An introduction to road safety, mobility and good examples concerning road safety education in Flanders.

1. Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde
Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge
Road safety education
in Flanders

2. Content
I.
Belgium for dummies
II.
VSV/FFT
III. Road safety & mobility
IV. Life long learning line
V.
Results
VI. Conclusions

3. I. Belgium for dummies

4. Localisation

5. National symbols

6. National symbols

7. National symbols

8. Government

9. Government

10. II. VSV/FFT

11. Ambition VSV

12. Approach VSV
• Umbrella-organisation
• Founded by the Flemish parliament
• Public organisation
• Mission
• Knowledge transfer: road safety, mobility
management, public transport, …
• Mobility education
• Advisory function

13. Results
Blue = Training hours
Red = Participants trainings
Green = Participants campaigns

14. III. Road Safety & Mobility

15. Road fatalities – EU 27
2001: 54,302
2011: 30,300
2012: 28,000

16. Road fatalities – EU 27
28,000 fatalities…
= over 150 airplane crashes…

17. Road fatalities – EU 27
Target 2020: -50% vs. 2010

18. Road fatalities – Belgium
2001: 1,486
2011: 861
2012: 767

19. Road fatalities – Belgium
Red: road deaths (30 days)
Green: 2015 & 2020 national targets
Source: FOD Economie, ADSEI

20. Road fatalities – Flanders
2001: 848
2011: 432
2012: 381

21. Road fatalities – Flanders
Green: road deaths (30 days)
Orange: 2015 & 2020 regional targets
Source: FOD Economie, ADSEI

22. Improvement road safety
• Infrastructure
• Bicycle lanes, downgrading
• Vehicles
• Seat belts, …
• Awareness
• Alcohol, speed, …
• Legislation
• Seat belts, speed limits, …
• Enforcement
• Speed, alcohol, seat belts, …

23. Mobility

24. Amount of motorised vehicles

25. Amount of motorised vehicles

26. Distance travelled

27. Car dependency

28. Car dependency
Autoafhankelijkheid

29. Spatial planning
Autoafhankelijkheid

30. Marketing

31. New solutions?

32. The car as the ultimate toy

33. Forecast
• Grafiek prognose gemotoriseerde
verplaatsingen

34. 2008 - 2030

35. 2008 - 2030
+20%
-16%
-29%
+68%

36. Challenges

37. Causes of accidents
1%
2%
2%
5%
25%
65%
Drink driving
Speeding
Non-wearing of seat belt
Distraction
Fatigue
…

38. Importance of education

39. STOP-principle

40. Target groups FFT
• Making people smarter on road
safety and sustainable mobility:
everybody!
Children
School
Decision
makers
Local
administrations
Local &
regional
organisations
Professional
organisations
teachers
Teenagers
Parents
Novice
drivers
Senior
drivers
Police
officers
Company
leaders
Motorcyclists

41. IV Life long learning line
Hogescholen
Secondary schools
0
10
20
Primary schools
30
18+
40
50
60
professionals
70
80
90 jaar

42. Life long learning line
Secondary schools
0
10
20
Primary schools
30
18+
40
50
60
70
80
90 jaar

43. Four principles

44. Overview projects
• Kindergarten & Primary schools
Hear/See/Ride Toolkit
Traffic certificates
Traffic parents
Great Traffic Test/Pedestrian Test/Cycle Test
• Secondary schools
Mobibus
Driving licence at school
Moving forward
Smart Mobile Schools
• 18+
On the Road
Mobiplus

45. Training teachers
28 courses/year

46. Projects
Kindergarten & Primary schools
•Hear/See/Ride Toolkit
•Traffic certificates
•Traffic parents
•Great Traffic Test
•Great Pedestrian Test
•Great Cycle Test

47. Principles
• All good education starts at an early age
• We start with walking and cycling
• Toddlers have their limitations
Sight: sidewards sight is limited
Hearing: localisation sounds
Incentives: controle of impulses
Hight toddler

