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Download full textVoas, Robert B. – 1974
This paper reviews the research literature on the relationship of drugs, alcohol, and driving among young people, university students, and a group of young criminals. The data show that young people use drugs more than adults do, and that they drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol, especially at night, more often than adults do, and…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adults, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development. – 1970
Designed for use by directors of senior citizen groups, continuing education directors, and driver education instructors, this manual suggests a course outline, subject content, and instructional materials for effectively teaching a refresher driving course. The first seven topics represent the basic content and none should be omitted: orientation…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides, Driver Education, Films
Kenel, Francis C., Ed.; Krueger, Emily A., Ed. – 1969
The manual covers high school driver education for the educable mentally retarded (EMR) student. Guidelines are given for an instructional program offered prior to enrollment in a regular driver education course, to familiarize EMR students with the general content areas. The driving task is analyzed and general objectives for driver education…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1973
The twelve-part course is structured on a modular basis to allow the various topical areas and units of instruction to satisfy differing training requirements of state and local agencies which vary from state to state. It is specifically designed to provide guidence to state highway safety program management personnel, traffic records…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Driver Education, Instructional Materials, Motor Vehicles
Henry, J. P. – 1973
An experiment to assess the value of a shadowgraph simulator for driver training is described. Two groups of 36 pupils with no previous driving experience, and matched for age and sex, were taught to drive up to the standard of the DOE driving test. The pupils in one of the groups received their first three hours instruction on a shadowgraph…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Experimental Programs, Intelligence Tests, Motor Vehicles
Stewart, Otto J., Comp. – 1973
In answer to requests from numerous school and safety officials throughout the State, a manual for the instruction of school bus drivers was prepared; with 2,000,000 pupils in 20,000 vehicles being transported daily during a school year, the State of New York realizes the necessity for correct safety procedures to be well defined for those…
Descriptors: Driver Education, First Aid, Guides, Instructional Films
Kenel, Francis C., Ed.; Krueger, Emily A., Ed. – 1971
The driver education manual is intended for use with educable mentally retarded (EMR) students and students with learning problems. It deals specifically with a semester-long instructional program offered prior to enrollment in a regular driver education course. Objectives are to familiarize EMR students with the general goals and content areas of…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Allain, John R. – School Business Affairs, 1978
Outlines the steps to follow in developing a school bus driver training program. (Author)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bus Transportation, Driver Education, Educational Programs
American School Board Journal, 1973
Argues that all drivers of school buses should be trained professionals, and explains how parent awareness of discipline problems on buses can be increased by playing them a tape recording of a ride. Discusses the efforts of a research team to draft a performance standard for the construction of a school bus body with emphasis on panel separation,…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bus Transportation, Discipline Problems, Driver Education
Calvert, Leonard J. – Extension Service Review, 1972
Women extension volunteers in Oregon teaching Defensive Driving classes developed Spanish and Russian materials for non-English speaking residents. (SP)
Descriptors: Driver Education, Extension Education, Non English Speaking, Spanish Speaking
Peer reviewedUxer, John E.; Benson, Charles W. – School Management, 1971
School districts in Texas have reduced costs and increased efficiency by regionalizing their driver education programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Driver Education, Educational Programs, Expenditure per Student, Regional Programs
Peer reviewedSendelbaugh, Joseph W. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
A study was conducted comparing three methods that could be used to modify driver simulator films for hearing impaired high school students. A modification using graphics indicating various driving commands with the use of some captioning proved to be the most effective of the methods studied. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Driver Education, Educational Media, Exceptional Child Research
Direct linkMcKenna, Frank P.; Horswill, Mark S.; Alexander, Jane L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2006
Skill and risk taking are argued to be independent and to require different remedial programs. However, it is possible to contend that skill-based training could be associated with an increase, a decrease, or no change in risk-taking behavior. In 3 experiments, the authors examined the influence of a skill-based training program (hazard…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Driver Education, Behavior Theories, Simulation
Malfetti, James L.; And Others – 1989
It has been postulated that young people are open to driving accidents because of age, lack of experience and risk-taking attitudes. The Young Driver Attitude Scale (YDAS) was developed to measure attitudes likely to influence driving practices. Over 200 items relating to the risk-taking attitudes of young people were shown to a small group of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Driver Education, High School Students, High Schools
Plato, Kathleen C.; Rasp, Alfred, Jr. – 1983
Most teenagers learn to drive through a combination of classroom instruction, simulated driving experiences, and road driving. As part of a larger study focusing on public opinions of traffic safety education, parental views on safety education effectiveness, the licensing of teenage drivers, and parental involvement in driver education in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Driver Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
