INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
TSA First Observer Program Moves to Web-Only Access Te Transportation Security Admin-
William Arrington, branch manager
istration(TSA) told School Transportation News this spring that the First Observer Program, which trains school bus and other commercial drivers on awareness of potential terrorist and criminal activity on the nation’s roadways, is now only be available online.
of TSA’s Office of Highway and Motor Carrier, said the First Observer contract was awarded in January to Triumph-Enterprises, Inc., an 8A veteran-owned small business in Arlington, Va. Te prior contractor, HMS Company, announced in December that TSA chose a new company to manage the
program, which has a new toll-free phone number (877-847-5510). Arrington said that First Observer is now
only available as a Web training module. He added that the new contract has three priorities: training development, website de- velopment for housing the training modules and industry outreach.
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Pedestrians Face Researchers from Oregon State Univer-
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sity and Portland State University reported that motorists performing “permitted” left turns are 4 to 9 percent more likely to not look for pedestrians in marked crosswalks compared to motorists making “protected” left turns. Te study, funded by the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, monitored motorists’ specific eye movements from Oct. 1, 2011, through Dec. 31, 2012. Researchers found that motorists who wait at intersections to turn left, and sometimes “lunge” forward, focus their attention on the flow of on-coming traffic and the signal rather than any pedestrians crossing the street. Meanwhile, a
Carinsurance.com survey of 500 licensed drivers claims that many cannot pass a test on basic rules of the road. Te average score was 75 percent on the driver’s quiz used in this research. Te most frequently missed questions related to pedestrians and school buses. Sixty-eight percent of drivers missed this question: You are approaching a school bus that has stopped on the other side of a divided highway. (1) Stop and wait for it to load or unload children; (2) Stop, check for children, then proceed; (3) Stop and wait until the flashing red lights go off; or (4) Watch for children and be ready to stop. Te correct answer is No. 4. Additionally, 58 percent missed this
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question: Give the right of way to any pedestrian who is: (1) In a marked cross- walk, (2) In any crosswalk or intersection, (3) Crossing any street. Te correct answer is No. 3.
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