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No Brainer Card Game

Andrea Chacon
The objective of this activity is to help students learn about pedestrian and biking safety and to rehearse scenarios with peers. The card game includes scenarios of unsafe circumstances on the road for peers to discuss theoretical scenarios from the cards picked and decide what they would do and why.

 Items Needed
  • No Brainer game cards (in your kit or download here)
  • At least 2 participants

 Steps
Game Components:
  • Situation Cards (orange): Real-life biking and walking situations that you may encounter.
  • Fact Cards (blue): Bike and helmet safety facts.
  • Law Cards (Aqua): Texas laws centered around bikes and helmets.
    Note: the laws are Texas specific. For non-TX players, research and compare your local laws with the ones on the cards.
  • Reaction Cards (Green): Proactive safety responses that you can practice in a situation.

Set Up:

  1. Separate the situation cards from the other sets and shuffle them.
  2. Shuffle all of the law, fact, and reaction cards into one deck together.
  3. Deal 5 cards from the combined second pile to each player and put the rest of the deck face down in the center.

Game Play:

  1. Each round starts when one player draws a Situation Card and reads it aloud
  2. The other players respond with the Fact, Law, or Reaction Card they think best fits the situation from their cards, explaining the reason their card was chosen (why is it the safer or best choice?)
  3. The reader picks the best answer, and the winner keeps that Situation Card as a point.
  4. All players who gave a card, pick a new card from the deck to replace the played card. Previously played cards are added to a discarded pile or to the bottom of the combined deck.
  5. The next player selects a new Situation card and so on until the game ends.

How to Win:

  • The game can either be timed, a set point threshold can be set, or a set number of Situation cards played.
  • The winner will be whoever has the most Situation Cards/points by the end of the game.

Discussion Questions:

After the game, use a few of the terms to start a conversation about roadway safety:

  • Which terms were the easiest or most difficult to describe?
  • Why do large trucks require additional space on the road?
  • What is a blind spot, and why is it important for drivers to avoid them?
  • How can distracted driving affect all road users?
  • Why is following distance important when driving near commercial vehicles?
  • What can drivers do to safely pass a large truck?
  • Why do trucks need extra room for wide turns?
  • How can motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and truck drivers safely share the road?
  • If you’re not in Texas, discuss the difference between the laws on the cards and your local pedestrian and bike laws.

Don’t Forget
The goal of this activity is to create a fun and engaging way for participants to learn transportation safety concepts while encouraging respectful and responsible roadway behaviors. Use the game as an opportunity to start conversations about sharing the road safely with commercial motor vehicles and other vulnerable road users.

 Make it GREAT
  • Offer small prizes for the winning team.
  • Display transportation safety posters or educational materials near the activity area.
  • There are blank situation and reaction cards, so you can add your own!
  • Pause occasionally to explain the real-world safety importance of selected terms.
  • Encourage participants to share one new safety fact they learned from the game.
  • Take photos of your event and post them on social media to promote safe driving and roadway awareness.
  • Submit your activity for All-Star credit.
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