48. Toddlers

49. Toddlers
• Playful
• Step-by-step
•First hand in hand
•Alone
• Training of traffic skills
• Protected environment
• Real traffic

50. Overview
Kleuters
Horen, Zien en Rijden
Zintuiglijke en motorische ontwikkeling
Beschermde omgeving
Meestapper
Aan de hand
Beschermde omgeving  echte verkeer
Eerste graad
Startstapper
Alleen, onder toezicht
Beschermde omgeving  echte verkeer
Tweede graad
Vaardige stapper
Alleen, onder toezicht
Beschermde omgeving  echte verkeer
Het Grote Voetgangersexamen
Voetgangersbrevet Goud zelfstandig in het echte verkeer

51. Great Pedestrian Test
Pedestrian certificate gold
Five basic skills
1.Stepping around an obstacle on the footpath
2.Crossing the street at a pedestrian crossing
3.Crossing at an intersection with a policeman
4.Crossing at a T-junction
5.Crossing the street between parked cars

52. Learning to cycle
• 4-5 year until 12-13-...year
• Four training fases:
 Balance
 Steering skills
 Behavior in traffic
 Practice in traffic

53. Cycling certificate bronze
• Focus: steering abbility
Practical test:
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6.
Walking with the bike
Getting on the bike and starting
Riding straight
Keeping balance
Slalom
Stopping and getting of

54. Cycling certificate silver
Focus: traffic skills
Practical test:
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2.
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6.
Looking over the left schoulder
Slalom
Signaling arm
Riding an uneven terrain
Taking others into account
Unforseen braking

55. Kleuters
Horen, Zien en Rijden
Loopfietsen
Beschermde omgeving
Eerste graad
Fietsbrevet Brons
Stuurvaardigheid
Beschermde omgeving
Tweede graad
Fietsbrevet Zilver
Stuur – en verkeersvaardigheid
Beschermde omgeving  echte verkeer
Derde graad
Het Grote Fietsexamen
Fietsbrevet Goud zelfstandig in het echte verkeer

56. Great traffic test
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Schoolyear 2012-2013 more than 25.000 pupils
Schoolyear 2013-2014: 26, 27, 28 May 2014
Free online test for pupils 5th year
Detect working points
25 questions about 5 themes
4 photos – 1 clip per theme
17/25 minimum
Feedback for teachers

57. Great cycle test
• Organised by school/municipality/police
• Support from VSV (trainings, leaflets,
posters, …)
• Registration per class on:
www.grotefietsexamen.be
• Class has an online dossier on the website
• More info: www.grotefietsexamen.be

58. Great cycle test
• Free packet with registration:
– Manual
– Practice sheets
– Flyers for parents
– Poster ‘We take part!’
– Clip board for the teacher
– Cycling certificate gold

59. Great cycle test
Focus: traffic behavior
Practical test:
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Riding straight on
Turning right
Turning left
Riding along an obstacle
Giving priority at a crossing without
Results schoolyear 2012-2013
1. 634 schools
2. 7.974 leerlingen

60. Traffic parents

61. Projects secondary schools
•Secondary schools
Mobibus
Driving licence at school
Smart Mobile Schools

62. Mobibus

63. Travelling exhibion
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Ready made project
No additional work for schools
No long journeys
All Flemisch municipalities
Interactive
Several modules

64. Target group
• 3e - 4e year secondary schools
– High risk group
– Difficult target group

65. Subjects
• Blind spot
• Sustainable mobility
• Visibility
• Bicycle
• Moped

66. Modules
• Introduction
– Outside the bus
• Blind spot
– Film
– Blind spot camera
• Sustainable mobility
– Game

67. Modules
• Quiz
– Knowledge- and behavior
• Visibility
– Different weather conditions
– Different materials

68. Evaluation
• Respons 5547

69. Practical
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Reservation by municipality or police
Max. 24 pupils (groepen max. 8 pers)
4 classes per dag
80 minuten per class
Coach VSV
About 20 municipalities/year
About 8500 pupils/year

