'Safe traffic along a life path' program

The Hungarian Automobile Club initiated a training program, with MOL support, in the form of a special training truck in 2006. Events within the nationwide program are organised in various plaza parking lots, where both practical and theoretical training sessions are held focusing onto traffic rules.

The main elements of this program include:

• Participating in traffic for expectant mothers;
• What to do: escorting children to nursery, kindergarten or school; 
• Traffic safety training for elementary school students; 
• Further training in traffic safety for holders of driving license;
  

The special truck typically spends several days in one-one city, where parents can also test and develop their skills and knowledge, in addition to the programs pre-organised for schools.
Children can get acquainted with simulated real-life traffic situations accompanied with dangers, similarly to those they may face in practice, and they may acquire the basic physical laws that rule such situations and, if violated, accidents may easily happen. The program begins with introducing the key rules and physical laws applicable onto pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and showing films presenting important messages, then these skills and information are, of course, demonstrated also in practice either on the training course for bicycles or inside the specifically designed and equipped truck, where children can sit next to the driver in a simulation seat and „act” as the real driver.

In addition to provide training for the children, providing further training in safe driving technique for adults is, of course, a key element of the program. The training first brushes up some basic rules from the Traffic Code and theoretically repeats the key driving skills, then participants may exercise the techniques of prevention and avoidance of dangerous traffic situations using the unique mobile driving technique training course (emergency braking on dry and slippery road surfaces; how to avoid frontal crash (simulation); power braking at 40 km/h speed on slippery surface; to avoid objects on the road within braking distance; how to slow down and stop the car using hand brake, if the ordinary brake system goes out of order, etc).

More information on the website of the Hungarian Automobile Club: www.autoklub.hu

Locations of the “SAFE TRAFFIC ALONG A LIFE PATH PROGRAM” in 2012

Week	Date		Location
1	March 20, 2012	March 25, 2012	SZÁZHALOMBATTA
2	March 27, 2012	April 1, 2012	SZOLNOK
3	April 3, 2012	April 8, 2012	SALGÓTARJÁN
4	April 10, 2012	April 15, 2012	GYÖNGYÖS
5	April 17, 2012	April 22, 2012	NYÍREGYHÁZA
6	April 24, 2012	April 29, 2012	DEBRECEN
7	May 1, 2012	May 6, 2012.	BÉKÉSCSABA
8	May 8, 2012	May 13, 2012.	MAKÓ
9	May 15, 2012	May 20, 2012.	SZEGED
10	May 22, 2012	May 27, 2012	BAJA
11	May 29, 2012	June 3, 2012	SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR
12	June 5, 2012	June 10, 2012	KOMÁROM
13	June 12, 2012	June 17, 2012	VESZPRÉM
14	June 23, 2012	June 24, 2012	GYŐR
15	June 30, 2012	July 1, 2012	SZEKSZÁRD
16	July 2, 2012	July 8, 2012	DUNAÚJVÁROS
17	July 10, 2012	July 15, 2012	TATABÁNYA
18	July 17, 2012	July 22, 2012	ZALAEGERSZEG
19	July 24, 2012	July 29, 2012	MINDSZENT
20	July 31, 2012	August 5, 2012	KECSKEMÉT
21	August 11, 2012	August 12, 2012	MISKOLC
22	August 18, 2012	August 19, 2012	EGER
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24	September 2, 2012	September 9, 2012	GÖDÖLLŐ
25	September 11, 2012	September 16, 2012	BONYHÁD
26	September 18, 2012	September 23, 2012	PÉCS
27	September 25, 2012	September 30, 2012	DOMBÓVÁR
28	October 2, 2012	October 7, 2012	KAPOSVÁR
29	October 9, 2012	October 14, 2012	NAGYKANIZSA
30	October 16, 2012	October 21, 2012	SZOMBATHELY
31	October 23, 2012	October 28, 2012	SOPRON