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    This document discusses various terms related to traffic accidents and transportation history: 1. Pedestrian islands are constructed between sidewalks and roads to prevent pedestrians from using the roadway and vehicles from passing. 2. Debris refers to broken vehicle parts, rubbish, and dust left at the scene of a collision. 3. Skid marks are marks left on the road by tires that are locked due to strong braking. Transportation history can be divided into periods where power came from human/animal muscle, natural forces, and fuel-powered machines. Early human transportation involved sleds and watercraft made from logs. Ancient civilizations like Egypt began using animal power like oxen and camels to

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    This document discusses various terms related to traffic accidents and transportation history: 1. Pedestrian islands are constructed between sidewalks and roads to prevent pedestrians from using the roadway and vehicles from passing. 2. Debris refers to broken vehicle parts, rubbish, and dust left at the scene of a collision. 3. Skid marks are marks left on the road by tires that are locked due to strong braking. Transportation history can be divided into periods where power came from human/animal muscle, natural forces, and fuel-powered machines. Early human transportation involved sleds and watercraft made from logs. Ancient civilizations like Egypt began using animal power like oxen and camels to

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    This document discusses various terms related to traffic accidents and transportation history: 1. Pedestrian islands are constructed between sidewalks and roads to prevent pedestrians from using the roadway and vehicles from passing. 2. Debris refers to broken vehicle parts, rubbish, and dust left at the scene of a collision. 3. Skid marks are marks left on the road by tires that are locked due to strong braking. Transportation history can be divided into periods where power came from human/animal muscle, natural forces, and fuel-powered machines. Early human transportation involved sleds and watercraft made from logs. Ancient civilizations like Egypt began using animal power like oxen and camels to

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    PEDESTRIAN ISLAND- these are constructed between the pedestrian sidewalk and
    the road pavement to prevent pedestrian from using the roadway in passing and to
    prevent motor vehicles.
    2. DEBRIS- the scattered broken parts of vehicles, rubbish, dust and other materials left
    at the scene of the accident caused by a collision.
    3. SKID MARKS- these are marks left on the roadway by tires which are not free to
    rotate, usually because brakes are applied strong and the wheels locked.
    4. HAZARD- is generated when a critical space motion relationships between a traffic
    unit and another object develops due to the movement of either or both
    Example: A curve in the path is a hazard. Another traffic unit in the path is also
    hazard.
    5. TACTIC- Any action taken by the traffic unit to avoid hazardous situations like
    steering, braking, or accelerating to avoid collision or other accident.
    6. IMPACT- the striking of one body against another or a collision of a motor vehicle
    with another motor vehicle.
    7. PERCEPTION OF HAZARD- it is seeing, feeling or hearing and understanding the
    usual or unexpected movement or condition that could be taken as a sign of the
    accident about to happen.
    8. START OF EVASIVE ACTION- it is the first action taken by a traffic unit to
    escape from a collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard
    9. INITIAL CONTACT- the first accidental touching of an object collision course or
    otherwise avoids a hazard.
    10. DISENGAGEMENT- it is the separation of a traffic unit in motion from an object
    with which it has collided.
    11. MANAGEMENT- it refers to the skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose.
    12. OPERATION- pertains to a course or series of acts to effect a certain purpose,;
    manner of action; or a vital or natural process of activity.

    HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION
    This can be over-simply divided into period during which motor power was most
    characteristically furnished by human and animal muscle, by such natural forces as wind and
    gravity, and by fuel-operated machine.

    MAN POWER
    Stone age man’s transportation of firewood and of animal skilled that probably led to
    the invention of the sled the early man have gotten the idea for skiffs-pieces of smooth board
    resembling sled runners but worn on the feet of the hunter and inter of snowshoes. The first
    water craft, the man-power ran; and the cause, probably evolved from the floating log.

    ANIMAL POWER
    While human muscle power was still in widespread use for transport in ancient Egypt,
    animal muscle power was being widely exploited in the over river valley civilization. The ox,
    the ass, and the camel were earned somewhere in the

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