LEARN! Manual Example #16 This example sets out an overview of the different bottom-up and top-down approaches used across Europe to promote the educational activities on traffic safety and mobility. Related Step 7 Implementation Age Group n/a Implement. Make a communications strategy with both bottom-up and top-down approaches. Include cooperation Read more…
In several European cities, children have the opportunity to go to and from school by “bike bus”, which is a group of children (accompanied by parents and other adults, depending on their age) cycling together. Similar to the motor vehicle equivalent, it follows a set route and has stops and Read more…
School streets are car-free areas outside schools. Roads are closed to vehicles or they have severely restricted access, normally just for a short period at the start and end of the school day. Some school streets are permanently car-free. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and motivated by the need Read more…
Working with curriculum specialists, Road Safety Scotland investigated opportunities to embed road safety within traditional subjects in the curriculum. Science lessons were developed which focused on speed and provided reaction timers to local road safety teams for use in schools. Road Safety Scotland also developed a physics experiment kit, also Read more…
The Road Safety Framework Fund is designed to promote and encourage further partnership to ensure the delivery of road safety commitments in Scotland, including through education. There are two rounds of funding each year. The scheme developers can bid for funding and, as part of that, they must include plans Read more…
The Curriculum for Excellence is the philosophy underpinning the Scottish Education System and, to ensure credibility within the learning and teaching profession, Road Safety Scotland has aligned all its resources with it. A guide for teachers provides an overview of the available resources and how they support the curriculum. Road Read more…