UPDATING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

This report documents the third-year activities of a three-year research project. Project 0-1794 was initiated to build upon the recommendations of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Project 0-1261 by identifying teenage driver and adult safety instructor needs and developing targeted educational products and programs. The first and second years of the project focused on identifying problems associated with teenage driver comprehension of traffic control devices, identifying critical behavior issues for teenage drivers and for older drivers, and serving as part of the technical working group focusing on improving the driver education curriculum in the state of Texas. During the project's third year, researchers conducted additional survey assessments of older drivers to evaluate traffic control devices that are problematic for older drivers. Surveys of TxDOT traffic safety specialists in all 25 TxDOT districts were also conducted to determine the type of activities conducted by the traffic safety specialists and the types of educational materials that would be most beneficial to them. These survey results, along with survey results from the first and second year of the project, were used to suggest changes for the updated Texas driver education curriculum and to make suggested changes to the new edition of the Texas Drivers Handbook. This information was also used to develop new educational materials focusing on traffic control devices. These materials include: 1) an Internet web site focusing on traffic control devices, which will function as a part of TxDOT's web site, and 2) a spiral-bound notebook that will be distributed to teenage drivers, which includes graphics and information on problematic traffic control devices.

• Record URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/1794-3.pdf
• 
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research Project Title: Driver Education Program for Traffic Control Devices
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Transfer Office, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5051

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Parham, A H
  • Ford, G L
  • Hulett, S R
• Publication Date: 2000-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Behavior; Comprehension; Curricula; Driver education; Education; Internet; Research; Safety education; Safety programs; Teenage drivers; Traffic control devices; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Educational materials
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00811146
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-01/1794-3,, Research Report 1794-3
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 0-1794
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 3 2001 12:00AM