SHIPS AT SEA AND TRAFFIC SAFETY

"SHIPS AT SEA" IS A UNIQUE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WHICH PLAQUE SAILORS DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THEY ARE MOST VUNERABLE TO SUCH MISHAPS, I.E. THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER THEY REACH PORT. FROM APRIL 1, 1963, TO DECEMBER 1, 1969, MEMBERS OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL HAVE REACH 257,658 MEN ABOARD 202 VESSELS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ON A TYPICAL TRIP, THE LONE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN JOINS A FLOTILLA OF SHIPS AT ITS REFUELING STOP AT PEARL HARBOR. HE THEN SPENDS SIX DAYS ON THE WAY TO SAN DIEGO, GIVING LECTURES, SHOWING SAFETY FILMS AND ANSWERING THE PERSONAL QUESTIONS OF THE SAILORS. ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY FEW COMPARATIVE FIGURES ARE NOW AVAILABLE, IT IS APPARENT THAT SHIPS WHICH RECEIVE THE SAFETY PRESENTATIONS HAVE FEWER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CREW MEMBERS THAN THOSE SHIPS WHICH DO NOT GET THE TALKS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 34, No 5, PP 10-14
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • California highway patrolman

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Merchant seamen; Police; Prevention; Safety; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221087
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM