Traffic Safety Educational Garden
Given the increasing problems of child injuries worldwide, The Youth Association for Social Awareness - YASA has launched in July 1998 a unique project that combines traffic safety education and entertainment. This project is designed for children between 6 and 13 years old.
Many schools, clubs, camps, exhibitions and other public gatherings have already participated in this project. More than 150,000 children participated in TSEG - Lebanon until end 2006 and vowed to abide by traffic safety measures.
In this project, which is just an initiation to the basic principles of road safety, YASA tries in different ways to follow-up road safety issues according to the different age categories.
TSEG is divided into three parts: theoretical, practical and evaluation. Each part is as follows:
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Theoretical part:
Video Presentation
A Video Tape lasting between 15 and 20 minutes about the following topics:
- Introduction to road safety
- Danger of speeding & importance of helmet usage
- Importance of pedestrian bridges
- Promotion on child seat importance
- Promotion on seat belt usage
- Comments on different mistakes and driving ethics
- Danger of speeding
- Traffic lights & road signs
- Relation between the seat belt & the airbag
Discussion:
A 15-20 minute discussion with a YASA trainer about the video presentation and safety issues and target of the practical part.
A 15-20 minute discussion with a YASA trainer about the video presentation and safety issues and target of the practical part.
A 15-20 minute discussion with a YASA trainer about the video presentation and safety issues and target of the practical part.
A 15-20 minute discussion with a YASA trainer about the video presentation and safety issues and target of the practical part.
Theoretical test:
After the completion of the above steps, the children take a test about the knowledge gained during the sessions. The duration of this test is between 5 and 7 minutes.
Practical part
Technical instructions
The YASA site supervisor gives technical instructions about the driving session (seat belt, helmet usage…).
Driving
All participants drive 2 to 4 laps under the control & supervision of the site manager. The number of laps varies according to the route distance.
Oral evaluations
Along with the driving session, an oral test of 5 minutes forms a summary of the basics goals of TSEG.
Evaluation
After the theoretical and the practical parts, the children go to the evaluation stage organized by the Scientific Research Foundation- SRF. In this step, children get evaluated for all what they have learned and receive their certificates from YASA.
