According to a study of the Institute of Psychology National Research Council, CNR, Rome has shown that, in Italy, only 16% of children between 8 and 11 years goes to school alone. The choice to accompany their children to school, preferred by '84% of Italian parents, is surely based on the fear of risks due to the large number of cars in circulation and the possibility of dangerous encounters. These reasons, without reasonable doubt, however, reveal a desire for security that can also be counterproductive.
The search CNR that, emphasizing such as freedom of movement and confidence with the environment around them are for children, essential stimuli. They generate curiosity , capacity adaptation and greater ease of troubleshooting newspapers. Accompany their children to school by car, thus preventing them from acquiring proper behavior towards road mobility and reduces peer relations.
But why is it better to go to school on foot? The reasons are many and important: to ensure, for children and young people, the possibility of simply continuing to exercise going to and returning from school on foot or bicycle, reducing the number of cars in circulation, reduce the degree of pollution; know their neighborhood from a different point of view and, if possible, return to the children of space maps to move around and play. Going to school on foot is also a practical way to teach students about road safety education. The participation of schools is, of course, essential to understand and change behavior of children's mobility. It would be desirable, therefore, that teachers were integrating the traditional road safety education with an education to mobility. The various pilot projects in Europe, among which include the creation of convoys on foot or by bicycle, the composition of diaries of mobility, the implementation of energy-saving competitions or tests in school premises, have shown that you can get Thus, a good decrease in traffic Car and energy savings of 30%. It is clear that a fundamental part of overall responsibility, however, even the government, which should promote and encourage initiatives to improve the relationship between children and the city.
