School Trip Safety and Urban Play Areas. Volume IV. A Review of Daylight Savings Time Related Student Pedestrian Problems and Countermeasures

1975Fegan, John C.PDFTech ReportFHWA-RD-75-107DOT-FH-11-8126RetroreflectivityDaylight saving timePedestrian safetySchool childrenSchool tripsUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and DevelopmentRosen, CharleneBerger, Wallace G.United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and DevelopmentBioTechnology, Inc.Fegan, John C.Federal Highway AdministrationThis study of the impact of reduced light conditions (under winter Daylight Savings Time) on school trip safety was performed in two phases. The first was the identification and categorization of increased school trip safety problems associated with DST and the countermeasures in use to mitigate these problems. The second phase involved a critique of these identified countermeasures by the survey sample in terms of their accident reduction potential, cost, user acceptance and implementation difficulties.80