Must come from family

After returning from exercise, Mr. Hoa stopped by Mr. Canh's house to drink a cup of tea and chat. Seeing Mr. Hoa limping, Mr. Canh quickly asked:

- What's wrong with your leg?

- I just fell to avoid some students, sir.

- Are you okay? Are there any scratches or bleeding? Come here and let me see.

- While I was about to cross the street, some students were walking side by side, laughing and joking with each other without paying attention. I quickly avoided them and fell on the sidewalk, only spraining my ankle a little.

Hearing that, Mr. Canh sighed:

- Up until now, I have always been afraid of students on the street. They walk in rows of 4 or 5, run red lights, speed around, tease each other, push and pull each other, and even drive with their eyes glued to their cell phones. In recent years, more and more students have been riding electric bicycles, electric motorbikes, and motorbikes, so I am even more afraid of going out on the street.

- You're right. Now I see that even middle school students have their parents buy them motorbikes and electric bikes.

- Have you noticed that recently, newspapers and social networks often report on traffic accidents caused by students directly driving the vehicles?

- Yes sir. I saw the press write that in the first 2 months of the year, the number of people under 18 years old in the province who had traffic accidents increased, more than 6 times higher than the same period last year.

- I see that in the general education program there is also a section on traffic safety, and every year schools and localities also organize a number of propaganda activities to disseminate the Road Traffic Law... but I don't understand why the situation hasn't improved?

- They organized a lot of activities but I think they were not effective. I attended a traffic safety law propaganda session at my child's school so I knew the content, the content was general, the form was simple. When I came home that day, I asked my child again and he said he couldn't remember anything.

- Does that mean we need to change the way we propagate and educate our children?

- That's right. But I think the most important thing is the family. If the family indulges their children, buys electric motorbikes and electric bicycles, and then gives them to them to ride when they have not yet mastered the skills to control and handle situations, then accidents will still happen. Besides, parents must also set an example, strictly obeying traffic laws for their children to follow.

- Recently, I saw that a parent was prosecuted for letting their underage child drive a car, causing the child to cause a traffic accident. I think the law should have stronger sanctions to improve the chaotic traffic situation of students, don't you think?

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