Press Release

The Traffic Safety Class

Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation held the traffic safety class for 34 students at Soeda Municipal Ochiai Elementary School (Fukuoka Prefecture) on June 21 jointly with Fukuoka Prefectural Tagawa Police Station.



June 23th, 2023    Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held the traffic safety class for 34 students at Soeda Municipal Ochiai Elementary School (Fukuoka Prefecture) on June 21 jointly with Fukuoka Prefectural Tagawa Police Station.

By helping students to understand the importance of necessary traffic rules and manners, the police station would like to prevent traffic accidents traffic and raise traffic safety awareness when commuting. They had hands-on experience learning the characteristics and dangers of trucks, danger prediction using drive recorder footage and a bicycle simulator, and safe behavior at intersections and pedestrian crossings. They commented on how the experience helped to raise their awareness of traffic safety and said, "Especially at intersections without traffic lights, I will make sure to pause and pay attention to the traffics before 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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(Explaining blind spots on a truck) (Danger prediction by using a drive recorder)

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