COMPREHENSION BY CHILDREN OF AERIAL VIEWS IN ROAD SAFETY TEACHING AIDS
Some road safety teaching aids show traffic situations from above using an oblique or composite plan view. These viewpoints are useful for showing distances between vehicles and their relative positions and courses, but might be difficult for young children to understand. Children of 6, 7 and 8 years of age were asked to interpret some of these pictures. Recognition of objects was at a high level for both viewpoints, though better for oblique views. Sight-lines for road users were usually interpreted correctly. Symbols used to indicate movement of direction of movement caused more difficulty and children were not always able to predict successfully the outcome of some of the situations shown. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Wokingham, Berkshire United Kingdom -
Authors:
- Sheppard, E J
- Publication Date: 1975
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 26 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adolescents; Aerial photography; Age; Children; Comprehension; Directional distribution; Education; Headways; Location; Methodology; Perception; Safety; Safety education; School children; Traffic; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education; Types of traffic; Vehicle spacing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety; Traffic direction
- Old TRIS Terms: Direction; Minors; Recognition
- ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 1757: Age; 1758: Child; 2209: Comprehension; 626: Direction (traffic); 2284: Education; 9061: Location; 9102: Method; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 694: Vehicle spacing
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00132296
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Suppl. Rpt. 152UC R&D Rpt.
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM