Seminars on Road Safety

Code:

MESHO201

Acronym:

SSV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S (of 10-02-2014 to 06-06-2014)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.fe.up.pt/1011/course/view.php?id=505
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESHO	16	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction of the concept of road security  and development of students' skills to identify risk factors in general and in specific cases, and improve its ability to define and propose measures and solutions that reduce the risk of road accidents. Identify key risk factors and study, analyze and propose solutions. Identify situations and perform risk analysis on the ground. Analyze prevention measures, including education and training for road safety and defensive driving.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that in this discipline  students acquire a greater sensitivity for the Road accident prevention. This course will warn some successful measures to prevent accidents as well as instruct students for detecting situations potentiate the risk of accidents.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Road accident: statistical data and related institutions;

- National and European legislation concerning to loss ratio, in prevention and treatment of its consequences. Influence of legislation, jurisprudence and police surveillance in road accidents;

- Presentation of some concrete examples of legislation and prevention of loss ratio;

- Introduction to Biomechanics and Traumatology, the enormous importance of speed and deceleration on the consequences of the accidents;

- The vehicle and the systems of active and passive safety

- Road Safety factors: - The driver and his behavior; - planning, design, track maintenance, traffic signs and traffic control systems;

- Physical, psychological and economic consequences of the accidents

- Study and presentation of real cases of design errors in roads and its signaling and proposals for improvement.

- Concrete cases’ presentation and solving methodologies.

Mandatory literature

Lawrence S. Nordhoff; Motor vehicule collision injuries. ISBN: 0-7637-3335-0
ed. by Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin; Accidental injury. ISBN: 978-0-387-98820-7
Ronald L. Huston; Principles of biomechanics. ISBN: 978-0-8493-3494-8
Kai-Uwe Schmitt...[et al.]; Trauma biomechanics. ISBN: 978-3-540-73872-5
ed, by Donald R. Peterson. Joseph D. Bronzíno; Biomechanics. ISBN: 0-8493-8534-2
Duane Knudson; Fundamentals of biomechanics. ISBN: 978-0-387-49311-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorial classes on the main subjects of the syllabus. Group work, presentation and discussion: 50%: The work group may be: a) field work, analysis of cases, or signaling problems b) study of subjects about Road Safety c) study and analysis of scientific articles or textbooks, books or book chapters. Exame: 50%

Work group 50% + Exam 50%

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules of the FEUP students generally must attend 75% of classes. In specific cases, students can be aproved without attending classes, if they carry out the field work and present themselves for examination.

Calculation formula of final grade

Group work, presentation and discussion: 50%: The work group may be: a) field work, analysis of cases, or signaling problems b) study of subjects about Road Safety c) study and analysis of scientific articles or textbooks, books or book chapters. Exam: 50%

 

Work group 50% + Exam 50%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEUP regulations.

Classification improvement

By exam or new work group.