Road Safety  

Car crashes are the leading cause of permanent injury and death in young drivers.

Each year, more than 1.17 million people die in road crashes around the world.
Sixty-five percent of deaths involve pedestrians.
Thousands of teenagers die and hundreds of thousands are injured needlessly.

Look at the following links from the news:
4 dead in Arava road accident, Ynetnews 09.30.07
Negev: car strikes camel, driver killed, Ynetnews 09.11.07
4 killed as car overturns near Lake Kinneret, Ynetnews 09.13.07
Man killed, 3 injured in road accidents in north, Ynetnews 09.01.2007
4 killed in Galilee road accidents in 24 hours, Ynetnews 08.24.07
2 killed, 1 injured in road accident in south, Ynetnews 08.21.07
Fight accidents US-style, Ynetnews 08.19.07
3 dead in road accidents in north, Ynetnews 07.13.07

What do you feel about the great number of traffic accidents that we have in Israel?

 

Statistics in Israel   

The following chart shows the people who died in car accidents in Israel in 2006.

	2006
Drivers	97
Passengers	95
Pedestrians	112
Motorcyclists	33
Cyclists	8
Total	345

Read accident stories

In the following link you will read stories about car accidents in which the drivers tell how their accident happens.
You will also see what happened to their cars. Click here to read about accident stories.

Which story did you find especially interesting? Explain

 

Share with us
Have you ever been involved in a traffic accident?
Yes  
No
 
Have you seen a car accident?
Yes  
No 
If you were involved in a traffic accident or have seen one, share with us your feelings and what you saw
 Send to the

Drinking and Driving 
Millions of people die on the roads, worldwide, as a direct result of drinking and driving;  many others will be disabled for life; some will be unemployed as a result of their crime. In the U.S. every 30 minutes, someone is killed in an alcohol-related crash.  Alcohol was involved in 41 percent of fatal crashes and 7 percent of all police-reported crashes in 2001.

Do you know who is most at risk of drinking and driving?
Write your guesses here:

Check your answers here.
What did you find out?

A sobering poem  
Read the following poem about drinking & driving called A Sobering Poem and answer the following questions:

Who is speaking in the poem?

What happened to the person?

Do you think it's fair? Explain

What would you tell your friend if he/she were thinking of
drinking & driving?
Send to the

 To learn more click on this link:
Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws (PDF)

Theory Test
This link will prepare you for the theory driving test click here (Hebrew).
Are you ready for the Theory Test? Take these mock tests.
 

Seatbelts
Being thrown from a moving vehicle is the number one cause of death in car crashes.
Staying inside the vehicle is your best chance of survival.
Safety belts are designed to keep you inside the vehicle, where there's room to live.   

Do you wear a seatbelt every time you are in a car?
Yes
No 

Seatbelts: why you should use them

Always wear a seatbelt

Why should you wear your seatbelt?

Mini Project
Write a fact sheet on road safety
Write about what you should do on the road and what you
shouldn't do.

Display in your English room.

The following links will help you:
Learn about Safety
car accidents
Road Safety
Prevention strategies   
How to deal with aggressive drivers
Traffic Safety


Write your draft here:

Help your community 

What can you do to help your community?

Send an e-mail to current Knesset Members urging them to act to prevent death on the roads.
Show that you care!!!! Click here

Suggest ways to have less traffic accidents.

Send your suggestions to the

Volunteer to join the battle against death on the roads. Click here.

Bicycles & Cyclists

Learn why you should wear a helmet
Do you think that it is not comfortable to wear a helmet? Think again
In Pedaling Protection, you'll find out many ways to stay safe while riding your bike.

What are the main facts that you learned?

Story Time
Read the story The Lonely Traffic Light.

What made the traffic light understand that it is very important?

Sing these songs
Look Both Ways
Put Your Helmet On
Put Your Seatbelt On
Put Your Helmet on Your Head
Stop, Look & Listen

To print your answers click here: