On July 31, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. The preventive campaign "Child is the main passenger!" will be held from August 6 to 12 in Belarus. This was announced to journalists today by Anna Banadyk, Senior Inspector for Special Assignments of the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, BelTA reports. The campaign involves working with drivers on the safe transportation of children and promoting the use of child car seats. Adults will be reminded once again that young passengers must be buckled up. Anna Banadyk recommended fastening children with a lap belt, passing the diagonal part behind their back. "The child will be secured around the waist, which will help them avoid injuries in case the driver has to brake sharply," she noted, emphasizing that child passengers sustain the most severe injuries. The Senior Inspector for Special Assignments of the Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in anticipation of the new academic year, preparations are underway in all regions for the street road network near schools and kindergartens located close to the roadway: checking for turnstiles to prevent children from having free access to the road, signs, speed bumps, and the condition of lighting. In addition, this year the practice of connecting such educational institutions and nearby crossings with painted footprints will be continued. "Psychologists suggested this to us. Children like such paths, and they follow them to the safe crossing point," explained Anna Banadyk. She added that since the beginning of the year, 11 children have died on the roads, and 230 have been hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. Meanwhile, the most dangerous period for young road users is ahead – August to early September. Anna Banadyk also said that in recent years in Belarus, children from the age of three have been taught rules of safe behavior on the road. Older children are explained traffic rules. The measures taken have significantly reduced the number of traffic accidents caused by children who do not know how to behave on the road.

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