Children experience the dead Winkel: traffic safety training in Berlin youth traffic schools.

On October 19, 2023, district councilor Julia Schrod-Thiel and district councilor Harald Muschner (both CDU) visited together with State Secretary Dr. Torsten Kühne (CDU) of the Senate Education Administration The Youth Transport School in the Märkisches Viertel to observe primary school children during traffic safety training and to exchange ideas about future offers in youth traffic schools. The two city councils emphasized the importance of traffic education for primary school children due to the many dangers in road traffic.

As reported www.berlin.de, a regular campaign called "Toter Winkel" took place as part of the visit, in which the pupils were able to experience the limited visibility of other road users. The children had the opportunity to sit behind the steering wheel of a truck and to determine that the rest of their class could no longer be seen in the rearview mirror. The traffic safety Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (VSBB) always provided a truck for this campaign.

In Berlin there are several youth traffic schools that take care of the traffic education of children. The youth traffic schools offer students the opportunity to playfully learn in the protected space how to behave safely and responsibly in road traffic.

Such traffic safety training is particularly important in order to raise awareness of the dangers in road traffic and to convey the necessary knowledge and skills to the children in order to safely move in traffic. Through the practical experience in the “dead angle” campaign, the children can better understand the phenomenon of the dead angle and learn how to behave in such situations.

traffic safety training in youth traffic schools thus helps to increase the safety of the pupils in road traffic and to avoid accidents. It is gratifying to see that the district councilors and the Senate Education Management are committed to the traffic education of the children and exchange ideas with the youth traffic schools about future offers.

Further information on the youth traffic schools in Reinickendorf can be found on the website of the district administration.