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

EDUCATION, TRAIN-
ING AND PUBLICITY 
(ETP)
Education
Education is a broad based activity, which usually takes place 
in schools and other educational establishments. Road safe-
ty education deals with ideas and concepts such as hazard 
perception and managing personal risk in relation to the road 
environment, and the developing of coping strategies. It also 
includes developing an individual’s understanding of their 
responsibilities to other road users. It is a gradual process, 
which may take place over a number of years.

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Training
Training is mostly concerned with creating or developing prac-
tical skills, and delivery is generally short term in duration. 
Publicity
Publicity is designed to provide information, raise awareness, 
give advice on appropriate behaviour, and thereby change 
attitudes towards a particular issue. It can also reinforce pos-
itive attitudes and behaviour learned through education and 
training.
PUFFIN CROSSING
A Pedestrian User Friendly Intelligent crossing. They have sensors 
which can tell how quickly you are crossing the road, and allow 
extra time for those moving slowly. Does not have a flashing green 
man/flashing amber phase, but operates like the pedestrian part of 
traffic lights at a road junction, particularly suitable for older people 
and people with mobility difficulties.
COSTS 
The cost of an intervention includes any money spent on develop-
ing, delivering, and evaluating it. This includes obvious costs such 
as advertising, designing and printing, promotional or training mate-
rials, fees for external consultants, travel and accommodation. But 
it also includes the proportion of the staff costs (salaries, national 
insurance, pension etc.) for the amount of time they spend working 
on the intervention.