Traffic Safety Institute: overview

 

Date: Sunday, 11. September 2011

MISSION

To reduce traffic-related accidents and injuries by providing academic traffic safety programming, including instructor training programs and driver safety service programs.

FUNCTIONS

The Traffic Safety Institute is an academic division in the Department of Loss Prevention and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University. It provides undergraduate course work leading to a traffic safety minor, and provides the teaching endorsement program for driver education teachers. Several special interest programs are available and include:

• Driver Education
• Defensive Driving Courses
• Skid School
• Driver Assessment
• Emergency Vehicle Driving
• Accident Investigation Training
• Motorcycle Safety Programs
• Motorcycle Instructor Training
• All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Training
• All-Terrain Vehicle Instructor Training

AFFILIATIONS

• American Automobile Association
• American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
• Motorcycle Safety Foundation
• All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Institute
• National Safety Council

FACILITIES

• Modern classrooms
• Video projection system
• Driving simulation system
• Lighted, 7-acre driving range
• Skid pad
• Extensive audio-visual library

PUBLICATIONS

• Bi-monthly newsletter, "Connections"
• Information brochures

Eastern Kentucky University
Traffic Safety Institute
250 Stratton Building
Richmond, KY
USA
Tel: (606) 622-2236
Fax: (606) 622-6548

See details about course offerings at the TSI web site

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