July 25th, 2023
Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held the traffic safety class for 145 students at Okayama Municipal Somei Elementary School after school center (Okayama Prefecture) on July 24.
Ahead of the summer breaks, we offered experiential learning upon the school's request to foster a deeper understanding of necessary traffic rules and manners to prevent traffic accidents by raising traffic safety awareness. The students 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.
【Applicable Sustainable Development Goals】
(Explaining blind spots on a truck)
(Riding experience by using a bicycle simulator)
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