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‘International experts want school-level traffic training’

MALAPPURAM: International experts who took part in a global meet on road safety held in Adelaide, Australia, earlier this month strongly recommended introduction of teaching a healthy road culture in India’s school education system.

“Our country’s lack of concern in promoting road culture and road safety education among children at the school level came into sharp focus at the meeting, in contrast with the advanced level of road safety measures adopted by countries like the European Union, Australia and Malaysia,” said P.M. Najeeb, Joint RTO at Alathur.

Mr. Najeeb, who presented the sole paper from India at the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, said the school curriculum should be revised by incorporating road safety education in a way that made children in the State adopt a healthy road culture. “For example, teachers should use the example of speeding vehicles overturning or turning sideways at curves to drive home the concept of centrifugal force. Similarly, we should make use of practical examples to teach various scientific concepts.”

Mr. Najeeb attended the conference on funds raised by his colleagues as his request for government help was caught in red tape.

He said his paper on ‘The effect of cognitive behavioural therapy for drivers’ improvement,’ based on his doctoral research work, got critical evaluation.

He had proved that negative thoughts, images or beliefs in the drivers’ minds would leave them at increased risk of accidents. He said that drivers’ performance could be considerably improved through behavioural therapy.

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