This paper is a sequel to the previous paper [IRRD No. E103851]. Its author is the Schools Consultant for road safety in Odense, Denmark, and advises the city's 50 schools about children in road traffic. He also leads the City Traffic School, whose staff includes 12 police officers. The School gives practical teaching on traffic, once a year, to the pre-school class and to children in the fourth and fifth grades, as a supplement to road safety classes in schools. It teaches about 5000 pupils a year. Because children are handicapped in traffic and find it difficult to evaluate traffic situations, it is important to make routes to school as safe as possible, with the help of technical measures. To achieve good results, it is necessary to make efforts in several areas together, including traffic education, focusing on survey results, and conducting safety campaigns. In 1978, a working group in Odense began to examine journey to school in detail. It started a pilot 'safe routes to school' project for four selected schools. It was important to involve their children and listen to them. After completion of the pilot project, the group proposed compiling a report for all schools in Odense, extensive funding for improvements, and a 12-year plan for works. Odense City Council accepted the report's findings and approved its recommendations.
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