Awareness, Attitude, And Practices toward Road Safety Rules and Regulations among the Graduate School Students of ILOCOS Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus

This study aims to assess the awareness, attitude, and practices towards road safety rules and regulations among the Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus.Specifically, it seeks to provide the following; What is the profile of the respondents in terms of; age, and gender.What is the level of awareness of the respondents in terms of: regulatory signs;warning signs; pavement markings; and laws.What is the level of attitude toward road safety rules and regulations among students?What is the level of practice toward road safety rules and regulations among students?Is there a significant difference between and among the perception on the level of awareness of the respondents along: age, and gender?Is there a significant difference between and among the perceptions on the level of attitude toward road safety rules and regulations of the respondents along: age, and gender?Is there a significant difference between and among the perception on the level of practice toward road safety rules and regulations of the respondents along: age, and gender?Is there a significant relationship between the profile of the respondents, awareness, attitude, and practices toward road safety rules and regulations among students at the Graduate School?What IEC material can be proposed to improve road safety?What is the level of acceptability of the proposed plan?The study uses a descriptivecorrelational research design.Descriptive research involves observing behavior to describe attributes, objectivity and systematically.Also, it employed the use of correlational research to describe and predict how variables are naturally related in the real world, without any attempt by the researcher to alter them or assign causation between them to help in comparing two or more entities or variables.The respondents of the study are the total enumerated students of ISPSC-GS during the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024.Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were derived.The Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus represents a variety of profile variables like age and sex; The level of Awareness among the Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus is extremely aware of the different regulatory sign, however, moderately aware of the different warning signs, pavement marking, and laws in road safety.The level of Attitude of the Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus towards road safety in terms of following road signs was always and never drove while drugged and drunk.The level of Practice of the Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus towards road safety in terms of Looking to the left or right before crossing the street is always and rarely Jaywalked or crossed a street where there is a "no crossing sign".Based on the conclusions, the following are hereby recommended: The profile of the Graduate School Students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Tagudin Campus must include other variables.Inclusions of more road safety rules and regulations or indicators that are commonly present in highways.Inclusion of more variable that determines the respondents' attitudes and practices to road safety.A training program must be designed to address the need to increase the level of awareness, attitude, and practice of the students towards road safety.Further study must be conducted to determine the level of awareness, attitude, and practice of the students towards road safety not only in the Graduate School but even in the tertiary levels and senior high level.