The National Center for Rural Road Safety is excited to announce the latest version of the Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP)! This national certificate program is designed to be a “Roadway Safety 101” course. It is best for practitioners in transportation, public health, and law enforcement who do not have deep road safety knowledge.
The Safety Center is offering a series of webinars/online training sessions, which cover its core modules of the RSCP. Each training is two hours long.
The trainings will use Zoom. Please ensure Zoom is on your “safe” email list before registering to ensure you receive the link to attend.
RSCP Core Module #3: Introduction to Traffic Safety Culture
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET
This training introduces growing positive traffic safety culture to significantly improve road safety in America. Participants will leave the training with a better understanding of the elements that shape traffic safety culture, how those factors interact to affect behaviors related to traffic safety, strategies that can be implemented to improve traffic safety culture among various groups, and ideas about how they can leverage their role (and the role of others) in growing a positive traffic safety culture.
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RSCP Core Module #4: Overview of the MUTCD
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET
This module is an introduction and overview of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The MUTCD defines the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed, and used on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public traffic.
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RSCP Core Module #5: Intersection of Transportation with Public Health and Law Enforcement
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET
This two-hour training will discuss the need for transportation, public health and law enforcement agencies to work together on the road to zero and strategies to achieve this.
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RSCP Core Module #6: Reading the Roadway
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET
This two-hour training will teach participants how to “read the road” as well as the importance of doing so in daily activities. It will use real-world examples of different roadway components to demonstrate how participants may be able to uncover potential safety issues during their routine activities.
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RSCP Core Module #7: Safety Analysis Process
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm ET
This two-hour training will cover the safety analysis process and discuss how it can be applied using two different complementary analysis methods: the traditional site analysis and the systemic analysis. Additionally, case studies will be utilized to demonstrate practical applications on the process.
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