Traffic knowledge and perceptions of pre-school age children

Abstract

Pre-school education of children, which lasts until they began to their primary education, covers a period of the time between the ages of 0 and 6. This is the most important period of time in which they developed most of their physical, emotional, mental, social and linguistic skills, and their personality.  It is apparent that a big part of traffic problems occurs due to the lack of traffic education. Although it is important to have traffic education in all ages, the pre-school education helps them to acquire a habit of obeying the traffic rules and affects their behaviors.  In this study, the traffic information and perception of pre-school age children in Turkey is determined with the help of a survey applied to 804 children between aged 3-6; the missing and mistakes are identified, and the steps for a more accurate and permanent traffic education are discussed.