Japanese language studies and to promote cultural exchange with Japan and also raise awareness of traffic safety that are relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we support.
【Relevant sustainable Development Goals】
(Explanation of truck's inner wheel difference)
(First-hand experience of blind spots from the driver's seat of a truck)
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