Pedestrian Awareness – 1
Help your family begin developing safe pedestrian habits early. This introductory program from Professor Frederik Mottola teaches parents and licensed drivers how to guide children toward habits that help prevent roadway injury and death.
Children will have the opportunity to earn the Pedestrian Awareness Badge
Why this course matters
Professor Mottola, an Emeritus Professor of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University, has developed a training approach designed to help families reduce roadway risk by building safe pedestrian habits early.
Every roadway user — pedestrian, bicyclist, passenger, and motorist — performs most actions by habit. This program gives parents a structured way to help children develop safer habits from an early age.
pedestrians injured each year in motor vehicle crashes.
pedestrians killed in 2023.
What makes this program different
National efforts such as Vision Zero and Safe Systems focus on making roadways and vehicles safer, but there is still no widely used structured training system that teaches pedestrians — especially young children — how to build safe pedestrian habits.
This course fills that gap. It introduces Professor Mottola’s Zone Control Strategies and Principles, which create a practical language for training the brain to learn what to practice and what to make into habits.
How to Sign Up
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If you do not already have an account at NIDB College, register for a new account here.
After registering, you will receive an email to activate your account. If you do not receive an email, check your spam folder.
- After registering and activating your account, or if you already have an account, log in.
- Go to the course:
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Enter your enrollment key:
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Who this course is for
The reason this course was created was to counteract the inadequate driver licensing standards, which result in roadway users – pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists – making mistakes that cause 6 million crashes every year.
This training is designed for licensed drivers and parents who want to provide children with the best opportunity to develop habits that prevent mistakes that could result in injury or death on the roadway.
The learning process begins with Pedestrian Awareness and expands over time to include Bicyclist Awareness, Passenger Awareness, and Co-Driver Training, so children build safer habits before they ever begin learning to drive.