A total of 2,587 students benefited from 37 traffic education lectures organized by the Public Relations Section at Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate, during September. The programs are in line with the strategic partnership between the directorate and the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), and are part of the “Students’ Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility” campaign.

Captain Aisha Mohammed Al Zaabi, Traffic Awareness Officer at the Public Relations Section at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police, indicated that as part of these lectures, students were acquainted with the golden rule for riding the school bus, and urged them to refrain from riding bikes and playing ball on the road to avoid run-over accidents. Students also received gifts and traffic-awareness brochures during the event.

Al Zaabi added that the traffic education programs that took place this past September targeted students, drivers and school bus supervisors, as well as the educational and administrative bodies. Lectures and field trips in Abu Dhabi included 25 public and private schools, and targeted students across all academic levels.

She also stressed the need to engage all social categories, as well as empower the role of schools, parents, education and administration entities, and school bus drivers in order to provide traffic safety for students during the new school year.

“The Abu Dhabi Police’s traffic education programs for the upcoming year will feature several initiatives and traffic programs in the various schools across the Emirate. These programs and initiatives include 200 lectures for students, drivers and school bus supervisors, in addition to 150,000 copies of printed material including brochures, and coloring books; in addition to gifts, traffic toys, school bags, and other school tools,” she noted.

The programs will also include educational programs focused on traffic safety rules such as: crossing roads and using seatbelts in addition to the golden rule for using the school bus. Additionally, as part of the programs, traffic education messages will be broadcast via radio; as well as awareness raising tips through Abu Dhabi traffic programs on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. These initiatives aim at preventing traffic accidents and empower the role of both society and the education sector in the traffic awareness process.
 

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