Program
title: Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety
Education Program Organization: Florida Department of
Transportation and University of Florida Contact: Dr. Dan Connaughton, Program Director Contact: (352) 392-4042 Ext. 1370, safety@hhp.ufl.edu Web site:http://www.safety.hhp.ufl.edu Program start date: 1982 to present
Target audience: School teachers and community
trainers to serve as instructors for grades K-2, grades
3-5, grade 6-8, and driver's education students
Training Workshops: Ten-hour (one-and-half
day) workshops for school teachers; an eight-hour
workshop for community trainers; and two hours for
Driver's Ed for Bike and Ped course.
Program summary:The Florida Traffic
and Bicycle Safety Education Program consists primarily
of four courses:
(1)
Ten-Hour Teacher (Elementary and Middle School) Workshop,
(2) Eight-Hour Community Workshop,
(3) Driver Ed for Bike and Ped, and
(4) Adult Bicycling"Road 1".
ALL
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ARE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA
REGIONAL TRAINING TEAM WHO ARE CERTIFIED BY THE LEAGUE
OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS.
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