Traffic cadet

As traffic cadet , respectively traffic Cadets are teenagers and young adults indicated that volunteer at events large or traffic independently or together with the police , fire department or other emergency service ensure an orderly and smooth flow of traffic.

Switzerland

Traffic Cadets ( VK )
legal form	Registered associations & authorized traffic service
founding	1967 in Rapperswil
founder	Heiri Guggenbühl
Seat	Zurich and Wil SG ( ⊙ coordinates are missing! Help me. )
Office	21st
precursor	Cadets Zurich
purpose	Support authorities with security tasks and blue light organizations as well as meaningful leisure activities
main emphasis	Traffic regulation , traffic management
method	Working method according to SVG , VRV , SSV , VRG and orders of the cantonal police
Action space	German-speaking Switzerland including the entire canton of Graubünden
Chair	Fabian Schwarzenbach
Managing directors	Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets
Volunteers	1,000+
Members	952 uniformed men
Website	www.svkv.ch
The traffic cadets run all branches on a voluntary basis

organization structure

Traffic cadets, or traffic cadet departments, are youth organizations in Switzerland.

They include teenagers and young adults between the ages of 14 and around 30 who are deployed at events. They regulate and secure road traffic. The umbrella organization of the traffic cadet departments in Switzerland is the Swiss Traffic Cadet Association , which represents the interests of the departments affiliated to it towards third parties. In addition, there is the Zurich Traffic Cadet Association, to which the six traffic cadet departments operating in the canton of Zurich are affiliated.

Logo of the Swiss Traffic Cadet Association (SVKV), from 2013

Signs and instructions from the traffic cadets / police

Legal basis for traffic control / powers

In Switzerland, the legal basis for traffic regulation by traffic cadets is Article 67 paragraph 1 letter c. the Signalization Ordinance (SVV) issued by the Swiss Federal Council based on the Road Traffic Act (SVG) :

The provision of Article 67 SIA explicitly states that the signs and instructions of cadet traffic services are binding in road traffic.

In Switzerland, traffic cadets are considered civil servants during their deployment, regardless of their young age .

Type and meaning of the characters

Based on SIA Art. 66 paragraph 1, 2, 3 and 5 letter a.

• Holding up an arm: holding off the bifurcation for all directions.
• Reaching out one arm: hold for traffic from behind.
• Lateral extension of both arms: support for traffic from behind and in front.
• Waving in: Free travel in the corresponding direction.
• Moving the arm up and down: slowing down the journey.
• Stretch out one arm and wave to the right and left at pool level: crossing the junction for pedestrians
• Signs for vehicles in regular service are reserved.

At night or when the weather makes it necessary, a flashlight with a yellow attachment is also used.

If the traffic is regulated by the traffic cadets, the road users have to wait for their signals, except when they are in a moving column and no stop signal is given.

How the traffic cadets work

Briefing of the traffic cadets before a mission.

The traffic cadet departments are independent associations in Switzerland within the meaning of Article 60 ff. ZGB . They manage and organize themselves accordingly. For a fee, the traffic cadet departments take over the traffic and parking service at events. The traffic cadets are compensated for their participation in these missions with pocket money.

Training and exam

The training of traffic cadets in Switzerland includes, among other things, traffic service, instruction of vehicles, signaling, handling of two-way radios and first aid, accident assistance, rights and obligations of a traffic cadet as well as internal rules and formalities.

The Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets organizes training days which focus on advanced training, management training and driver safety training. The traffic cadets are checked by officers of the cantonal police corps.

Advanced training

The traffic cadets all receive regular training. As well as further internal schools are offered.

Uniformity

The traffic cadets must be equipped in accordance with the EN 471 (SN 471) standard. Traffic cadet departments that are members of the Swiss Traffic Cadet Association (SVKV) meet this standard. The SVKV has also issued further regulations on the safety of traffic cadets, which are summarized in uniform regulations. The uniforms of the affiliated departments must comply with these regulations.

After passing a higher technical examination, the cadre is awarded the “White Hand” badge. _{The armpit loop with the old "Vice President" rank illustration}

communication

The traffic cadets communicate with each other with radio equipment. All traffic cadet departments that are affiliated with the Swiss Traffic Cadet Association (SVKV) use the same radio frequencies to ensure communication between several departments during larger operations.

Areas of application

The operational areas of the traffic cadet departments are coordinated by the Swiss traffic cadet association.

Ranks and structure

The rank structure and the various ranks are not regulated in a uniform manner in Switzerland.

The most widely used rank models .

Example of the Zurich model. Is used with slight changes in the following major regions : Zurich , Espace-Mitteland , Northwestern Switzerland .

Abbreviation	Rank	Description of the armpit loop	Armpit loops "Model Zurich"	comment
At the frontline
Asp	Candidate / aspirant	blank	No armpit loop	Requirement: After passing the entrance exams for the aspirant school
VK	Traffic cadet	Blank, on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirement: After passing exams. After approval by the canton police .
KA	Cadet	Two transversely running from bottom left parallel to top right running golden stripes, on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirement: Proven traffic cadet
KS	Cadre student	A thin horizontal golden stripe on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: After passing the cadre student examination. Can already lead operations with a few traffic cadets.
GF	Squad leader	Two thin horizontal gold stripes on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Passing the group leader school Can lead operations with several traffic cadets. Experienced traffic cadet.
ZF	Platoon leader	Three thin horizontal gold stripes on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Can lead operations with several traffic cadets. Very experienced traffic cadet.
OZF	Chief officer	A thick horizontal golden stripe on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Can lead operations with several traffic cadets. Very experienced traffic cadet. Sector management for large-scale operations. Support management.
Deputy Head	Deputy Head of Department	Two thick horizontal gold stripes on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Support overall manager Sector management for large-scale operations. Main line for large-scale operations.
ladder	Overall manager	Three thick horizontal gold stripes on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Main lead of the uniformed crew Main line for large-scale operations.
Special ranks at the front
FHR	driver	Golden steering wheel on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Driver of the emergency vehicles .
CON	Condor (old UK)	Golden rhombus on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Background
Not at the front
VPR	Vice President	Two gold stars on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Support president
PR	president	Three gold stars on a black background with gold letters and coat of arms of the Canton of Zurich *		Requirements / tasks: Main lead association.

* The coats of arms are based on the region in which the department operates

Traffic cadet departments in Switzerland

Logo of the traffic cadets department of Zurich - Unterland

Traffic cadets with emergency vehicle in Basel.

The members of the Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets are:

Total as of December 2018: 952 uniformed traffic cadets

Department	Abbreviation	Canton	founding year	Uniformed VK	Headquarters	Paging name
Traffic Cadets Department - Albis	VKAA	Zurich Aargau Lucerne	1970	110	Mettmenstetten ( ZH )	Jonah
Traffic cadet department - Appenzellerland	VKAAP	Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden	1981	5	Appenzell ( AI )	Bärli
Traffic cadet department - Ausserschwyz	VKAAS	Schwyz Uri	1967	49	Cheeks ( SZ )	Ursula
Cadet Corps Basel	KKB	Basel city Basel-Land	1981	60	Riehen (BS)	VD
Traffic cadets Bern	VKABE	Bern	1973	52	Ostermundigen (BE)	Cadet
Traffic cadets department - Chur	VKAC	Grisons	1969	47	Chur ( GR )	Palu
Traffic cadets department - Fürstenland	VKAF	St. Gallen Thurgau	1976	38	Wil (SG)	Prince
Traffic cadet department - Glarnerland	VKAGL	Glarus	1970	35	Glarus ( GL )	Glärnisch
Traffic cadets department - Lucerne	VKALU	Lucerne	2019	5	Office (LU)	Pilate
Traffic Cadets Department - Northwestern Switzerland	VKANWS	Basel city Basel-Land Aargau Solothurn	1972	79	Binningen ( BL )	VK
Traffic cadet department - Rapperswil-Jona	VKARJ	St. Gallen	1966	37	Rapperswil-Jona (SG)	pink
Traffic cadet department - St. Gallen	VKASG	St. Gallen	1973	38	Flawil (SG)	Lolo
Traffic cadet department - St. Galler-Oberland	VKASGO	St. Gallen	1974	16	Walenstadt (SG)	???
Traffic cadet department - Schaffhausen	VKASH	Schaffhausen	1969	30th	Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH)	Alex
Traffic cadet department - Saturdayern - Richterswil	VKASR	Zurich	1971	36	Saturdayers (ZH)	Samson
Traffic cadet department - Thurgau	VKATG	Thurgau	1982	60	Märstetten (TG)	Falk
Traffic cadet department - Winterthur	VKAW	Zurich	1987	31	Winterthur (ZH)	Albani
Traffic cadets department - train	VKAZG	train	1988	38	Train ( ZG )	rota
Traffic cadet department - Zürcher-Oberland	VKAZO	Zurich	1967	88	Nänikon (ZH)	Regula
Traffic cadet department - Zürcher Unterland	VKAZU	Zurich Aargau	1971	113	Wallisellen (ZH)	ZüKa
Traffic cadets department - Lake Zurich	VKAZS	Zurich	1972	38	Männedorf (ZH)	Lago

