Serious game to raise children’s awareness of road safety

‘Safety and Mobility for All’, an educational game designed to heighten the awareness of children to road safety and sustainable mobility is now available in a digital version.

This initiative is aimed at helping achieve the United Nations’ objective of cutting the number of road fatalities in half by 2020.

The program has been expanded this year with a new educational section: a serious game for children ages seven to twelve years.

It is designed to be played at home with the family as well as in the classroom or in extracurricular activities as part of educational programs on the themes of road safety and environmental protection.

Léa and Jules, the two characters who participate in the big transport contest organised by their school, have three assignments.

They must organise daily trips, such as those between home and school; occasional trips in small groups, to go the country, for example; and special trips in a larger group, like a class trip at the end of the school year.

Through role-playing exercises, children learn to travel about safely and get an introduction to the driving code (recognising the shapes and colors of signs, understanding lanes and the direction of traffic, taking into account weather conditions and so on.

Players must rely on their capacity for observation, their critical faculties, and their team spirit. They also discover various aspects of sustainable mobility such as the use of soft transport, car-pooling, electric vehicles, renewable energies, and recycling of materials.