Vehicle Safety

Vehicle
Safety

Expectations for Passengers

• Vehicles are made to take you places.

• Examples of vehicles include cars, buses, trains, airplanes, boats, and more!

• In the vehicle, the driver makes sure the vehicle travels safely from one place to another.

• The passenger ​is someone who rides in a vehicle.

• As a passenger, I am responsible for making sure my own behavior also keeps everyone safe.

Being a Passenger

Multiple Choice

Something made to take you places is a ___.

• Vehicle

• Container

• Appliance

Multiple Choice

The most important job of the driver is to ___.

• Make sure people arrive at the next location safely.

• Keep the passengers happy the whole time.

• Make sure no one ever gets even a little bit bored.

Match

Match the driver to the vehicle.

• Bus

• Train

• Plane

• Boat

• Spaceship

Driver

Conductor

Pilot

Captain

Astronaut

• Driver

• Conductor

• Pilot

• Captain

• Astronaut

Multiple Choice

A person who rides in a vehicle is a ___.

• Driver

• Pilot

• Pedestrian

• Passenger

Multiple Choice

As a passenger, I ___.

• Can do whatever I want.

• Need to follow vehicle safety expectations.

• Get to tell the driver what to do.

• My first responsibility is to never distract the driver.

• The driver needs to keep all of their attention and focus on driving in order to stay safe.

• If my behavior is unexpected, the driver needs to pay attention to me, instead of the job of driving, and that is extremely dangerous!

• I can read, chat, draw, quietly use my phone, nap or think when I am riding in a vehicle.

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I Never Distract the Driver

Multiple Choice

The driver needs to keep their focus on ___.

• Safely driving the vehicle.

• Keeping me happy.

• Their favorite songs and commercials.

Multiple Choice

I just watched the funniest video on my phone.

I can show the driver ___.

• While they are driving.

• Once we get to a red light.

• After the vehicle is parked.

Multiple Choice

The driver tells me to be quiet, and I don't feel like being quiet.

I kick the back of their chair to show how mad I am.

This is ___.

• Expected because the driver made me mad.

• Unexpected because it distracts the driver and is unsafe.

• Expected because it is safer than hitting a person.

Open Ended

"If I feel bored on the vehicle, I can ___."

• Most vehicles have a very specific schedule they need to follow.

• When one vehicle has to wait for a passenger, it can create problems for all the other vehicles.

• As soon as I receive an instruction to get on or get off of a vehicle, I do it right away.

• Getting on or off a vehicle right on time makes sure that every vehicle can follow its schedule.

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I Arrive and Leave on Time

Multiple Choice

My mom arrives to pick me up after school, but I'm still chatting with my friends.

I should ___.

• Ignore my mom and hang with my friends.

• Yell at my mom that she is too early and I'm busy.

• Get right in the car, and chat with my friends tomorrow.

Multiple Choice

The flight attendant announces it is time to get off the plane, but I still have 10 minutes left in my movie.

I should ___.

• Pause the movie and get off the plane.
• Ignore the flight attendant and continue watching the movie.
• Ask the flight attendant to wait until the movie is over before getting off the plane.

Multiple Choice

The bus driver opens the door to let people on.

I want to make sure I get the best seat.

I should ___.

• Wait in line until it is my turn, and sit in whatever seat is open.

• Push everyone aside so I can get the seat I want.

• Yell and cry if someone else sits in the seat I wanted.

• Complain to the driver that someone took my favorite seat.

Open Ended

"It is important to get on the vehicle as soon as I am told because ___."

• Usually, there is more than one passenger riding in a vehicle.

• I need to show respect for other passengers by avoiding fighting, arguing, annoying people, or anything else that might frustrate another passenger.

• If I am annoying other passenger, the driver may have to stop focusing on their job to get involved in stopping our argument. This is unsafe for everyone!

• I will focus on myself for the ride and have only expected social behavior. ​

I Respect Other Passengers

Multiple Select

Another passenger is listening to loud music on the van.

I can ___.

(Pick 2!)

• Beg the driver to stop the van because my ears hurt.

• Try to take their phone and turn it down.

• Ask them politely once to lower the volume.

• Ignore it and focus on myself.

Multiple Choice

If I am fighting with another passenger, the driver will ___.

• Feel happy because I am staying busy.

• Be distracted from their job of keeping everyone safe.

• Think the other passenger probably started it.

Multiple Choice

My sister said something so rude to me in the car.

I should ___.

• Tell my parents after we are parked.

• Yell at the driver to tell her to apologize.

• Hit her to show how angry I am.

• Cry and scream until we pull over.

• In most vehicles, I will be expected to stay seated with my seatbelt on at all times.

• The seatbelt makes sure that I do not get badly hurt if the vehicle is in an accident.

• When riding in a vehicle, I never put my hand, foot, or head out the window. A passing object might break it right off!

• I only open the door if the vehicle has stopped and the driver has given me permission.

• I never do anything with my body that might distract the driver, like waving my hands around or kicking the seat or window.

I Keep My Body Safe.

Multiple Choice

When I am in a car, van, or school bus, I wear my seat belt ___.

• For the whole ride

• Only if we are going super fast

• Only if I feel like it

• Only if all the other students are wearing their seatbelts

Multiple Choice

I can open the door to a vehicle ___.

• Only when it is parked and I have permission.

• Whenever I feel like it

• If I start to feel mad or hot

• As soon as it starts to slow down

Multiple Choice

I feel a little warm while we are driving, and my parents let me open the window.

I'm still a little warm.

I can ___.

• Stick my head out the window to cool off.

• Ask politely if we can turn on the AC.

• Cry that I am so uncomfortable and don't want to be in the car anymore.

• Dump a bottle of water on my head to feel cooler.

• Different vehicles will have different control panels.

• They might be called a dashboard in a car, or a cockpit in a plane.

• It takes many years of special training to learn to operate the control panels of a vehicle.

• Unless I have been trained and have a license to touch the control panel, I never touch it.

I Never Touch the Controls.

Multiple Choice

Dad said we were going to McDonalds, and if we don't turn now, we'll pass it!

I can ___.

• Grab the steering wheel so we can turn towards McDonalds.

• Say, "Wait, isn't that McDonalds?"

• Yell and cry because my dad is such a liar.

Multiple Choice

In order to operate the controls of a vehicle, I need ___.

• A license and many years of training.

• To watch a video on Youtube until I'm sure I know what to do.

• To carefully watch my parents and then try to remember the steps they took.

Multiple Select

I don't like the music playing from the dashboard radio.

I should ___.

(Pick 2!)

• Adjust the radio until I find a station I like.

• Turn on some loud music from my phone's speakers to drown it out.

• Ask if my parents can change it at the next red light.

• Put on headphones to listen to my own music.

• To Keep Everyone Safe in a Vehicle I will

  • Arrive and Leave on Time

  • Avoid Distracting the Driver

  • Show Respect for Other Passengers

  • Keep My Body Safe

  • Never Touch the Controls

Review of Expectations

Open Ended

"I will meet passenger expectations by ____ because ____."