Why not primary school students?
Why are road markings and warning signs exclusive information for only those sitting the driving theory test?
The rules of the road which are interacted with every single day going to and from primary school, should not be a hidden language.
Primary school students should be taught the meaning of road markings and warning signs making them common knowledge.
Although every person in Ireland has seen the road markings and warning signs, the language has become exclusively for those sitting the theory and driving test, which has led to high fail rates.
30% of people fail the theory test and 47% fail the driving test, both of which predominantly consist of knowing the warning signs and road markings like the back of one’s hand.
Road to Success has been praised by primary school educators as a highly useful learning tool which easily integrates rules of the road education into the classroom and homework due to the colour categorisation, pictures, accessible language and fun games.
The knock-on effect of introducing rules of the road to primary school students is the re-education of their parents and guardians.
The bottom-up approach and circular learning benefits of Road to Success within the primary school setting has the ability, over time to increase road safety for both current and future drivers and improve the failure statistics of the theory and driving tests.
