TRAFFIC KNOWLEDGE AND TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR AMONGST CITY AND RURAL CHILDREN IN THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR

VERKEHRSWISSEN UND VERKEHRSVERHALTEN BEI STADT- UND LANDKINDERN DES ERSTEN SCHULJAHRES

DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF A STUDY OF THE TRAFFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR OF FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR OLD CITY AND RURAL CHILDREN. THE CHECK ON TRAFFIC KNOWLEDGE WAS CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF TESTS IN WHICH THE CHILDREN WERE GIVEN EXERCISES IN THE FORM OF PICTURES, SOME OF WHICH CONSISTED OF TWO PARTS. TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR WAS CHECKED IN ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF ROAD TRAFFIC. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IS EVIDENT BETWEEN CITY AND RURAL CHILDREN INSOFAR AS TRAFFIC KNOWLEDGE IS CONCERNED. THE BEHAVIOUR TEST, HOWEVER, POSED CONSIDERABLY GREATER DIFFICULTIES FOR THE RURAL CHILDREN. IN THE CASE OF CITY CHILDREN, A RELATIVELY HIGH CORRELATION WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE RESULTS OF THE TRAFFIC KNOWLEDGE AND TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR. THE BEHAVIOUR TEST DID, HOWEVER, INCORPORATE THE DISADVANTAGE, THAT IT COULD BE RECOGNISED AS A TEST SITUATION BY THE CHILDREN. A CONTROLLED OBSERVATION OVER A FULL DAY OF TRAFFIC, WHERE THE SUBJECTS ARE UNAWARE OF BEING OBSERVED, WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE SUITABLE METHOD.

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  • Authors:
    • Gorges, R
    • John, G
    • Klein, C
    • Sauer, H
    • SCHAWEL, S
  • Publication Date: 1977-9

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  • German

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  • Accession Number: 01300806
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:59AM