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Nearly one in every five elementary school students serves as a daily parent chauffeur

Parents typically drive their kids to school due to a variety of reasons, with safety often being lower on the priority list. Other motives, such as convenience and time management, tend to overpower the concern for safety in many cases.

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Daily, fifth-grade pupils serve as parent taxis, driving their families around.
Daily, fifth-grade pupils serve as parent taxis, driving their families around.

Nearly one in every five elementary school students serves as a daily parent chauffeur

In a recent survey commissioned by the ADAC Foundation, 1,000 parents of children aged 5 to 15 were interviewed, shedding light on their school run habits.

The survey, reported by news magazine "Der Spiegel", found that a significant majority of parents (40%) have appointments after school, while 30% have schools on their way to work, and 22% hope to save time.

However, the survey did not provide new information about the number of parents who drive their children every day or every other day. It also did not reveal the reasons for the remaining 5% of parents who drive their children to school.

Despite this, the ADAC Foundation considers it difficult to reduce the number of parents driving their children to school due to the reasons provided. The majority of these parents' children are those who can walk, cycle, or use a scooter to get to school.

The survey did reveal that only 12% of parents cited safety concerns as the reason for driving their children to school. Thirty-two percent of parents cited bad weather as a reason, but the current paragraph does not provide new information about the number of parents who cite bad weather as a reason for driving their children to school every day or every other day.

The names of the 58% of parents who were asked in the survey to bring their child to school themselves are not publicly disclosed in the available sources.

Christina Tillmann, the chairwoman of the ADAC Foundation, suggests that children should make their own way to school to improve road safety, independence, and mutual respect. She also believes that children do not learn road safety in the back seat.

The survey in Munich found that 19% of primary school students are brought to school every day, and 9% are driven every other day. However, the reasons for the remaining 5% of parents who drive their children to school, despite not being revealed in the survey, do not seem realistic to reduce significantly according to the ADAC Foundation.

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