Lesson 3: Road Safety
REACH LAB TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH REHABILITATION SCIENCES**
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Lesson 3 Objective:
Be able to identify steps...USING A CROSSWALK Step by step visuals for using a crosswalk
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Road Safety
Lesson 3 focuses on important things to know for crossing the street safely. A participant may have a lot of experience crossing busy roads and may not need a lot of review and practice. If that's the case, you may want to quickly go through the presentation and spend the most time on slides 12 and 13.
Slide 12 is a short video on pedestrian safety. Slide 13 allows the participant and you to go outside and review/practice the information outlined in this lesson. This hands-on activity enables you to see if the participant really understands road safety.
Slide 12
Slide 13
Road Safety
Slide 3 introduces the term, "crosswalk." Ask the participant if they have seen crosswalks outside, and have they used one. Review the importance of using a crosswalk when crossing the street.
Slides 4 and 5 explain the symbols and signs participants need to look out for when crossing the street. Slide 6 explains the role of a crossing guard and shows the sign that indicates the location of the crosswalk button.
Road Safety
Slides 7, 8, and 9 review how to cross the street safely. Review with the participant the specific steps they should take when attempting to cross the street.
Take some extra time on slide 9. This slide explains the countdown that sometimes is shown next to the "don't walk" light. The "walk" light stays on until it gets close to changing to "don’t walk" The countdown flashes along with the "don't walk" sign. This shows how much time a person has left to cross the street. Once time runs out, the "don't walk" sign stops flashing, and a person can no longer cross.
Road Safety
Participants might be unsure of what to do if the signs changes from "walk" to "don't walk" when they are in the middle of the crosswalk. In this case, explain that they will have enough time, but should quickly finish crossing the street.
Or they might not know if they should cross when the countdown indicates there are a few seconds left until the light is about to stay on "don't walk." In this case, explain that it is best to wait for the sign to change back to walk. It is unlikely they will have enough time to safely cross the street.
Road Safety
Slide 11 describes some possible situations a participant might encounter when crossing the street.
Participants should be able to respond with the correct answer for the first situation. This is something you just reviewed when you talked about slide 9. However, if they aren't sure, remind them that since the sign is so close to staying, "don't walk," they should wait for the light to change to "walk." Even if they are in a hurry, it isn't safe to try to rush across the street in a short amount of time.
Road Safety
Slide 11 describes some possible situations a participant might encounter when crossing the street.
For the second situation, participants may not realize that there are some streets that do not have crosswalks. If at first they don't see a crosswalk, they should walk up or down the block a bit, just to make sure there isn't one. If there definitely is no crosswalk, they should look both ways to make sure absolutely no cars are coming down the road, and quickly cross to the other side.
Road Safety
Again, if the participant already understands road safety, then you can spend most of your time on slides 12 and 13. If the participant needs to go through the whole presentation, slides 12 and 13 are perfect for review and practice of the information covered in the presentation. Again, slide 12 is a short video on pedestrian safety. Slide 13 allows the participant and you to go outside and review/practice the key information highlighted in the presentation.