Magyar Suzuki and National Police Headquarters (ORFK-OBB) help teach road safety to first-graders in a playful way

On the occasion of the Day of Transport Culture, the National Accident Prevention Committee of the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) will distribute a road safety activity booklet – prepared with the support of Magyar Suzuki Corporation – to about 100,000 first-graders. The booklet is designed to help pupils learn the basics of road safety in a playful way before the summer holidays.

Road safety is of paramount importance to Magyar Suzuki, that is the reason why the company decided to support the creation of the instructional booklet. In the publication, a small car, Suzuki Suzy, guides children through the most important traffic rules, and helps them learn how to be safe on foot, on a bicycle, on a scooter, or even with the family on the roads.

The aim of the publication is to pass on the knowledge necessary for road safety to primary school pupils in an engaging way. The design of the professional content was supervised by the National Accident Prevention Committee of the National Police Headquarters.

“It is important for us that children get around safely in the summer as well. During the holiday season many of them start to travel beyond their usual routes. We believe that a playful introduction to traffic rules can help develop a more conscious and safer traffic culture in the long run. The publication, which was created with the professional support of the National Police Headquarters (ORFK-OBB), teaches and entertains at the same time,” said Zsuzsanna Bonnár-Csonka, Head of Corporate Communications at Magyar Suzuki Corporation.

Respect for each other in traffic is a shared responsibility. This idea brought the Day of Transport Culture to life in 2015. Since then, every year on 11 May, NGOs, the police and companies committed to road safety have jointly encouraged us all to be present on the roads carefully, consciously and by helping each other.

“In my traffic police role, every day I see that the foundations of road safety are decided in childhood. This publication helps the youngest age group to encounter the rules and situations they face in everyday life in a playful and engaging way. It stands out because it not only conveys knowledge, it also shapes attitudes: it teaches us to pay attention to each other and to participate responsibly in traffic. I am convinced that this type of education has a measurable effect on reducing the number of accidents in the long term. The cooperation between Magyar Suzuki and the National Police Headquarters is exemplary, as it clearly shows that road safety is a shared cause: we can take effective action in preventing accidents by working together with the state and market players," emphasised Zsolt Berzai, Police Lieutenant Colonel, Head of the Accident Prevention Department of the Traffic Police Department of the National Police Headquarters.

Supporting safety and road safety is a priority for Magyar Suzuki. This autumn, the company is organising the “Together on the Roads” road safety campaign for the fifth time in a row, which draws attention to a transport topic in which change is needed in society as a whole.