School Route Detectives – Creating Safe Routes to School Together!
With this app, elementary school children become real detectives: They explore their route to school and report dangerous and safe spots – directly from their smartphones.
🔍 WHAT CAN THE APP DO?
- Report hazards: Speeding cars, missing sidewalks, poor visibility, dark corners, construction sites, and more
- Report safe spots: Crosswalks, traffic lights, crossing guards, 30 km/h zones, wide sidewalks
- GPS location is automatically recorded
- All reports are clearly stored
- Data can be shared as a QR code
🏫 WHO IS THE APP FOR?
The app was developed specifically for elementary school children – as part of school projects on road safety education. It's perfect for:
- School projects on safe routes to school
- Social studies (topic: traffic and orientation)
- Collaboration with communities to improve road safety
👨👩👧 HOW IT WORKS
1. Child opens the app on their way to school
2. At a suspicious spot: Select a category (2 clicks!)
3. GPS location is automatically saved
4. At home or at school: Show the QR code
5. Teacher scans the code and collects all reports
6. Joint analysis on a map
🔒 DATA PROTECTION
- All data remains on the device
- No registration required
- No data is transferred to servers
- Sharing only via QR code (voluntary)
📚 EDUCATIONAL VALUE
- Road safety education becomes a practical experience
- Children learn to consciously perceive their surroundings
- Media literacy: Responsible use of smartphones and GPS
- Participation: Children's opinions count!
🤝 A JOINT PROJECT
Developed free of charge by:
- Kirkel Municipal Youth Services
- 2Rat Planning Office for Cycling
Internship with: Moritz Gessner
This app was created as part of a student internship – developed entirely with AI support, without any programming knowledge.
✓ Free
✓ Ad-free
Contact: a.jung@kirkel.de