Other traffic cadets and non-members of the Swiss Traffic Cadet Association (thus no traffic cadet departments / VKA , with the exception of the Basel cadet corps) are:

• VK- Willisau (VKWS)
• VK- Saanenland (VKSL)
• VK- Oberaargau (VKOA)
• VK-Cevi traffic service, (VKCV)
  

  Two traffic cadets regulate the traffic at an intersection in Rapperswil (SG)

leisure

Easter weekend (OWK)

The Easter Weekend (OWK) takes place every year over Easter in Flawil . All traffic cadets in Switzerland and Germany can take part in this weekend camp. The OWK is organized and carried out by the St. Gallen traffic cadet department.

In 2020 the Easter weekend was canceled for the first time due to the strong COVID-19 pandemic .

Night march (NaMa)

The SVKV night march (NaMa) is an orienteering run through the night and is organized every year by a department of the Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets. The march takes place in the area of ​​the organizing department.

From 1971 until the 27th edition in 1998 the march was called the "Zurich-Oberland Night March". Since the 28th edition in 1999 the event has been called "SVKV Night March"

Eternal list and statistics of the night march

Department	Events 2	1st placed 1st	2nd placed 1st
VKA Zurich Oberland	31	1	1 3
VKA St.Gallen	7th	0	0
VKA-Albis	5	4th	0
VKA-Fürstenland	4th	2	3
Cadet Corps Basel	1	2	2
VKA Appenzellerland	1	2	1
VKA-Ausserschwyz	1	1	2
VK-Thurgau	0	3	1
VKA Northwestern Switzerland	0	1	4th
VKA-Winterthur	0	1	2
VKA-Chur	0	1 3	0
VKA St.Galler Oberland	0	1	0
VKA-Zürcher Unterland	0	0	1
VKA-Bern	0	0	1