70. Driving licence at school
• Partners:
– FFT
– driving instructors
– examination centers
– secondary schools

71. Origin
• Survey in all Flemish secondary schools
• Result: little attention to traffic education
in secondary schools
• Need for an attractive offer

72. Goal
• Target group:
– pupils in last year of secondary school (1718 years old)
• Goals:
– prepare them professionally for the
theoretical exam
– teach them about sustainable mobility

73. Content
• 8 classes by driving instructors
• Educational material for pupils
• Exams in school

74. Pilot project
• School year 07–08 = 25 schools
• Results:
– 95% of pupils think it a success
– 86% of pupils think the classes are
interesting
– 82% of pupils want more attention to traffic
education in secondary school

75. Exam results pilot

76. Results driving licence at school
School year
Schools
Pupils
Pass rate
2008-2009
763
43 784
60,2 %
2009-2010
786
39 809
63,9 %
2010-2011
789
45 508
61%
2011-2012
798
43 152
59,6%
2012-2013
825
38 179
57,9%

77. Moving forward
Detecting bottlenecks

78. Moving forward
Bottleneck automatically on Google maps

79. Moving forward
Possibility to adapt bottleneck

80. Smart Mobile Schools

81. Reason
Road fatalities according to age

82. More traffic and mobility
education in secondary schools
Offer
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- 8 tot 12 training hours
- Educational material
- Free official exam

83. Origin of SMS
• Very good evaluation of driving licence at school:
- 98% of the teachers
- 97% of the pupils
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80% of the teachers and 76% of the pupils wants
more traffic and mobility education at school

84. Driving licence at school is a loc

85. Results SMS
• 438 schools participating
• Offer for schools
– An overview of the complete offer of traffic and
mobility education
– Free support and coaching by professionals
– Maximum € 750 support

86. Mobiplannen: 1ste en 2de graad

87. Mobiplannen: 3de graad

88. 18+
• On the Road
• Mobiplus

89. On the road
• 18-24 years old
• Just have their driving licence
– Large risk group
• Attitude
• Experience
– 2005: 102 fatalities (Flanders)

90. .
On the Road
• Partners
– FFT, driving instructors, examination centers
• Target group
– 18-24 years old (large risk group), with a driving licence
on a voluntary basis
• Goals
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Make them think about mobility problems
Make them aware about agelinked risks
Teach them safer driving skills
Reduce the number of accidents

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On the Road
• Contents
– Mix of theory and practice during a half day
– Small groups (12 participants)
• Practical
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Classes by professional driving instructors
Participant pays € 20, FFT pays € 87/participant
Benefit in car insurance
1.000 participants/year
3.500 teaching hours for driving instructors

92. Training
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Half a day
Participants must have driving licence
Mix theory and practice
On a free basis
Certificate

93. Insurance companies
• Benefit in car insurance
– for all participants
– certificate
– 3 large insurance companies

94. Communication
• Youngsters = difficult target group
• Communication campaign must be:
– Funny
– Eyecatching
– Young at hart

95. Communication

96. .
Mobiplus
• Partners
– FFT, driving instructors, municipalities, elderly
organisations
• Target group
– Seniors, 55+
• Goals
– Refresher course about traffic regulation and mobility
abilities
• Contents
– Traffic rules and traffic behavior
• Practical
– Small groups
– Classes by professional driving instructors
– Four 2-hour-classes

97. Mobi+
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Small groups (20-30 participants)
Locally organised
Four 2-hour-classes
Democratic prizes
Certificate
On a voluntary basis

98. Mobi+: Origin
• Lethal risk per billion km (men)

99. Publications

100. Results
Vlerick Belgium’s top
ranked global business
school now only a
metro, tram or bus ride
away
Metro 20/6/13

101. Results

102. Results

103. Results

104. Results

105. Conclusions
• Mobility offers great opportunities
and great challenges
• If we want to guarantee next
generations the same mobility
• We have to invest in sustainable mobility
• Traffic and mobility education is a good
tool

106. More info?
Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde
Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge
eddy.klynen@verkeerskunde.be
www.verkeerskunde.be