Working group of German traffic educators

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The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrserzieher e. V. (ADV) was a non-profit association that aimed to promote traffic education and traffic information. Her most important project was the “Youth Traffic Badge” program with 13 test and control sheets for the entire school period. Most of the members of the ADV were teachers . The ADV was founded in 1971 and dissolved in 2008.

history

The idea of ​​the ADV was born in 1950. Teachers who survived WWII and returned home wanted to show themselves thankful and do something good. They wanted to reduce the dramatic increase in the number of accidents due to the start of motorization and thus avert a lot of suffering. In 1951 the youth league for road safety was founded as the predecessor of the ADV. Their aim was to reduce the number of accidents, accident prevention and traffic education for schoolchildren. The patron was the Federal Minister of Transport, Hans-Christoph Seebohm .

founding

The ADV was founded on November 30, 1971 by members of the Youth League for Road Safety. 1st chairman: Günter Kortstock (he remained first chairman and managing director until his death in 2004) 2nd chairman: Paul Godzik 3rd chairman: Othmar Altmann

Purpose of the association

Promotion of traffic education and information as well as accident prevention from pre-school to the end of school and in the extracurricular area.

Youth traffic badge

A traffic education program from pre-school to the end of school. The trial phase for the beginnings of the youth traffic badge began as early as 1967 in Lower Saxony with 10,000 students, was led by Günter Kortstock and ran for 3 years.

In the test regions, the number of children killed in traffic fell by up to 36% and injured children by up to 13%, while the number of accidents involving children in the rest of Germany rose by 10 to 13%. Confirmed by these positive results, the test sheets for the youth traffic badge and the teacher leaflets were developed by members of the ADV.

Example of a worksheet

The youth traffic badge program consisted of:

arc theme
Bow 1 Introduction to traffic education
Bow 2 Safe way to school
Arch 3 Pedestrian behavior
Bow 4 Cyclist behavior
Arch 5 Target traffic
Arch 6 Actual traffic, partner customer
Bow 7 Difficult traffic partners
Bow 8 First aid, immediate measures
Bow 9 From cyclist to moped driver
Bow 10 Alcohol + traffic
Arch 11 Good vision + traffic
Arch 12 Environment + road traffic
Arch 13 Aggression + road traffic
Parent sheet

Most of the questionnaires contained a practical and a theoretical part. The sheets contained the subject areas of safety, social, health and environmental education.

As recognition for the passed exam there was

  • a button for a passed exam,
  • a badge in bronze for passing the exams on sheets 3 and 4
  • the badge in silver for passing the examinations on sheets 5 and 6 or 7 and 8,
  • the passport for the first passed exam
  • and a certificate for the passed exams on sheets 3 and 4.

Works

  • ' Preparing to Acquire the Youth Traffic Badge' helped teachers prepare for the exams
  • ' Suggestions for project lessons ' contained exemplary teaching units on the subject of road safety
  • ' Getting on from the right / getting off to the right - for safety's sake' showed the advantages of getting on and off the bike from / to the right and contained an exercise program to learn or relearn this step by step.

To prepare for the exams for the youth traffic badge, the publisher has developed tools for teachers and students that are tailored to the ADV sheet (copy templates, traffic exercise card index, slide-tone series, books, games, CD-Rom, OHP Foils).

Youth traffic signs in gold

Youth
traffic badge in gold

The youth traffic badge in gold was awarded by the association for special achievements in the interest of traffic education.

Carriers are:

Youth traffic badge program in the new federal states

Since 1990 ADV e. V. offered their traffic education program in the new federal states . All schools were informed and the teachers were made familiar with the program in many advanced training events. Over 80% of the primary schools have worked with the test and control sheets. Volkswagenvertriebsbetreuungsgesellschaft mbH Chemnitz financed the printing and distribution of test sheets 1–4 for elementary schools in the new federal states.

Financing of the test and control forms from ADV e. V.

For Lower Saxony: Lower Saxony Minister for Economics, Technology and Transport
For the extracurricular area: Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing

Sponsors

  • Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg
  • Volkswagen Vertriebssbetreuungsgesellschaft mbH Chemnitz
  • Local courts and public prosecutors by assigning monetary conditions.

