September 16^th, 2022    Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held the first traffic safety class for all 168 students at Nagano Municipal Kawada Elementary School in Nagano City (Nagano Prefecture) on September 13th. In response to the school's request to learn about the characteristics and dangers of vehicles, prevent traffic accidents on the way to and from school, and raise awareness of traffic safety, the traffic class provided hands-on learning experience with the characteristics and dangers of trucks about preventing traffic accidents at intersections and pedestrian crossings. The children 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.”. We will continue our efforts to educate children about traffic safety in cooperation with the police and local governments so that even one traffic accident among children will decrease in the future.

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 is relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we support.

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(Explanation of blind spots on trucks)

(Explanation of braking distance for trucks)

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