Video Library: Driving Safety

City Driving
Distracted Driving: At What Cost
Driving in Bad Weather
Hazard Perception
Taffic Control: What Works

• City Driving
  #CI015 (17 min. 1990)
  Driving Safety
  Teaches professional truck drivers how to handle the special hazards of city driving. Designed for straight truck and tractor-trailer drivers. Covers turns and intersections, traffic congestion, hazard analysis, customer service, and security.
• Distracted Driving: At What Cost
  #DE000—VHS #DE001—DVD (16 min. 2006)
  Driving Safety
  The video includes a two car crash that is investigated and shows how each driver was distracted leading up to the crash. It also includes an interview with a woman who was severely injured in a crash caused by a distracting cell phone conversation. Her parents also talk about how their entire family's lives were changed by the crash.
• Driving in Bad Weather
  #DR006 (8 min. 1994)
  Driving Safety
  Newscast-style presentation dramatizes the blinding effects of fog, dust, smoke, rain, snow and ice. Stresses the need to choose safe speeds for adverse weather conditions and explains when it is best to get off the road. Video includes tips on vehicle maintenance that can help drivers prepare for bad weather.
• Hazard Perception
  #HA018 (13 min. 1990)
  Driving Safety
  Drivers have to recognize a hazard before they can avoid it. Emphasizes hazard perception—a key component of defensive driving. Includes factors affecting hazard perception and everyday driving obstacles faced by professional truck drivers. Produced by the American Trucking Association.
• Taffic Control: What Works
  #TF002 (14 min. 1996)
  Traffic
  The objective of this video, produced by the Minnesota Local Road Research Board, is to offer information on how public officials develop reasonable, research-based traffic control strategies and choose traffic control devices. Factors such as traffic volume, sight distance and accident histories are discussed.