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Published by
Australian Academy
of Science
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Activities | The shocking truth about road trauma
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- Novice driver safety (Australian Transport Safety Bureau)
- Crashes – describes the three most common crash types for young drivers then suggests practice ideas to help beginning drivers avoid these kinds of crashes.
- Driving situations – each of the following driving situations is described, followed by a series of questions.
- Intersection collisions
- Driving for the conditions
- Overtaking
- Rear end collisions
- Driving at night
- Student projects on road safety (Australian College of Road
Safety)
- New South Wales Higher School Certificate Online (Charles
Sturt University, Australia)
These activities focus on road and traffic-related injuries. Students
are given relevant information (eg, a graph or a case study) for each
of the following topics and asked to consider and analyse it:
- Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW (Australia)
- Build
your hazard perception skills – five interactive modules
that use graphical animations to demonstrate the main concepts of
hazard perception ('How close is safe?', 'Stopping distances', 'Safe
gaps when turning', 'Safe gaps at intersections' and 'Scanning for
hazards'). Instructions for using the modules are available.
(Note: You will need to have a Version
4 or above Flash PlayerTM installed to view these modules.)
- Driver competency standards (Road Safety, Western Australia)
- Manage
crisis – provides suggestions on how to avoid a crash and
describes the correct action to take after a crash.
- Newton's Apple (USA)
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