Hosting years and ranking list

year	Organizing department	runner	groups	Winner department	Runner-up
2020	VKA St.Galler Oberland	-	-	-	-
2019	VKA-Ausserschwyz	160	51	VKA St.Galler Oberland	Cadet Corps Basel
2018	VKA Zurich Oberland	146	48	VKA-Chur 3	VKA-Zürcher Oberland 3
2017	Cadet Corps Basel	141	47	VKA-Ausserschwyz	VKA-Zürcher Unterland
2016	VKA St.Gallen / VKA Appenzellerland	122	45	Cadet Corps Basel	VKA-Ausserschwyz
2015	VKA Zurich Oberland	no event
2014	VKA Zurich Oberland	112	45	VKA-Albis	VKA Zurich Oberland
2013	VKA Zurich Oberland	110	40	VKA St.Gallen	VKA-Bern
2012	VKA Zurich Oberland	158	55	VKA-Winterthur	VKA Northwestern Switzerland
2011	VKA St.Gallen	90	33	VK-Thurgau	VK-Thurgau
2010	VKA St.Gallen	106	50	VKA-Albis	Traffic and park helper train
2009	VKA-Albis	135	65	VKA-Winterthur	VKA-Winterthur
2008	VKA-Albis	98	30th	VKA Northwestern Switzerland	Cadet Corps Basel
2007	VKA-Albis	128	61	VK Thurgau	VKA Northwestern Switzerland
2006	VKA-Albis	120	55	VK Thurgau	VKA-Winterthur
2005	VKA-Albis	115	46	Cadet Corps Basel	VKA Northwestern Switzerland
2002	VKA-Fürstenland / VKA St.Gallen	96	32	VKA-Albis	VKA-Fürstenland
2001	VKA-Fürstenland / VKA St.Gallen	104	34	VKA-Fürstenland	VKA St.Gallen
2000	VKA-Fürstenland / VKA St.Gallen	108	37	VKA St.Gallen	VKA-Fürstenland
1999	VKA-Fürstenland / VKA St.Gallen	77	27	VKA-Fürstenland	VKA-Fürstenland
1998	VKA Zurich Oberland	125	46	VKA Zurich Oberland	VKA Northwestern Switzerland
1997	VKA Zurich Oberland	103	35	VKA-Albis	VKA-Ausserschwyz
1971-1996	VKA Zurich Oberland	...	...	...	...

¹ Wins and runners-up are taken into account from 1997 onwards.

² double events are added to each department individually.

³ In 2018 the SVKV night march was canceled due to a storm with wind speeds of over 100 km / h.

Emergence

In Switzerland, the traffic cadets emerged in the 1960s, parallel to the automobileization of society. The traffic and parking lot regulations were initially an additional element of the program of the cadets in Switzerland. As a result of the great demand and the resulting time requirements, independent traffic cadet departments specializing in traffic and parking lot regulation were founded by the existing cadet associations. The provision of such services was not pursued by the existing cadet associations for the same reasons.

Pioneering story

In 1759 the first pre-military cadet corps was Heinrich Pestalozzi founded as early training for the recruit school of the Swiss army . Gradually, further cadet corps were formed, for example in Zurich in 1935 . The purpose of the cadet corps was a kind of sports school for preparation for the recruit school. The young men pursued all kinds of interests here, including air sports shooting and field sports.

Heiri Guggenbühl was then the head of the Zurich Cadet Corps. The pre-military operation practiced at the time was no longer popular with the young men, so the corps needed modernization. Various innovations were implemented by Heiri Guggenbühl, for example the installation of field telephones and the operation of radio communications . In 1949 the cadet corps of the city of Zurich had 155 cadets .

In November 1953, on a foggy evening, a motorist drove into a group of boy scouts at the Zoo tram stop in Zurich . Heiri Guggenbühl wrapped white handkerchiefs around the sleeves of his cadets in order to point out the accident scene to other motorists. This is how the cadets secured the scene of the accident.

Heiri Guggenbühl and his friends raved about the idea that young people could protect accident sites , regulate traffic and have a meaningful leisure activity. He wanted to convince various authorities of his idea, but it was rejected by the TCS and the ACS , among others . They found the idea too dangerous.

However, a sergeant from the Zurich City Police liked the idea so much that he trained four cadets in traffic . The uniform of these first traffic cadets was construction caps and arm warmers , which were sewn from pillows and white leather straps. These were put on over the cadet uniform.

At the cantonal training camp of the Zurich / Schaffhausen Cadet Association in 1962, the cadets present were introduced to the traffic service . The cadets were enthusiastic about the idea. Guggenbühl's idea was imitated for the first time. A scout association held a training weekend in Uerikon .

On Easter Monday, Whit Monday and on Sundays at the end of the school holidays, Heiri Guggenbühl carried out the “Cadets help motorists” campaign a year later.

