Transportation Safety Vocabulary

noun a possibility of suffering harm or injury

• The signs clearly indicated the presence of danger in the area.
• Watch out, there's danger ahead!
• That situation is sketchy, it's full of danger.
• His reckless behavior is like dancing with danger.

noun A device that produces a loud, deep sound as a warning or signal in foggy conditions at sea

• The foghorn sounded as the ship approached the harbor in the thick fog.
• I heard the foghorn blaring loudly last night, it was so eerie.
• The foghorn was going off like crazy, scaring the seagulls away.
• Her voice was like a foghorn, booming and commanding attention in the room.

noun a space or area that is considered safe or secure

• It is important to always stay within the safety zone when working in a laboratory.
• Make sure you stay in the safety zone while using the power tools.
• Dude, don't go outside the safety zone or you might get hurt!
• She always stays within her emotional safety zone and doesn't let anyone get too close.

noun the study or investigation of accidents, especially in order to prevent them from happening again

• Accidentology is the study of the causes and effects of accidents.
• Accidentology helps us understand why accidents happen.
• I never thought accidentology could be so interesting.
• In the accidentology of life, sometimes we crash and sometimes we soar.