Many local courts and public prosecutors instructed ADV e. V. Monetary requirements too. The ADV informed the schools in the respective areas and had them choose media or materials for traffic education for the allocated amounts or plan actions and paid the bills from the monetary requirements. In this way, the traffic offenders paid for traffic education and accident prevention in schools.

The ADV office based in Ilsede-Oberg worked very effectively and only used 3–4% of the budget for administration (all members worked on a voluntary basis, the 1st chairman provided the office space for the office free of charge). 96 - 97% of the budget was spent on media and work equipment for traffic education in schools and extracurricular facilities.

Activities and projects

  • 1971–2008, ADV e. V. for the youth traffic badge project 13 test and control sheets with accompanying booklets and brochures are available for the teachers.
  • In 1989 a video competition was carried out in cooperation with the ADAC to promote traffic education in order to make school routes safer on site.
  • 1983-2005 the ADV e. V. organized the “Kind und Verkehr” campaign of the German Road Safety Council by organizing parenting events with its West German, East German and Turkish moderators in the Friedland and Osnabrück / Bramsche transit camps .
  • The members of ADV e. V. on request during the entire existence of the association, since 1990 with a focus on the new federal states.
  • Further training events were also held in Münster for traffic safety officers of the police.
  • Requests to amend § 2 Paragraph 5 StVO, § 21 Paragraph 1a StVO and § 26 StVO.
  • In 1992 the ADV e. V. at the campaign for cyclists' hard hats.
  • The ADV e. V. carried out the "Blinkis" campaign nationwide and the "Glowworms" campaign in Osnabrück with their own blinkers.
  • In 1992 the ADV e. V. found out the ruler reaction test carried out by Dr. developed by Kügelgen.
  • In 1992 the members of ADV e. V. organized the Michael-Schanze-Tour and provided information on exhibitions and traffic safety days about the ADV e. V.
  • In 2004, a traffic symposium took place in Bolzano , at which the possibilities for implementing the youth traffic badge of the ADV e. V. were presented and discussed.
  • In 2005, ADV e. V. to participate in the “European Road Safety Charter” campaign of the European Commission.
  • In 2008 there was a funding campaign to kick-start practice-oriented cycling training in primary schools.
  • Until 2008 the ADV e. V. traffic education through the financing and procurement of media and materials as requested by the schools.

Awards for ADV members

In 1993 the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon was awarded to the 1st chairman and managing director Günter Kortstock

In 1997 the Federal Cross of Merit was awarded to the 2nd chairman Horst Bockmann

In 1997 Lilo op de Hipt and Othmar Altmann received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Mr. Günter Kortstock has been since the founding of ADV e. V. in 1971 until his death in 2004
1st chairman and managing director of ADV. Thanks to his great voluntary commitment, his tireless commitment, his wealth of ideas and his perseverance in achieving his traffic-educational and humanitarian goals, the ADV e. V. largely their recognition and successes.

resolution

At the end of 2008, the association was dissolved after 37 years for personnel and financial reasons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Articles of Association of ADV e. V. of November 30, 1971, Register No. 511 Register of Associations Peine
  2. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, pp. 5-7
  4. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, p. 8
  5. ^ Articles of Association of ADV e .V. dated November 30, 1971, Register No. 511 Register of Associations Peine
  6. ^ Handbuch für Verkehrssicherheit, Ed. Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat, 8th edition 2004, pages 34 and 51
  7. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, pp. 9-11
  8. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, p. 19
  9. ↑ Handbuch für Verkehrssicherheit, Ed. Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsbeirat, 8th edition 2004, p. 34 u. 51
  10. ↑ Brochure "30 Years of ADV eV - An idea has prevailed", publisher ADV e. V. 2001, pp. 20-22
  11. ↑ Tender plant: Misjudgment of bicycle helmets - the Stiftung Warentest has triggered a traffic education scandal . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 1992, pp. 241-243 ( online ).
  12. ^ Conference on traffic education on February 16, 2004 in Bolzano / South Tyrol
  13. ↑ Self-commitment to participate in the “European Road Safety Charter” campaign  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.erscharter.eu  
  14. ↑ Peiner Nachrichten of March 21, 1993, p. 41
  15. ↑ Osterholzer Zeitung No. 141 of June 20, 1998
  16. ↑ Altmark Zeitung 23./24. dated May 24, 1998
  17. ↑ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung from February 15, 1997
  18. ↑ Hildesheim District Court, Register of Associations 160146 of May 26, 2010