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

Potholes
A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
Practical
Concerned with actual use or practice
Precautionary 
Taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
Precipitating 
Bringing on suddenly or abruptly. Separate as a fine suspension of solid 
particles
Predefined 
Decide upon definitely; give a value
Predominantly 
Much greater in number or influence
Preparatory 
Preceding and preparing for something

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Road Safety Education | Vocabulary Booklet
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Prescribe
Means prescribe by regulation
Prescription
A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or den-
tist to a pharmacist
Prevailing 
Most frequent or very common
Prevent
Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Programme 
An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or 
sporting event
Progressive 
Favouring or promoting progress
Proportional 
Properly related in size, degree or other measurable characteristics; usually 
followed by ‘to’
Proposing 
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Protective gear
Equipment that helps to protect
Protective helmet A device adapted to afford protection of some kind
Provision
A stipulated condition
Psychotherapy 
The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
Public road
Means any road, street or thoroughfare or any other place (whether a thor-
oughfare or not) which is commonly used by the public or any section there-
of or to which the public or any section thereof has a right of access