In order to relieve the Rapperswiler Seedamm , traffic was directed to the right bank of Lake Zurich. The expenses were covered with tips from the motorists. Cadets from Horgen , Meilen , Schaffhausen , Stäfa , Winterthur , Wädenswil and Basel had traveled there at that time. Since it was still forbidden in the canton of Zurich to regulate traffic with young people, practice was carried out in the canton of Schwyz in Pfäffikon SZ.

At the “1000 Years of Ürikon” festival in 1965, the local cantonal police station of the Zurich cantonal police ignored the cantonal ban, which prohibited the regulation of traffic with young people. When the police commander of the Zurich cantonal police saw how eagerly and professionally the cadets were managing traffic, the ban was lifted. In addition to this mission, the car race in the canton of Glarus " Kerenzerberg " was already regulated with the cadets.

First traffic cadet departments

Since the cadets only wanted to regulate traffic, the Zurich Cantonal Cadet Association did not send any more cadets to Heiri Guggenbühl from 1966. Then Heiri Guggenbühl decided to split off from the Zurich Cadet Association and founded the first traffic cadet department.

The city ​​of Rapperswil and the children's zoo in Rapperswil agreed on the financial basis, making the Rapperswil traffic cadet department the first department

in Switzerland. At the starting point, they counted 28 traffic cadets who came from the scout movement.

From 1967 the media became aware of the traffic cadets. The many reports made many young people aware of the traffic cadets.

The city of Rapperswil and the Zirkus Knie AG resp. the Knie Children's Zoo agreed to finance a UK training center for the local traffic cadets. For this reason, the Zurich-Oberland traffic cadet department was set up for the young people in the Zürcher-Oberland area .

Foundations

Many other traffic cadet departments were founded in Switzerland, mostly in the Zurich regions and in north-west and north-east Switzerland.

1967 VKA- Rapperswil-Jona 1967 VKA -Zürcher Oberland 1967 VK- March (renamed) → successor department "VKA-Ausserschwyz" 1969 VK-Benken (dissolved) → Successor departments "VK-Nordostschweiz" and "VKA-St.Galler Oberland" 1969 VKA- Chur 1969 VKA Schaffhausen 1970 VKA Albis 1970 VKA- Glarnerland 1971 VKA - Saturdayern - Richterswil 1971 VKA- Zürcher Unterland 1972 VKA Northwestern Switzerland 1972 VKA- Lake Zurich 1973 VKA- Bern 1974 VK- Northeast Switzerland (dissolved) → Successor departments "VKA-St.Gallen", "VKA-Fürstenland", "VKA-Appenzellerland", "VK-Thurgau"

1974 VKA- St.Galler Oberland 1976 VKA- Fürstenland 1978 VKA- Winterthur 1981 VKA Appenzellerland AI / AR 1981 Kadetten-Korps Basel (split off) → split off from "VKA-Nordwestschweiz" 1981 VKA- Principality of Liechtenstein (FL) 1982 VK- Thurgau 1984 VK- Oberaargau 1988 VKA train 1989 VK- Willisau 1995 Cevi traffic service 1997 VK- Saanenland 2019 VKA- Lucerne

Germany

Logo of the traffic cadets Germany

organization structure

Sign 356 - traffic helper

Traffic cadets are the most widespread form of active youth work in the non-profit local, regional and roundabout guards organized by the Deutsche Verkehrswacht . They include young traffic assistants from the age of 14 (sometimes even 12) who are deployed at major events to support the police , the public order office and the organizers. They secure and support road traffic, but do not steer it independently. They also support the mother traffic watch in their statutory tasks and actions. They are organized nationwide, together with all forms of youth work, in the working group for the promotion of youth work in the Deutsche Verkehrswacht e. V.

Legal bases

Traffic cadets are legally classified as traffic helpers. Since 1992, the legal basis has been § 42 of the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) with the traffic sign 356. Until 1992, the sign 356 was the traffic sign for pupils . In the general administrative regulation for road traffic regulations (VwV-StVO), traffic cadets were explicitly mentioned until 2009, in the currently valid version the following provisions are made for sign 356 traffic assistants:

I. "Traffic assistants are school guides, school path assistants or other assistants for pedestrian traffic." II. "The sign is not to be placed on traffic lights and pedestrian crossings." Traffic cadets are thus by legal definition other assistants for pedestrian traffic .

