Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Traffic Safety and Control Methods (17.S0438)

Native organizations units: Department of Traffic Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Traffic and Transport Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Traffic Planning, Regulation and Safety
ECTS	4

Acquiring knowledge in the field of forensic engineering, safety methods and traffic control. Enabling students to perform expertise investigations in traffic accidents. Acquiring knowledge on technical devices for expertise in traffic accidents, traffic control and investigation on the technical requirements for a vehicle.

Mastering the methods and procedures in expertise investigations in traffic accidents. Application of the acquired knowledge in the creation of expertise documentation, making the accident sketch and photo-elaborate. Application of contemporary technical equipment and applicative software in the procedure for investigating the traffic accident. Introduction to and mastering the application of contemporary means for traffic control and investigation on the technical requirements for a vehicle.

Notion, subject and significance of traffic safety and control methods. Investigation and expertise in traffic accidents – notion and significance, expertise documentation. Reconstruction of traffic accidents. Analysis on movement and stopping process of the vehicles. Actions and processes in traffic. Defining relevant parameters driver – vehicle – road. Technical devices for traffic control and regulation. Traffic control methods. Means for controlling the technical requirements for a vehicle.

Lectures, auditory, computing and laboratory practice. At the course, the critical analysis on real accidents is an obligatory part of teaching in order for students to acquire knowledge in defining the causes of accidents.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	40.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00