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

Roadworthy (of 
vehicles)
Fit to be driven on the open road
Route
An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
S
Safe
Free from danger or the risk of harm
Safer crossing 
places
Special places to cross the road. These are where traffic stops for you to cross 
(such as pelican, puffin and zebra crossings, or remove you from the traffic 
(such as subways and footbridges).
Scenic 
Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery
Scholar patrol
Specialty trained school students who help other students to cross the road 
safely by monitoring them as they do
Scholar patrol
A crossing operated by learners to help you to cross the streets around your 
school safely.
School crossing
patrol – 
A controlled pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the 
way to school
Scrutinize 
To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
Seatbelt
A safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an 
accident
Seatbelt
A safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of 
Selection bias
Selection bias is where results of an intervention or an evaluation may be 
distorted due to the way in which participants were recruited. 
Semitrailer
Means a trailer having no front axle and so designed that at least 15 per cent 
of its tare is superimposed on and borne by a vehicle drawing such trailer
Serious
Of great consequence
Shoulder
Means that portion of a road, street or thoroughfare between the edge of 
the roadway and the kerb line;