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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
The All-Russian online Olympiad “Safe Roads” is held with the support of the national project “Safe High-Quality Roads”. Schoolchildren in grades 1–9 test their knowledge of road safety rules in a game format. From September 24 to October 27, almost 5.5 million schoolchildren took part in the Olympiad, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported.
“Reducing road accidents is a task that is included in the national goal “Comfortable and safe living environment”. And a special priority of our work is child safety. In the context of growing traffic flow and expansion of the country’s road network, knowledge of traffic rules is becoming extremely important. The All-Russian online Olympiad “Safe Roads”, which is held with the support of the national project “Safe High-Quality Roads”, has proven itself as an effective tool for educational work. The online competition helps students in grades 1-9 test their level of road literacy and deepen their knowledge. The event received a great response from children and parents. This year, almost 5.5 million schoolchildren took part in it, which is 10% more than last year. And over five years, the total audience has exceeded 20.8 million participants,” said Marat Khusnullin.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that the leaders in the number of students who took part in the Olympiad were the Ivanovo, Tambov, Belgorod, Tula regions, as well as the Republic of Mordovia.
Using real road situations as an example, the Olympiad participants analyzed how to behave correctly as a pedestrian and a passenger, as well as behind the wheel of bicycles and personal mobility devices (PMD). The most difficult tasks during the Olympiad were those about bicycles and PMDs, including electric scooters. Only a fifth of the Olympiad participants coped with them. The schoolchildren coped best with the tasks on safe behavior in a car and public transport vehicles – 81% and 61%, respectively.
“Work to instill in children and teenagers the skills of safe behavior on the road is not only talks in schools and at home, lectures and street events held by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. It is also a very effective format in terms of assimilation of information, an Olympiad in which schoolchildren of different ages from all over Russia participate. It is easier to get acquainted with the rules of the road in the format of tasks and specific answers due to the clear structure of the material presentation. I am sure that everyone who has at least once passed the tests of the All-Russian online Olympiad “Safe Roads”, transfers theoretical knowledge to real road conditions, turning into very responsible pedestrians, and in the future, drivers,” said the head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Lieutenant General Mikhail Chernikov.
Not only knowledge of traffic rules, but also good roads help to improve road safety. Work at sites is usually carried out in a comprehensive manner: specialists not only update the road surface, but also equip elements of the road infrastructure – pedestrian crossings, traffic lights, barriers, road signs, markings, photo and video recording cameras.
“Every day, children go to school, attend extracurricular activities, and one of our priorities is to make these routes safer. Over the past six years, more than 5,000 road sections leading to children’s educational and leisure institutions have been repaired in Russian regions under the national project “Safe High-Quality Roads”. These are streets in populated areas, as well as sections of regional and inter-municipal roads on which school buses travel,” commented Roman Novikov, head of the Federal Road Agency.
The organizers of the Olympiad are the Ministry of Transport, the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the National Priorities ANO with the support of the Ministry of Education.
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