Evolución legislativa de la educación vial en españa: Nuevos retos para educadores e instituciones

Abstract

Road education has changed over the years. From a conception restricted to aspects related totraffic and regulations, it has resulted in a public awareness that includes legal, environmental,medical, economic, personal and coexistence aspects, among others. Since World Health Day held in 2004 and the subsequent discussions in the General Assembly of United Nations, governments are increasingly interested in Road Safety, stressing the need to road training as a means to reduce traffic accidents. This contribution analyzes the road regulation in Spain, putting the emphasis on the incorporation of road education in the curriculum and its development from the Highway Code of 1934 to the fundamental law of Education, and it offers new challenges and obligations to which governments, teachers and institutions face up to try to curb the high accident rate on the road.