Traffic Playgrounds

We can find in many cities the Children’s Traffic Playgrounds, where children in the company of an adult or monitors, will learn the correct behaviors related to road signs.

What is learned in the Children’s Traffic Parks?

These spaces teach children, in a playful way, the responsibilities they have as users of public roads, whether as pedestrians, travelers or vehicle drivers. In the Children’s Traffic Parks, special emphasis is placed on knowledge of traffic signs and regulations, as well as the risks of traffic.

They are generally equipped with bicycles, go-karts, motorcycles and battery cars, etc. and this, in addition to being especially fun for the little ones, teaches them the importance of understanding certain rules that surround them on their daily journeys.

All these traffic playgrounds have traffic signs that are the same as those used by adults and themselves on a daily basis, with the difference that they are the right size for their ages.

How did the need to create these traffic playgrounds?

Its creation arose from the obligation, on the part of society, to ensure the safety of children, providing them with knowledge of the dangers of traffic and how to avoid them, teaching them to circulate on the streets and highways as pedestrians and drivers of vehicles such as bicycles. Doing it in an attractive way for them is very effective, because through the game they will understand the basic and fundamental concepts of circulation.

The fact of developing positive attitudes towards traffic regulations urges them to understand values ​​such as civility, respect, help and solidarity, especially with the elderly, minor children or disabled people.

For all these reasons, it is interesting and will be very exciting for children, that you bring them closer to one of these traffic playgrounds since it has many positive benefits for their education, as well as helping them to prevent dangers that would imply their ignorance.