Hello and welcome in the program: “The road and Me” about Safety for all!

We are Jules and Lea, two primary school’s pupils, like you! With us, you will discover how to ensure your peace and your protection during your displacements in everyday life.

Come on, let’s go, follow us!

Contents I discover the Highway Code

I ride my bike

I anticipate the risks

I use public transport

I adapt to the weather

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I discover the Highway Codeon the way to school, maybe you see road signs and traffic lights. do you know their signification?

Understand the road signs.Sign’s shape and colour give information about its meaning.

Danger Interdiction

Indication Obligation

on the road...Do you know the road signs below? What do they mean? Observe them carefully and tick the right answer!

Interdiction to park No entry

Interdiction for bus Bus stop

Obligation to stop for all the vehicles (bikes included)

Recommendation to stop for all the vehicles.

Who am i?

I’m a round sign that prohibits the access of a road to the pedestrians.

I’m a sign that indicates the presence of a crosswalk.

I’m a sign that oblige users to turn left.

Read the riddles and draw the answer below. Then you can have fun creating other riddles.

I don’t cross and I wait quietly on the pavement!

I don’t cross because some cars

still could pass.

I look to the right and to the left and

I can cross.

Compulsory path for pedestrians Beware of the school’s outing

Slippery road Interdiction to make skids!

I ask myself

I keep in mind

I train

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When you ride your bike, there are rules to respect to ride in full safety and to not disturb other users. do you know them?

I ride my bike

on the road…Observe this picture and search the elements that prove that Jules and Lea ride their bike in full safety.

Circle them and explain your choices.

in full safety

I am equipped with an outfit that protects me and allows me to be seen.

I’m the other name of the bike: the ……………………………

Worn on the head, I protect from the shocks in the event of a fall:

the …………………………

I’m a track reserved to the bikes: the ………………………… track.

I’m used to slow down when there’s a danger.

There are two of them on a bike: the …………………………

Before going, they have to be correctly inflated: the …………………………

I check that everything works on my bike (inflated tires, lights, brakes).

I use the tracks reserved to the bikes.

I respect the other users riding in single file.

i search and i find!Find the following definition and look for the words in the mixed-words grid.

KHDZJYReVS

TSLIGReLHU

HeLmeTVBVe

SRLZFSIAHN

eIQSACVLSP

eTKRYQPCSZ

KWDCIReYeX

eTLeSeKARB

NeeRFBSKIB

BWAIS TCOAT

I ask myself

I keep in mind

I train

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I anticipate the risks

sometime, on the road, you can encounter some situations that can represent a danger (broken down car, crossing animal, group of walkers). There are several ways to indicate these dangers to the other road users. Can you quote some of them?

some dangers on the road…

Observe this picture and circle the different ways to warn the users that there is a danger.

indicate the risk for a better anticipationThere are various ways of warning the road users about a high-risk situation. It’s very important to be able to recognize and to use them.

For each risk...Connect the risks with the better way to warn the road users!

An indicator to indicate someone is overtaking.

Hazard warning lights to warn about a danger.

Descriptive adapted in the event of breakdown/accident.

A road sign to warn the road user.

I ask myself

I keep in mind

I train

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Have you already taken public transport? if so, which ones? do you know some safety rules to observe when traveling by the bus or the tramway?

I use public transport

Observe and describe Lea’s behaviour in one sentence.

To be a good passenger

Wait quietly the bus on the pavement near the reserved stop.

Get in quietly without hustling the other people.

Travel calmly seated or upright (holding the bar) without disturbing either the other users or the driver.

Get down quietly from the bus and wait until it left to cross the roadway in full safety.

A bus trip

Lea’s teacher prepared a small questionnaire in order to see whether her pupils are ready for a bus trip. Do you think you could answer it correctly?

A bus trip…

1 . The bus is coming: where are you? I’m on the pavement playing with my friends.

I’m lined up, close to the bus stop and I wait until the teacher tells me to get in.

I’m on the edge of the pavement reading a book.

2 . it’s time to get in the bus You push your friends and the passengers who were already inside to take the seated places.

You get in the bus, you sit down and you put your bag down on the aisle.

You get in quietly and you settle in a seat, if there’s a free one, either you stay upright holding the bar.

3 . during the trip You stay seated on your seat, you are calm and you don’t disturb the driver, or the other passengers.

You are upright in the central aisle but you don’t hold the bar, there is no risk.

You sing in the bottom of the bus with your friends and you move to ask things to the teacher.

3 . The trip finishes You rush to be the first to get out before the doors close again.

You wait for the teacher’s sign to get down.

You stay at your place, you’ve just seated!

I ask myself

I keep in mind

I train

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sometimes the weather is not ideal to move on the road. Can you quote some examples of difficult climatic conditions? According to you, what is necessary to move in full safety, even when the weather is not nice?

I adapt to the weather

An all-weather street…

Observe and explain in one sentence what you think being dangerous in the following pictures.

Read the article and answer the questions making sentences.

At each weather its dangers and its safety rules

A newspaper article

Extract of the local newspaper of Renault-City.“Yesterday, around 6PM, an accident occurred on Republic Square. A car’s driver only just avoided a cyclist whom he saw only at the last moment because of the fog and the rain. He skidded on the wet roadway and struck a lamppost. «Next time, I will not forget to wear my reflective waistcoat!», the cyclist said to our journalist. Everyone was scared and promised itself to always stay very vigilant.”

1. What was the weather like the day of the accident?

2. Why did the car skid on the road?

3. Why didn’t the driver see the cyclist?

4. What did the cyclist should have worn?

5. Which advice could you give to the driver of the car so that it wouldn’t happen again? And to the cyclist?

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I keep in mind

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Rain / Storm Fog Wind Snow / Ice

Dangers Slippery roadway. Reduced visibility.

Reduced visibility Roadway obstructed by carried elements (branches, remains)

Slippery roadway Invisible road markings.

Safety rules for pedestrians

Be even more vigilant. Wear an adapted outfit. In the event of storm, shelter (except under a tree).

Wear an adapted outfit (reflecting waistcoat).

Be attentive because the vehicles can swerve to avoid the objects on the roadway

Beware of the cars which could skid.Wear an adapted outfit

Safety rules for bikes

Wear a reflective waistcoat. Reduce its speed Switch on its lights.In the event of a storm, avoid riding.

It’s better to not ride a bike in these conditions.

Because of the gusts, it’s better to carry on its way walking, holding the bike with the hand.

It’s better to not ride a bike in these conditions.

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