Inserting Road Traffic Rules into Junior High School Curriculum to Enhance the Awareness to the Use of Road Traffic Rules

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This article discusses current traffic problems. Where the awareness of the
1. INTRODUCTION
The economy in developing
countries today is improving. This is
evidenced by the increasing ability of
people's purchasing power in some
goods. One of the impacts seen is the
increasing number of vehicles on the
highway. Which this condition then
turns up into new problems. That is a
cultural shock about how to transport
ethically and safely. What happens is,
transportation and its system becomes
the main problem that should get
special attention.
This transportation problem has
many impacts, from congestion, to
pollution, to the problem of accidents.
In particular, in this article the focus of
the review will be on the issue of traffic
accidents. Accident numbers should be
minimized as it concerns the human
soul. According to Bellomo (2011),
there are many factors causing traffic
accidents. The cause of this problem is
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road traffic user tends to disappear or is deliberately ignored. Some even cause
accidents with the consequences of death. If something is not done
immediately, it could be that the percentage of road traffic accidents will
increase sharply. The problem is that the growth in the number of motor
vehicles is not accompanied by a growing ofa good understanding of the
procedures and rules of road traffic. The worse is that, the number of the
underage children who ride vehicles have begun to increase. Those
teenagers ride without knowing the code, the rule, the procedures, even the
mechanism of road traffic. And of course, they could endanger themselves and
even others. Therefore, it becomes very much important, to immediately enter the
subjects of road traffic into the Junior High School curriculum into standard
subjects, using the appropriate and relate of reference data. The subject will be
given in the grade of 3, 4, and 5 of elementary school. It will be hoped to be one
among several solution of saving people’s life who died in vain because of the
ignorance in road traffic.
Keywords: Road Traffic, Road Traffic awareness, Road Traffic Rules Motorcycles, Junior
High school curriculum.