Training and exam

Depending on the organization, the duration of the training varies from two compact weekends to five months.

Each candidate is, based on a general training concept, among other things in the StVO, first aid , breakdown assistance , securing an accident site, practical signaling of the traffic police (analogous to § 36 Abs. 1–4 StVO ), in dealing with the radio and in the Rights and duties of a traffic cadet trained.

The exam consists of a theoretical and a practical part.

Experienced traffic cadets are trained in topics such as law in youth work, leadership, de-escalation, traffic management and in cooperation with organizers and authorities in order to be prepared for positions of responsibility.

Working method

Sign 250 - prohibition for vehicles of all kinds

The traffic cadets usually manage and organize themselves, but are not independent, but the youth department of the respective traffic watch e. V. You finance your work clothing (according to EN 471), equipment and means of transport exclusively through donations, sponsors and the income from the missions.

Traffic cadets are mainly used at major events and support traffic control and regulation measures there. Among other things, they secure pedestrian crossings, support when streets are completely closed, at events such as B. Cycle races secure the route, but can also coordinate traffic management in cooperation with the police and the public order office.

They are also the point of contact for citizens, answer questions and help. Traffic cadets do not perform any official duties . Primarily they support existing or previously officially approved mobile traffic signs, mostly sign 250 ( prohibition for vehicles of all kinds ), and use active signs to indicate a change in traffic routing. In practice, the 356 sign has practically no relevance for the work of the traffic cadets, since the crossings to be secured are usually traffic lights and traffic control measures that are usually only used on private property (parking lot management) or specially used traffic areas an officially approved safety or traffic concept for an event.

Traffic cadets often support the organizers as early as the planning phase, together with the responsible offices, authorities and institutions in order to achieve an ideal and safe flow of traffic.

If the existing traffic infrastructure is massively overloaded by event-related, unexpected traffic flows, traffic cadets are theoretically able - on the instructions and under the supervision of an officer of the responsible police authority - in the context of hazard prevention (avoidance of mass panic, directing of visitor flows, support of Vehicles using special rights and rights of way, etc.) to contribute to a speedy relief through instructed measures of the traffic control.

Differentiation between student guides / traffic assistants

Since the 2009 amendment to the Road Traffic Act, the terms “student pilot”, “traffic assistant” and “traffic cadet” combined under the generic term “traffic assistant” have been blurred. The duration of the training and the content of student or parent guides (6 - 12 hours of training usually by a police officer) and traffic cadets (32 - 120 hours of internal basic training and external specialist trainers) are completely different. The range of tasks and possible uses differ accordingly. Schoolchildren and parents' guides are more and more often referred to as “traffic assistants” - but there are also youth traffic guards who work in the sense of the traffic cadet idea, but have also chosen the more modern term of traffic assistants for themselves. The difference between training as a first aid worker and a paramedic would be comparable here.

Student guides only briefly and monotonously support the arriving and departing student traffic in their own school in everyday traffic. Traffic cadets, on the other hand, are deployed in changing environments, at changing events with up to 7-digit visitor numbers and visitors of all kinds, sometimes for several hours a day. Examples include home games of Borussia Dortmund in Signal Iduna Park with up to 81,000 visitors, the Samba Festival Coburg with 200,000 visitors (2015) or the largest fair on the Rhine with an average of 420,000 visitors (2015) per day and around one million Visitors (2015) on the peak day. In addition to or as part of their activities, they can be involved in traffic and safety concepts and plans for evacuations.

leisure

In order to adequately reward the young people for their voluntary work in road traffic, the traffic cadets regularly offer leisure activities at reduced rates or free of charge, sometimes also in connection with missions. As usual in a youth organization, fun and responsibility should be balanced. Most traffic cadet organizations also hold an annual thank-you trip for their young people. Once a year the day of the traffic watch youth takes place, to which all traffic cadets, traffic helpers, traffic watch junior, as well as all other youth organizations of the German traffic watch are invited.

