Travel training - Key Stages 3 and 4 - RoSPA

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Section 2 – Risk Rate your personal safety Always Sometimes Never You allow enough time for your journey. You wear high visibility clothing. You listen to your personal stereo while crossing the road You carry your mobile phone out of sight. You cross the road between parked cars. You carry your keys securely. You cross the road regardless of traffic. You cross at pedestrian crossings, observing the signals. You run across roads. You chat on your mobile while travelling. You send text messages while crossing the roads. Distraction Distraction and lack of attention play a major role in road accidents involving children and young people. When chatting or texting on a mobile, attention is focused on that activity and not on the traffic. For a simple exercise in distraction try some of these activities: Write the alphabet while counting aloud. Spell your name aloud while writing your address. Distraction can be divided into two types: Environmental, e.g. rain and Personal, e.g. anxiety Think of things to do with the environment and to do with you that you find particularly distracting. Discuss, giving reasons for your answers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 g h i 7 8 9 pqs a b c j k l t u v 0 * # d e f m n o wxyz Environmental Personal 18
Section 2 – Risk Have your say There was a proposal in the New York State Senate recently that would ban residents of New York City from using mobile phones, video games and other electronic equipment while crossing the road. Violators would pay a $100 fine for breaking the law. This was in response to a number of pedestrians killed while crossing the road using one of these devices. Brainstorm Why? do deaths and injuries of children on foot and bicycles peak between the ages of 12 and 15? are drivers aged between 17 and 19 seven times more likely to have drink-drive crash than drivers aged 30-34? have six out of ten teens either been in a crash/near miss or know someone at school who has been? What do you think? Is this a good idea? Do you think there should be a similar law in this country? are males aged 11 upwards much more likely than females to be killed or hurt on foot? Class discussion Government Responsibility: What measures should government take to reduce the incidence of road casualties where distraction plays a part? Personal Responsibility: Should it be down to the individual pedestrian or road user to look after his/her own safety without interference from government? Other topics for debate/discussion l Crossing the road in a reckless manner or crossing incorrectly at a pedestrian crossing should be made illegal and subject to a fine. l It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone while driving. This should be extended to include handsfree usage. are children in the 10% most deprived areas of the UK five times as likely to die on roads as other children? are children from long-term unemployed families 28 times more likely to be killed while cycling and 21 times more likely to be killed on foot than children with parents in professional occupations? is someone under the age of 16 killed or injured on UK roads every 18 minutes? l Billboards and other forms of advertising should be banned as dangerous distractions to all road users, especially drivers. 19
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