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

Urgent
Compelling immediate action
V
Variations 
An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Vehicle
Means a device designed or adapted mainly to travel on wheels or crawler 
tracks and includes such a device which is connected with a drawbar to a 
breakdown vehicle and is used as partof the towing equipment of a break-
down vehicle to support any axle or all the axles of a motor vehicle which is 
being salvaged other than such a device which moves solely on rails; and
Vehicle
Any machine that carries a person. This might be a machine with an 
engine (like a car) or a machine for which you have to provide the mo-
tion (like a bicycle). Usually road vehicles have wheels, but some have 
special “caterpillar tracks” to help them move over rough ground.
Vehicular homi-
cide
Killing of a human being by a vehicle
Verge
Means that portion of a road, street or thoroughfare, including the side-
walk, which is not the roadway or the shoulder.
Vicinity
A particular area; the surrounding or nearby region
Violations
A crime less serious than a felony
Visible
Capable of being seen; or open to easy view
Visual acuity 
Ability to see objects distinctly in the central field (straight ahead) e.g. A 
driver may not notice a black car at night as easily as during the day-
time. Thus, a person with decrease acuity should not drive a car during 
these times.

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Visual field
Central field for the driver to see objects approaching from the side or 
field that allows for movement detection