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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Danger in road traffic, basic terms; road safety system solution. 2. Brief characteristics and categorization of road traffic participants. 3. Psychological analysis of the activity of a road motor vehicle driver - psychological aspects of traffic driver behavior; sensory perception. 4. Critical traffic situations in road traffic - methodology and principles of solving critical traffic situations. 5. Driver development stages - beginner, advanced, experienced drivers; ability to drive motor vehicles. 6. The influence of alcohol, drugs and other addictive substances on driving a vehicle and on the driver's traffic behavior. 7. Passive safety of road vehicles; restrain systems; carbody, tests of passive safety elements). 8. Active safety of road vehicles, driver support systems. 9. Activity of the driver in the event of an accident, principles of providing first aid, ensuring tracks. 10. Effect of speed on safety. 11. Interaction of a car with a pedestrian (problems of crossings for pedestrians, emergence of crisis situations and their solutions). 12. road traffic safety and the motorcycle - specifics of the design and control of motorcycles, passive and active elements of motorcyclist safety. 13. Traffic calming - ways of solving intra-village roads leading to a reduction in the aggressiveness of car traffic towards non-hooded SP participants; intersection collision points.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection, Skills training
- Contact teaching
- 16 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 24 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 16 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the basic risks and their elimination arising during the operation of a road vehicle with regard to three subjects in particular: road traffic participant, vehicle and communication.
After passing the course, the student acquires knowledge related to the dangers arising from the operation of a road vehicle, understands the multidisciplinarity of this problem and becomes familiar with the means by which these risks can be reduced.
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Prerequisites
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Students are supposed to have basic technical knowledge, obtained by study at high school and previous university courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation
During the semester and at the examination students must demonstrate understanding of solved problems and prove ability to orientate themselves in problems of the subject. Actual requirements will be announced at the first week of the semester.
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Recommended literature
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Moderní úpravy komunikací ve městech a obcích. Brno: Centrum dopravního výzkumu, 2005. ISBN 80-86502-09-0.
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Ambros, J. Bezpečnost silničního provozu: aktuální poznatky. Brno. 2011.
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Janata, M. Pasivní bezpečnost pozemních komunikací: zkušenosti z České republiky a ze zahraničí. Brno. 2007.
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Šucha, Matúš. Dopravní psychologie pro praxi : výběr, výcvik a rehabilitace řidičů. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4113-0.
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Vlk, František. Karosérie motorových vozidel : ergonomika, biomechanika, pasivní bezpečnost, kolize, struktura, materiály. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2000. ISBN 80-238-5277-9.
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Vlk, František. Stavba motorových vozidel : [osobní automobily, autobusy, nákladní automobily, jízdní soupravy, ergonomika, biomechanika, struktura, kolize, materiály]. Brno: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Vlk, 2003. ISBN 80-238-8757-2.
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