IMPROVING PARENTAL ROAD SAFETY PRACTICE AND EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

After examining pedestrian casualties among preschool children in North West Europe and the behaviour and abilities of child pedestrians, the author concludes from accident reports and surveys that generally parents do not provide preschool children with adequate road safety instruction. A great variety of methods have been tried in Europe to encourage parents to give their children better road supervision and road safety teaching. These include television and radio campaigns, films, books and leaflets, and organized meetings. None appears to have been successful. Recently, however, two new types of scheme seem to have met with some success: traffic clubs for preschool children and the Tuebingen road safety training scheme. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Road Safety: A Review of Research and Practice--Section 1; Past, Present and Future--Section 2.
• Corporate Authors:

  Praeger Publishers

  1 ST Anne's Road
  Eastbourne, East Sussex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Downing, C S
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 93-101

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Behavior; Children; Crashes; Education; Improvements; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Prevention; Publicity; Safety; School children; Supervision; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1747: Adult; 9001: Behaviour; 1758: Child; 2284: Education; 8034: Europe; 9108: Improvement; 1733: Pedestrian; 8573: Publicity; 1665: Safety; 9101: Surveillance
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349046
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-03-060054-5
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM