Several thousand schoolchildren had the first school day on Monday. The police fears that mobile use will create dangerous situations for the little ones.
"So far, we have not been aware of accidents yet, but accidents have not been the rule for statistics about our Action School Start in recent years, and what we want is awareness, and there have been two regular customers in the last three years. this year expects to mark, namely lack of seat belts and mobile use ", says Finn Erik Grønli, head of the Oslo Police Traffic Section at NTB.
Both the East Police District, the Oslo Police District, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Safe Traffic are participating in the Aktion skolestart of this year, which aims to provide a safe school path for school children. The campaign will take the next two weeks.
On Monday, Romerike's police were present at Eidsvoll Verk Primary School and Maura Primary School without comment, according to operating director Tom Sandberg in the Eastern Police District.
The view on the road
The Oslo police had a very different opinion than Romerike colleagues.
"Our impression is that a lot of people use mobile phones or other electronic devices with the car.Now we have to pay attention.There are many young children who do not have any traffic experience and at least have insufficient traffic knowledge and are often spontaneous.This makes the action pattern somewhat unpredictable, so drivers must concentrate on driving a car, not on the mobile phone, and we do not have any child to lose in road accidents, "says Grønli.
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Schoolchildren pass the Waldemar Thranes street at Ila School on Monday morning.
Several thousand children have their first school day. "Action school start" is an interdisciplinary collaboration that includes Oslo Police District, the Municipality of Oslo, Bærum Municipality, Asker Municipality, Public Roads Administration and Safe Traffic.
Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB Scanpix
photo: Berg-Rusten, Ole
At the same time, it is clear that the number of accidents on the school road has fallen sharply in recent years. From 2007 to 2016, the number of children injured or dying in road accidents to or from school decreased by 70 percent, according to a recent report from the Department of Transport Economics.
heart Zone
Safe Traffic encourages parents to drop their children at designated stop and pick up areas outside the school areas with their Heart Zone project. By bringing the children right to the school gate, paradoxically enough chaos and increased risk of accidents occur ", says Ragnhild Meisfjord, Training Manager in Safe Traffic.
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The police carried out traffic control Monday morning in Waldemar Thranes Street at Ila School.
Several thousand children have their first school day. "Action school start" is an interdisciplinary collaboration that includes Oslo Police District, the Municipality of Oslo, Bærum Municipality, Asker Municipality, Public Roads Administration and Safe Traffic. Everything was fine when Kristine Eia Kirkholm was stopped for control.
Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB Scanpix
photo: Berg-Rusten, Ole
"We are seeing more schools across the country now setting heart zones.We encourage parents to contact FAU, the rector and the municipality to introduce heart zones.The theme of the calendar collection at parent meetings can be a start, says Meisfjord.
– The school site becomes clear. The school children are so low that they are so far above the difference of the car. Instead of climbing all the way to the gate and creating traffic-threatening situations, we ask parents to take responsibility and find parking nearby, and to follow the children there or the children themselves go to school, "says Grønli Oslo police. (AFP)
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