Fundamentals of Road Safety

Major: Transport technology (by Automobile Transport)
Code of subject: 6.275.03.O.017
Credits: 5.50
Department: Transport Technologies
Lecturer: Ph.D., associate professor Volodymyr Hilevych.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • to know the basics of designing vehicles and roads with laying of modern elements of their active, passive, antiemergency and ecological safety; • to know the basics of internal and external control with keeping of traffic safety, accident prevention; • to have an understanding of regularity, peculiar to the sphere of road traffic and the legislation governing the public relations in this field.
Required prior and related subjects: • Fundamentals of transport; • Supplying information to roadway users; • Transportation process controlling.
Summary of the subject: The legal basis of road safety. Key elements of the theory of driving. Active safety car. Passive safety car. Post-accident and environmental safety of the vehicle. Features safely operating the vehicle on the roads. Driving in difficult conditions in a confined space and in dense traffic flow. Road accidents and their causes.
Assessment methods and criteria: • writing reports from practical work, oral examination (30%); • final control (70% control measure, exam), written-oral form (70%).
Recommended books: 1. Основи безпеки дорожнього руху: навчальний посібник / за ред. В.М. Бесчастного; А.О. Собакарь, Я.Д. Холмянський, С.М. Тараненко. – К.: Знання, 2007. – 312с. 2. Кашканов А.А. Безпека руху автомобільного транспорту: навчальний посібник / А.А. Кашканов, О.Г. Грисюк. – Вінниця: ВНТУ, 2005. – 177 с. 3. Зеркалов Д.В. Безпека руху автомобільного транспорту: довідник / Д.В. Зеркалов, П.Р. Левковець, О.І. Мельниченко, О.М. Дмитрієв. – К.: Основа, 2002. – 360 с.

Fundamentals of Road Safety (курсовий проєкт)

Major: Transport technology (by Automobile Transport)
Code of subject: 6.275.03.O.020
Credits: 3.00
Department: Transport Technologies
Lecturer: Ph.D., associate professor Volodymyr Hilevych.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • to be able to calculate the indicators and parameters for safe passing of the vehicles; • to be able to take into account the road conditions and principles of the organization of road traffic in the operation of vehicles; • to have an understanding about the relationship between traffic safety and vehicle construction.
Required prior and related subjects: • Fundamentals of transport; • Enterprises of road transport.
Summary of the subject: The theme of course paper: "The definition of indicators and parameters for safe passing." Theoretical information on the indicators and parameters that characterize the passing. Methods of determining the indicators and passing parameters. The technique of the analytical calculation of the completed passing. The methodology of the analytical calculation of the incompleted passing. The determination of time and way of vehicles passing. Graphical representation of the received results.
Assessment methods and criteria: • The report consisting of the explanatory notes and drawings and is defended orally (100%, credit).
Recommended books: 1. Галаса П.В. Експертний аналіз дорожньо-транспортних пригод / П.В. Галаса, В.Б. Киселев, А.С. Куйбіда, Ю.О. Лахно, Г.М. Надгорний. – К.: Укр. Центр після аварійного захисту «ЕКСПЕРТ-СЕРВІС», 1995. – 192 с. 2. Безмертний В.О. Основи керування автомобілем і безпека руху: підручник / В.О. Безсмертний, З.Д. Дерех, В.В. Іщенко. – К.: Вища школа, 1996. – 202 с. 3. Джонс И.С. Влияние параметров автомобиля на дорожно-транспортные происшествия / И.С. Джонс. – М.: Машиностроение, 1979. – 207 с.