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The objective of these conferences, promoted by the departments of Public Safety and Education, is to promote civic and responsible attitudes to avoid risks and prevent accidents on public roads

In the field of road education, a pioneering project called 'Safe school road', which is part of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics, will also be launched

More than 500 schoolchildren will participate throughout this month in the Road Education Conference, organized by the City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz, through its departments of Public Safety and Education, and directed by the Local Police.

During the opening of the conference, Councilman José Santiago Villa has informed that "the agents will foster civic, safe and responsible attitudes, emphasizing the importance of respecting traffic rules so as not to put people's safety at risk and prevent accidents in public roads".

The head of Public Safety and Traffic has also stressed that "road education must be worked from an early age, recreating situations and contexts that children can find in their daily lives as pedestrians, travelers and future drivers."

The conference takes place in the Municipal Traffic Park, where fifth grade primary school students from the urban centers and districts will travel to participate in theoretical and practical sessions.

The agents will also give the conference in the educational centers themselves, directed in this case to the Primary students.

As parallel activities, crafts and a drawing contest will also be carried out from which the poster announcing next year will be chosen under the theme of road safety.

Other purposes of the Road Education Conference are to awaken among the lowest values ​​of trust and closeness towards the Local Police and promote healthy and sustainable living habits with the environment.

Along the same lines, from the Department of Citizen Security, Traffic and Education, the implementation of another pioneering educational project in the municipality called 'Safe School Road' is being finalized, an initiative that will also be implemented by police officers Local and that part of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics in order to promote healthier environments and habits since childhood.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz