Stefanis in protothema: We do not learn from traffic accidents, ignorance creates a huge superego – To enter the traffic education from the first primary school

Kostas Stefanis, presenter of the amusement Traction and a centrifugal racing operator connected Direct with Giorgos Evgenidis, emphasized the request to present postulation acquisition successful schools arsenic aboriginal arsenic archetypal grade. He stressed that this is the lone mode to cultivate a caller procreation of drivers with a consciousness of responsibility.

“If postulation acquisition had started this September and considering that licenses are issued astatine 17, past by 2036 we would person the archetypal procreation of conscientious drivers,” Stefanis said. He highlighted that children’s acquisition should statesman aboriginal and beryllium taught done play, truthful they make due habits and respect for postulation rules from a young age.

Addressing the mentality of Greek drivers, helium noted, “We bash not larn from crashes.” He explained that ignorance fosters a unsafe consciousness of invincibility, starring to risky behaviors: “I portion whiskey, get location safely, truthful I’m fine. Next clip I portion and I mightiness termination myself.” He emphasized that this ignorance often begins with the licensing process, wherever young drivers participate the roads without meaningful education. He besides recalled that 30 years ago, spot belts were seen arsenic “accessories” and taxed, portion helmets were treated arsenic specified “hats.”

Stefanis described the emblematic Greek operator arsenic idiosyncratic with a “love matter with the car,” often driven by their ego and the illusion of immortality: “We are reckless, acceptable to commencement fistfights connected the road.”

Regarding the tightening of the Traffic Code, helium expressed the presumption that “punishment does not amended anyone” and called it simply “a mode of creating impressions.” However, helium supported the usage of breathalyzer tests and cameras, noting, “In Greece, we are color-blind to reddish lights.”

On the Greek car market, Stefanis pointed retired that the fleet remains aged and that, contempt Greeks’ passionateness for modern vehicles, finances often forestall upgrades. He besides highlighted the increasing penchant for SUVs, explaining, “With 1 car today, you tin bash 10 jobs.”