Legislation to protect child traffic safety

Most vulnerable are children

China Youth Research Center national survey shows that safety accidents have become the first cause of death for children and adolescents under 14 years old. It is understood, the city\'s total of 266 traffic accidents occurred in the first quarter of this year, 245 people hurt, die 106 people, some of the casualties were children.
In the survey also found that children are more vulnerable to traffic accidents of injury than adults. She describes, child figures are relatively small, they cannot pass the view of the car, bench, or shrubs, and they can hardly be observed by drivers. Children usually sound is difficult to judge the source of accurate, always looking around several times before the discovery of the sound source; in this age of 6-8, they have not yet sprouted self-consciousness of risk or perceived danger. In addition, the child is easily distracted, only instinct among the fun in their own thoughts, regardless of risk. All these makes them the most vulnerable to road traffic injuries of the crowd.

Expert view:

Four causes of child injury

HA medical a homes Peng t think, currently led youth and the children occurs traffic accident of causes main has four points: first is society comply with traffic rules of consciousness are relative weak, driver often does not comply with traffic rules, violation driving, and free driving, and blind through road, this led has accident; second is traffic flag does not striking, traffic security facilities does not perfect; also, City Road design aspects also lack on children these vulnerable crowd of special protection; most main of is, children lack traffic security knowledge and in traffic in the of self-protection skills.

Recommendations:

Legislation to protect child traffic safety

Should be enshrined in the legal protection of children\'s traffic safety as soon as possible within the scope of jurisdiction, traffic safety legislation to protect children. Learn from foreign successful experience in traffic management, traffic safety of the child, development of appropriate legislation, establishing people-first, the pedestrian first, the child\'s right to life first, motor vehicle collision children principles of traffic law.

Should legislation explicitly child traffic safety education system, children and adolescents of implementing features, targeted, detailed and user-friendly traffic safety education and, secondly, to standardize the children, young people to ride bicycles, motorcycles and other means of transport, at the same time clear and strict liability, punishment acts in violation of. In addition, it should be clear of traffic facilities around the school, kindergarten special performance, promoting the implementation of \"safe routes to school\" project, school safety measures such as school buses, ensuring road safety for children and adolescents.