Pedestrian, School Bus, and Bicycle Safety

Reading assignment – Read in Volume 2, pages 204-213

Review all of the topics and appropriate information below and complete assignments where indicated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pedestrian Safety/Injury Prevention – Background

>Statistics on the child pedestrian

>Statistics on the senior pedestrian

>Pedestrian Signal Quiz (take this quiz and report the results to safety@siu.edu)

>Play it safe: Walking and Biking Safely

>Kids on the Move: Walking and Biking Safely

>Beyond the front yard: Creating safer streets and play places for children

School Bus Safety

>Statistics

>School Bus Stops: A Risky part of the Ride

>Rules of School Bus Safety

>Handrails & Drawstrings: Clothing problems

>Guidelines for the Safe Transportation of Pre-school Age

>Proper use of Child Safety Restraint Systems in School Buses (study the six good parts of this Web site)

Bicycle Safety

>A compendium of statistics on bicycle injuries from various sources

>Bicycle collisions statistics (write an one page assessment on the bicycle injury statistics in the United States and email paper to safety@siu.edu)

>Visit the Illinois State Police Bicycle Safety brochure and review the bicycle safety tips shown.  Write a one paragraph summary on the important information and send to safety@siu.edu.

>10 smart routes to bicycle safety

 

Topic Assignment- Develop a list of 10 critical pedestrian safety issues, 10 critical school bus safety issues, and 10 critical bicycle safety issues.  Email this 30 item list to your instructor at safety@siu.edu.

 

Review the video on bicycle safety called "bicycle helmets" at http://www.kittle.siu.edu/ritzel/313/wmv/

 

Watch this short video on bicycle safety at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdrrxIpQpt4

 

 

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