Rules of the road

Frequency in violation of rules in daily life is often associated with residents' level of civic virtues. While the lack of civic virtues has become a frequently used cliche to accuse the violators of rules, what is urgently needed is the education of children on how to observe rules in their daily life. This is the best way to raise the overall level of citizens' civic virtues.

The Nanjing municipal government has set a good example in this regard by strictly requiring middle school students to follow rules in riding their bicycles on the road.

License for a cyclist would certainly be laughed at as ridiculous in this country which used to be nicknamed the kingdom of bicycles. But such a practice, which has been put into operation by Nanjing municipal education commission for middle school students, has proved to be an effective way to considerably reduce the number of traffic accidents involving this particular group of cyclists and raised their awareness about traffic safety.