STEM Lessons for Pedestrian Safety: Need for Speed?

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STEM Lessons for Pedestrian Safety: Need for Speed?

2020-09-25
By United States. Federal Highway Administration

File Language:

English

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Alternative Title:

Need for Speed?
Corporate Creators:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Bicycle Safety Education Highway Design Pedestrian Safety Transportation Safety
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-SA-20-089
Resource Type:

Booklet/Pamphlet
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

Vehicle speed is an important factor of roadway safety. Students will explore how speed is related to the design of a street and learn that travel speed is a decision made by drivers. Students will discover how a driver’s ability to stop is related to human biology and principles of physics and how this translates into the distance needed for a driver to see a pedestrian and stop. Students will learn about these concepts by measuring their own reaction time then calculating laying out stopping distances given different conditions.
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PDF
Collection(s):

Federal Highway Administration
Main Document Checksum:

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Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64886/dot_64886_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 529.26 KB ]

File Language:

English

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