Use-tested guidelines for school bus fleet management in the Jericho, New York, school district. (RA)

Suggests three realities not yet dealt with in accident prevention: (1) youth accident situation; (2) child behavior in traffic; and (3) evaluation of driver education. Urges establishment of a standardized accident reporting program on a district level as starting point for relevant education. Presented at American School Health Association,…

Describes the development of an oral test for Florida drivers' license applicants whose literary impairments prevent them from passing a written examination. Field test results show that the test accurately measures applicants' knowledge of driving practices rather than their reading skills. (SK)

To understand why children perceive traffic differently from adults, adults must position themselves at children's level, physically and cognitively, and devise instructional techniques that reflect children's size and physical and cognitive development. (IAH)

Examines the characteristics of three types of motion detectors: Doppler radar, infrared, and ultrasonic wave, and how they are used on school buses to prevent students from being killed by their own school bus. Other safety devices cited are bus crossing arms and a camera monitor system. (MLF)

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended retiring as unsafe all school buses made before April 1, 1977. Buses built after that date--called "poststandard buses"--are likely to be in great demand for safety, economic, and legal reasons. (MLF)

This article describes methods of teaching clients with severe visual impairments to be aware of safety in crossing streets without traffic controls. It describes and evaluates a timing method for assessing the detection of vehicles and a timing method for assessing the speed and distance of vehicles. Case examples illustrate use of the methods.…

This article considers bicycling as a means of transportation, not recreation, for individuals with low vision. Considered are evaluation of capabilities, watching for child cyclists, central and peripheral field loss, necessary equipment, potential problems, seasonal and weather considerations, night riding, route planning, basic visual skills…

Explored adolescent seat belt use and psychosocial risk factors in urban minority population (n=541). Found seat belt use reported by 49 percent of respondents. Those reporting no or intermittent seat belt use were significantly more likely than seat belt users to feel down, have decreased home support, have problems with school and the law, and…

The Florida Department of Transportation used a series of changeable-message signs that functioned as freeway guide signs to divert traffic to Universal Theme Park via one of two eastbound exits based on traffic congestion at the first of the two exits. An examination of crashes along the entire route indicated a statistically significant increase…

Two experiments examined the impact of counterfactual thinking on persuasion. Participants in both experiments were exposed to short video clips in which an actor described a car accident that resulted in serious injury. In the narrative description, the salience of a counterfactual was manipulated by either explicitly including the counterfactual…

The roadside crossing judgments of children aged 7, 9, and 11 years were assessed relative to controls before and after training with a computer-simulated traffic environment. Trained children crossed more quickly, and their estimated crossing times became better aligned with actual crossing times. They crossed more promptly, missed fewer safe…

A simple car following model based on the solution of coupled ordinary differential equations is considered. The model is solved using Euler's method and this method of solution is itself interpreted as a mathematical model for car following. Examples of possible classroom use are given. (Contains 6 figures.)

This research used resource allocation theory to generate predictions regarding dynamic relationships between self-efficacy and task performance from 2 levels of analysis and specificity. Participants were given multiple trials of practice on an air traffic control task. Measures of task-specific self-efficacy and performance were taken at…