TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
with Driving

Prof. EMERJHON D. HERNANDEZ

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF

TRANSPORTATION
What is
TRANSPORTATION?
TRANSPORTATION is the act or
process of moving people or
things from one place to another.
It is also the conveyance of goods
and persons from one place to
another, and the various means by
which such movement is
accomplished, is an integral part
of human civilization.

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 MANPOWER

BAREFOOT SLED | SLEDGES WHEEL

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 ANIMAL POWER
The domestication of animals greatly increased the potential power available
for transportation. Pack animals were introduced as conveyances mainly to
save labor. A man can tend several pack animals moving together, each of
which (except dogs) can carry more than he usually can.
● Ox
● Reindeer
● Dog
● Donkey
● Elephant
● Horse
● Camel
● Yak
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 WIND POWER
During the primitive era, there was a clear evidence of the migration of people
over wide stretches of ocean long before 3000 BC.

RAFTS | LOGBOATS
QUFFA SAILING SHIP

DUGOUT | CANOE

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 ROADS

ROMAN ROADS
The Romans brought road building
to its highest point of perfection in
ancient times. The Roman road
network reached a total of about
50,000 mi. (80,000 km.), with
“feeder” roads branching out from
the main highways.

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 ROADS

MACADAMIZED ROADS
JOHN L. MC ADAM perfected the
macadamized road in England
about 1815. Realizing that dry
native soil and stones would
support any weight. Mc Adam
made the surface of his roads
completely watertight

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 VEHICLES
BICYCLE
One of ancestors of the modern
bicycle was the HOB HORSE or
DANDY HORSE, which could be
seen on the English macadamized
roads after 1818. The wheels of
these machines were of wood,
with tires of iron, and the riders
pushed themselves along with
their feet on the ground.

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 VEHICLES

PNEUMATIC TIRES
These tire appeared in late 19th
century and invented by a Scot,
JOHN BOYD DUNLOP. These are
tires that are inflated by air.

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 VEHICLES

MOTOR VEHICLE
French ETIENNE LENOIR made
possible the introduction of
motorized carriages by his
invention in the 1860’s of the
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
This is the first commercially
successful internal combustion
engine.

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 VEHICLES
MOTOR VEHICLE
NICOLAUS OTTO and GOTTLIEB
DAIMLER pioneered the
manufacture of GAS ENGINES. This is
called as OTTO ENGINE and is
considered as the modern internal
combustion engine. DAMLIER, on
the other hand, became a successful
automobile manufacturer.

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 VEHICLES

MOTOR VEHICLE
RUDOLF DIESEL, a German engineer,
then developed an internal combustion
engine which is similar with the gasoline
engine but requires no electrical ignition
system or carburetor and uses other
form of liquid fuel known as DIESEL
FUEL.

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 VEHICLES

MOTOR VEHICLE
In 1908, HENRY FORD introduced
the MODEL T, which was proved so
popular that by 1914, Ford had
adopted mass production methods
to meet the demand.

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 VEHICLES

MOTOR VEHICLE
From Ford Era, the demand of vehicles became great for the transportation of
goods, products, communications and people. Hence the manufacturing of
other models of automobiles, trucks, buses.

Later on, air transportation and modern water transportation were also
developed. In land transportation, the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro
Rail Transit (MRT) were also introduced.

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 TRAFFIC
Etymology & Definition
 TRAFFIC

TRAFICO
The word traffic originates from
GRECO-ROMAN word “TRAFICO”
with reference to the movement of
people that dates back from the
dawns of history: from the
domesticated horse-drawn wheels
to horseless carriage.

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 TRAFFIC

TRAFRIGA
The GREEK originally called the
system “TRAFRIGA” after the early
horse-drawn chariots with spoked
wheels.

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 TRAFFIC

COMMERCIUM
In LATIN, the word traffic is
denominated as “COMMERCIUM”
with reference to the movement
and control of goods in transit from
un-wheeled axle to horseless
carriage.

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 TRAFFIC

TRAFIQ
In ARABIC, the word traffic is
denominated as “TRAFIQ” with
reference to distribution which
means people and vehicle coming
and going.

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 TRAFFIC

TRAFFICO/TRAFFICARE
In ITALIAN, the word traffic is
denominated as “TRAFFICO OR
TRAFFICARE” which means “to
trade or to carry on trade.”

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 DISTINCTION

TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC

The carrying or conveying The movement of goods

of goods and persons from and persons from one
one place to another. place to another

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