We developed driving restrictions that are linked to specific driving errors, allowing cognitively impaired individuals to continue to independently meet mobility needs while minimizing risk to themselves and others. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the efficacy and duration expectancy of these restrictions in promoting safe continued…

Shell-Mex and British Petroleum have introduced closed circuit television so that drivers can monitor their own performance. Four photos. (LY)

The critical need for physicians to become entrenched in the issues of older drivers and public safety is the focus of a training initiative developed as a component of an innovative geriatrics curriculum, Aging (Couple) Across the Curriculum. As the number of aging drivers in the United States rises, physicians can play an important role in…

The argument that driver education should be dropped because driver education cars use gas is shortsighted. High school driver education is an excellent vehicle for teaching concepts of energy conservation. A small investment in fuel now can result in major savings of gasoline over a student's lifetime. In addition good driver education courses…

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Driver education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into five chapters. The central and largest chapter, which outlines the curriculum, is further subdivided into 18 units. The guide is printed and staple bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: Each unit…

This revised 1997 ex post facto study attempted to identify a lifelong adaptability curriculum from a cultural literacy perspective. It investigated students' lifelong adaptability ratings of 15 general school subjects as predicted by family structure, parental age, parental educational level, student cultural literacy, and student gender;…

A series of linked relationships is advanced which together suggest changes should be made to training programs for airside drivers at major airports in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Overall, the links suggest a relationship between the number of airside incidents such as collisions at airports, the ethnic diversity evident…

IBEST is an innovative program that integrates English language skills with an intensive vocational training program and culminates in eligibility for a high wage commercial truck-driving career. Participants gain language skills, college credit, and vocational skills. Effective partnerships, scheduling, and instructional approaches are discussed.

This document, written by the American Automobile Association, deals with safety in snowmobile use. It reports accident records, lists safe driving steps and Canadian safety regulations, outlines snowmobile use regulations, and discusses courses of instruction. It also contains lists of available films and reference publications. (PB)

GRADES OR AGES: High School. SUBJECT MATTER: Driver education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into six parts: 1) Organization and Administration; 2) Course Content and Presentation; 3) Practice Driving and Observation; 4) Special Teaching Aids; 5) Visual Aids and Reference Materials; 6) Appendix. Parts 2 and 3 are…

The article discusses some of the problems a learning disabled child faces when he/she learns to drive a car. (PHR)

According to 1987 National Institute of Drug Abuse statistics, more than 67 percent of teens drink, 25 percent drink weekly, and more teens die and are injured in drinking and driving accidents than any other manner. This article describes a Friday Night Live program featuring powerful testimonials and an intense multimedia program to promote safe…

The article reviews Canada's Guide for Physicians in Determining Fitness to Drive a Vehicle and then considers sections of provincial motor vehicle acts that regulate the issuance of licenses to the handicapped. (CL)

The chairman of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving editorializes against raising the drinking age and presents statistical evidence to back up his statement. (MD)