People in Medan must be educated to understand the traffic signs in early time

Traffic signs in Medan are not understood by the citizens properly

It has not been neglected that the traffic congestion happening daily in Medan was caused by the misbehavior conducted by the traffic users. On the other hand, the traffic facilities and infrastructure installed by the local government indicate that some of the students do not aware at all. This implies to the daily congestion which can actually be prevented by implementing certain solutions. But, what are the solutions?

As it is mentioned earlier, one of the cause-effect situation is the awareness of citizens in using the road. The first thing the government should have done is to educate and motivate the future users in using the roads which means the children itself. For instance, students from primary school, secondary schools which are junior and senior high school must be taught and trained correctly and properly in using or understanding the traffic signs in the road either by vehicles or walking. Social services must be also implemented by the government to raise the awareness of road safety to the students.

This solution actually can improve to reduce the numbers of traffic congestion which are caused by the misbehaving. However, what is the association of traffic signs with the solution mentioned previously?

Traffic signs help the user to understand how to use the road efficiently and effectively. On the one hand, the signs will guide the users about the road itself, for instance, the contour of the road which can provide safety for the users. The traffic signs also are designed to warn the users about the possibility of dangerous aspects of the road when using the road. However, the problems occurring among the users are not only about the presence of the traffic signs, which is the understanding of the users itself. I beg your pardon?

Well, mostly the traffic signs are not understood properly. In Indonesia particularly in Medan, the knowledge of traffic signs is merely taught to the people every time they want to take driving license test. Apparently, the education aspect of traffic signs is considered important only for adult people which is not suitable on the aspect of educating and motivating. Therefore, early education about traffic signs and regulation must be educated from early age so in the future their awareness related to traffic regulations will be higher than previous generation.

Consequently, the traffic congestion which is mentioned previously, caused by the lack of integrity of the road users in obeying the regulations, was occurred because of the low understanding. An illustration of this is the traffic congestion which happen daily nearby the educational institution. The education of traffic regulations is not taught by the schools or universities, while the related governmental institutions do not educate the society optimally. As a result, traffic congestion will be happening in the future in more numbers if the society is not educated well.

In conclusion, the traffic congestion happened in Medan are caused by the lack of knowledge of the traffic users particularly about the traffic signs. Furthermore, education and promotion to the society is the better method to improve the knowledge.