Cooperation of traffic cadets from different cities and districts

Traffic cadets from Bielefeld , Düsseldorf and the Mettmann district at the NRW-Tag 2008 in Wuppertal

Traffic cadets from different cities and districts support each other in personnel-intensive missions and complete them together. Particularly in North Rhine-Westphalia , where traffic cadets exist across the board and where large-scale events often take place, cooperation is particularly common. For larger deployments in cities and districts without locally based traffic cadets, as well as at events in running and road cycling , we work together regularly.

Particularly noteworthy and recurring events are:

• North Rhine-Westphalia Day (at changing locations - most recently in Düsseldorf in 2016 ) with around 80 traffic cadets deployed per day
• CHIO Aachen ( Aachen )
• Haaner fair ( Mettmann district )
• Violet Tuesday parade in Mönchengladbach
• Parookaville ( Kleve district )

The Coburg Samba Festival is unique , at which traffic cadets from all over Germany come together every year to spend their free time and do service at the same time.

The largest joint operation to date, also supported from all over Germany, took place during the Grand Départ weekend of the Tour de France 2017 in Düsseldorf . On Saturdays, around 170 traffic cadets were on duty at the individual time trial in Düsseldorf to enable pedestrians and cyclists to cross the road at ground level using a concept devised especially for the event, in collaboration with a crowd manager from a security company commissioned by the city of Düsseldorf and security and traffic experts. On Sundays, as part of the first stage, traffic cadets were simultaneously on duty in Düsseldorf (122 UK), the Mettmann district (number unknown) and the city ​​region of Aachen (40 UK) to support the necessary road closures and ensure safety for cyclists and spectators.

Ranks and structure

Without hierarchies, the organization and coordination of emergency services on site and in the background would not be possible, it is no different with the fire brigade and police . Traffic cadets also have different ranks ; Promotions can be achieved through service experience and special commitment. There are also local differences here.

The two most widely used rank models:

Abbreviation	Rank	Classic model most commonly used	comment
AW / VK-A	candidate	blank	during Education
VK	Traffic cadet	blank, wearing the traffic cadet badge	after passing the exam
OVK	Upper traffic cadet	a white bar on a blue, orange or yellow background	proven VK
HVK	Main traffic cadet	two white bars on a blue, orange or yellow background	Can manage smaller missions
UGL	Subgroup leader	three white bars on a blue, orange or yellow background
PGL	Group leader on trial	often not present	Head of a group on probation (Düsseldorf only)
GL	Group leader	a star on a blue, orange or yellow background	Leader of a group
OGL	Senior group leader	two stars on a blue, orange or yellow background	Often leads and directs a platoon as deputy head of operations in large-scale operations
HGL	Main group leader	three stars on a blue, orange or yellow background	i. d. R. Head or Deputy Head of Operations for large-scale operations
1. HGL	First main group leader	four stars on a blue, orange or yellow background	only Coburg, Lichtenfels and Konstanz-Hegau

Depending on the size and organizational concept of the youth traffic watch, the traffic cadets are divided into trains with two to three groups of 10–15 people each, similar to the fire brigade or disaster control , which perform missions in rotating order. Larger deployments over longer periods of time (e.g. largest fair on the Rhine in Düsseldorf with 40–60 traffic cadets deployed per day) are planned according to the individual availability of the individual young people. Some departments generally use this type of classification.

Locations

There are traffic cadets organized in the Deutsche Verkehrswacht in the following cities and districts of Germany:

• Aachen
• Bielefeld
• Coburg
• Dortmund
• Dusseldorf
• Hamm
• Constance-Hegau
• Kleve district
• Cologne
• Lichtenfels
• Mettmann district
• Miltenberg district
• Plauen
• Solingen

The Krefeld traffic cadets ceased their service in 2017.

Liechtenstein

In the Principality of Liechtenstein , the Principality of Liechtenstein Traffic Cadets (VK-FL) have been in existence since 1981 and are responsible for the entire country. The VK-FL are composed of two departments:

• Traffic cadets, young people between the ages of 14 and 21.
• Traffic service, adults from 21 years.

