A STUDY OF A ROAD SAFETY FILM FOR CHILDREN

Children's reactions were assessed to a road safety film "Mind How You Go". Nearly all the children found the film enjoyable and recognised that it was a road safety film. The hero, Graham, was aged 8, but even among the 10 year old children, he was commonly thought to be the same age as they were, so they could be expected to identify with him. Three incidents in Graham's day were meant to illustrate road safety points. A few children from the 7-10 year old age range failed to draw these implications. Two filming techniques which were intended to illustrate something occurring in Graham's imagination and some things that he remembered, were understood by nearly all the children. (a) (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory

  Road User Characterisitcs Division, Old Wokingham Road
  Crowthorne RG11 6AU, Berkshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • McGarvie, A
  • DAVIES, R F
  • Sheppard, E J
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Film; School children; Traffic safety education
• Old TRIS Terms: Reaction
• ITRD Terms: 1758: Child; 6752: Cinematography; 2209: Comprehension; 2247: Reaction (human); 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: SR 578 Monograph, HS-030 588
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 12 1983 12:00AM