NGO to release Tamil version of road safety manual in Jan

Coimbatore: Uyir, an NGO formed by leading industrialists to make the city accident-free, is planning to release the Tamil version of its road safety manual ‘Kutty Cop’ in January.
The book will be given to students of Class III to VIII in corporation and government schools to sensitize them about traffic rules, managing trustee of Uyir S Rajasekaran said. “We want to teach them traffic rules, so that they grow up to be law-abiding citizens,” he said.
The English version of ‘Kutty Cop’ was released in 2019, Rajasekaran said. “It was distributed to students of 40 schools. The book has cartoons that teach about traffic signals and worksheets. Those who complete the worksheets would be aware of traffic rules. The book also contains photographs. One shows a bike rider using his mobile phone, endangering lives.”
The NGO is also planning to release a road safety manual for schoolteachers. “The teachers will attend orientation meetings and take classes about road safety for 45 minutes a week,” Rajasekaran added.