Pedestrian Safety and Bike Safety & Learn to Ride

(updated 4/08/2020)

Below are a list of videos about safely walking along streets and crossing streets.  Next to each video link is the length in minutes. The first video covers the basics of pedestrian safety.  Following that is a five-part video series that discusses a greater variety of situations, including safety inside and outside of a school bus and safely walking across parking lots.

Pedestrian Safer Journey (Overview of Pedestrian Safety)

English version:   http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/pedsaferjourney/el_en.html    (5:10)  

Spanish version:  http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/pedsaferjourney/el_sp.html    (7:03)

(videos by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)

Accompanying this video is a short online quiz about the topics covered.

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FIVE-PART “LET’S GO WALKING!” VIDEO SERIES 

by the North Carolina Department of Transportation

The NC DOT also provides written lesson plans for all of the following videos as well as an introductory video for teachers on the following page: https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/safety/lets-go-nc/Pages/walking.aspx   

Lesson 1: Walking Safely Near Traffic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H1iEAk-9Rg   (4:02)

Lesson 2: Crossing Streets Safely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jCpBH5zehI&feature=emb_rel_end   (5:15)

Lesson 3: Crossing Intersections Safely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQVcdaW2TuY&feature=emb_rel_end   (6:00)

Lesson 4: School Bus Safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5TAB_O7PA   (4:49)

Lesson 5: Parking Lot Safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvfvxztp2GI   (3:53)

ACTIVITIES:  Students should get permission from their parent or guardian before doing the activities.  Students should also do them with an adult or a responsible older family member such as a sibling.

Activity #1: Stand on the sidewalk near a street and point out the best places to cross the street.  

Activity #2: When you find a safe place to cross, practice stopping at the edge of the street, listening for cars and sirens and looking in all of the different directions that cars or other vehicles might be coming from.  When it’s safe to cross, practice walking across in a straight line while keeping your head up and looking around.

Activity #3: If you are waiting to cross a street, and a driver stops for you because you are next to a crosswalk or because they have a stop sign, practice making eye contact with them and waving.  When you are sure that they are waiting for you, practice crossing the street while keeping your head up and looking around.

Activity #4: Look for parked cars in driveways.  Talk to the person you are with about the signs that a car is backing out of a driveway.