Driver licensing, the only state program with the opportunity for routine personal contact with every driver, has unmatched potential for both general and specific countermeasures to the problem of drunk driving. General countermeasures apply to large groups of drivers prior to the occurrence of any infraction. They may be considered basically…

Designed to provide instructors with resource materials for driver education, this book contains mainly materials on established safe driving procedures. An introduction defines a procedure as describing ways in which a driver can comply with the law to do something extra that will increase his/her safety and prevent congestion and collision.…

The essential characteristics of the Safe Performance Curriculum and the Pre- Driver Licensing Course are described, and the administrative guidelines for their implementation provided. The course was pilot tested in the Kansas City, Missouri school system in 1973 and 1974. The instructional approach uses a combination of independent study,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 10. SUBJECT MATTER: Driver education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following sections: 1) administration of driver education; 2) rules and regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles pertinent to the driver education program; 3) instructional planning; 4) suggested 18-week course outline for…

Two sample runs are listed of programs written in BASIC concerning subject matter areas which are not mathematics oriented. The samples concern driver education and English. (MP)

A driver education program for mildly handicapped secondary students is described in terms of eligibility and placement criteria, program goals, and program phases (classroom instruction, simulator training, behind-the-wheel training, and parent involvement). Preliminary results indicated that the program is successful. (CL)

Briefly described is a special education teacher's efforts to teach driver education to three adolescent boys who read at the low first grade level. (CB)

Eight learning disabled males (16 to 17 years old) participated in a driver education unit via a visual response system, allowing students greater response and feedback. After the conclusion of the unit, all Ss scored above the criterion established by the Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws. (CL)

The study investigated a strategy for teaching two moderately retarded adults to perform skills required for driving an automobile. Training consisted of two phases--simulator training and driving-range training. Data supported the claim that moderately mentally retarded individuals are capable of performing complex behaviors. (SB)

Analyses of school bus accidents point to five accident-producing categories: (1) rear-end collisions; (2) sideswipes; (3) backing; (4) right turns; and (5) loading/unloading students. Reviews an accident of each type and focuses on the corrective action needed to reduce these accidents. (MLF)

The purpose of this study was to compare with an alcohol information warning card the utility of two common alcohol nomograms (statistical information tables) in impacting decisions regarding drinking, driving after drinking, the development of knowledge of the relations between personal alcohol consumption and the legal level of intoxication, and…

In Washington, the existence of driver education programs is being threatened by tough economic times. To determine the opinions of teenage drivers about their traffic safety education (TSE) experience, the process of learning to drive, and the licensing of 16- and 17-year-olds, 10 percent of TSE students (N=1,070) were surveyed. Further data were…

The curriculum guide for special education students is intended to serve as a supplement to the Washington 1980 State Traffice Safety Education Curriculum Guide. The guide is also correlated with two popular traffic safety texts. Each of the 21 modules contains a goal statement, a list of vocabulary words that might be difficult, a check sheet…