Grades 1-12 a conceptual understanding vocabulary booklet road safety education

O
Octagon
An eightsided polygon
Oncoming traffic Traffic moving towards you
Operational
Pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
Operator
Means the person responsible for the use of a motor vehicle of any class 
contemplated in chapter vi, and who has been registered as the operator of 
such vehicle;
Overconfidence
Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
Overgrown vege-
tation
Usually unwanted vegetation
Overloading
Place too much a load on
P
Pair
A set of two similar things considered as a unit

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Road Safety Education | Vocabulary Booklet
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Park m
Eans to keep a vehicle, whether occupied or not, stationary for a period of 
time longer than is reasonably necessary for the actual loading or unloading 
of persons or goods, but does not include any such keeping of a vehicle by 
reason of a cause beyond the control of the person in charge of such vehicle;
Parking
Space in which vehicles can be parked
Participative
The act of sharing in the activities of a group
Passengers
Occupants of vehicles other than the person in control (driver or rider).
Pathway
A path suitable for walking
Pavement
An area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
Peace officer
A traffic officer and also a traffic warden appointed in terms of the laws of 
any province;
Pedal cycle
Means any bicycle or tricycle designed for propulsion solely by means of 
human power;