Police in Thuringia ramp up surveillance of school commences
Thuringia Police to Intensify School Route Monitoring for Children
In an effort to enhance child safety and raise awareness of road traffic dangers, the Thuringia State Police will intensify measures to monitor school routes across Thuringia from August 11 to August 22, 2025.
The increased monitoring aims not only to enforce rule violations but also to sharpen the awareness of all road users of their special responsibility towards children. The goal is to make the roads safer for the young children as they make their way to school.
The measures will include increased police presence near schools, checks on parking behavior, and targeted educational conversations with road users. The police are urging all drivers to drive more attentively and cautiously in the coming weeks.
Particular attention will be paid to the behavior of parents when dropping off and picking up children, as well as compliance with speed limits. Parents are asked, if possible, to refrain from using the 'parent taxi' and encourage their children to travel to school independently, at least in parts.
The Thuringia Police's appeal comes as part of the ongoing measures to enhance child safety on school routes. For more details, visitors can visit the Thuringia Police's website at http://www.polizei.thueringen.de.
The name of the head of the Thuringian Police Directorate as of August 2025 is not explicitly mentioned in the available search results. However, for inquiries, one can contact the Thuringia Police State Police Directorate Press Office at 0361 57431 5020 or [email protected]. For additional information, contact the State Operations Center of the Thuringia Police at 0361 / 662 700 777.
The increased attention to road traffic dangers is especially important in the first weeks after the summer holidays, when children need to re-adapt to road traffic. The police hope that these measures will contribute to a safer environment for Thuringia's children.