Similar organizations

• Teltow-Fläming district (traffic helper in the sense of traffic cadets)
• Frankfurt am Main (traffic helper in the sense of traffic cadets)
• Wedemark (traffic helper in the sense of traffic cadets).

The traffic cadets Wilhelmshaven are not organized in the Deutsche Verkehrswacht and are not exclusively a youth organization in the sense mentioned above.

Web links

Commons : Verkehrskadett  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the working group for the promotion of youth work in the German traffic watch
• Website of the Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets
• Website of the Liechtenstein traffic cadets

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Zürcher Verkehrskadetten-Verband , accessed on February 14, 2014.
2. ↑ admin.ch (PDF file; 357 kB) Road Traffic Act (SVG) of December 19, 1958 (as of May 1, 2007; SR 741.01)
3. ↑ ^{a b} admin.ch (PDF file; 1.3 MB) Signaling Ordinance (SVV), dated September 5, 1979 (as of July 1, 2007; SR 741.21)
4. ↑ Pascal Unternährer: "Young traffic cadets shouldn't run around like Rambos". In: Tagesanzeiger. Tamedia, October 23, 2014, accessed April 12, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Traffic cadet insulted: Punishment for threatening officials. In: Tagesanzeiger. Tamedia, October 21, 2014, accessed December 4, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Become a traffic cadet . What do traffic cadets do? ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website Switzerland. Traffic Cadet Association, accessed May 20, 2007. 
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release of the Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets on the 2007 Traffic Cadet Days in Will, SVKV website, accessed on July 2, 2007 
8. ↑ What can traffic cadets do? ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SVKV website, accessed July 3, 2007. 
9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Uniform regulations of the Swiss Association of Traffic Cadets, website SVKV, accessed on July 3, 2007 
10. ↑ National Frequency Allocation Plan . Federal Office of Communication , accessed on June 11, 2017.
11. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SVKV website map, accessed on July 10, 2007. 
12. ↑ Comparison of the clubs on the basis of pictures as well as pages on the website on which the ranking is explained ( ranking page VKA-ZS ; pictures VKAAS ; pictures VKAGL ).
13. ↑ vkaas.ch INFO VKA-AS, accessed on April 21, 2014
14. ↑ kkb.ch client KKB, accessed on April 21, 2014
15. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Contact VKA-F, accessed on April 21, 2014 
16. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. About us VKA-GL, accessed on April 21, 2014 
17. ↑ vk-nws.ch history of VKA-NWS, accessed on April 22, 2014
18. ↑ vkarj.ch Wir über uns VKA-RJ, accessed on April 22, 2014
19. ↑ vksg.ch history MCA SG called on April 22, 2014
20. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. About us VKA-SH, accessed on April 22, 2014 
21. ↑ vkasr.ch Home VKA-SR, accessed on April 22, 2014
22. ↑ vkaw.ch Home VKA-W, accessed on April 22, 2014
23. ↑ vkazs.ch Contact VKA-ZS, accessed on April 22, 2014
24. ↑ www.svkv.ch
25. ^ Flawil cadets were hosts . Tagblatt Online, May 4, 2011. Accessed January 5, 2014.
26. ↑ Nachtmarsch website  ( page no longer available , 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. , accessed January 5, 2014.  
27. ↑ tagblatt.ch
28. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
29. ^ The Napoleon of Road Traffic. In: nzz.ch. June 8, 2001, Retrieved October 14, 2018 . 
30. ↑ kadetten.ch Website of the Cantonal Cadet Association Zurich Schaffhausen, accessed on July 2, 2007.
31. ↑ nrz.de
32. ↑ rp-online.de
33. ↑ duesseldorf.de
34. ↑ verkehrskadetten-aachen.de
35. ↑ Traffic Cadets ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Deutsche Verkehrswacht website, accessed on October 11, 2015. 
36. ↑ verkehrskadetten.li

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