Name:______CHAPTER 5

DEFENSIVE DRIVING

PREVENTING COLLISIONS

Accident prevention formula

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AND ROAD RAGE

Progression of unlawful driving actions including…

Altering the ______

Making improper ______

Disregarding trafficcontrol devices

Failing to yield the right of way

Tailgating.

Extreme cases of aggressive driving leads to road rage

______motorists lose their tempers or become frustrated because of a traffic disturbance

-more likely to cause a collision

DISTRACTIONS

In many cases, collisions are caused by a distracted motorist

  • lighting a cigarette - fasten seatbelt - reaching to grab something - getting $ for tolls - watching children or pets in vehicle – reading – eating - adjusting mirror - cell phones - adjusting radio - applying makeup - shaving

HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS

______-Trance like state that may be avoided by not looking at any one thing for more than a few seconds

How to avoid it? ______

______– 2003 illegal to knowingly drive a vehicle while impaired by lack of sleep

______– who is at risk?

Sleep deprived

Driving long distances

Driving through the night

Taking medicine

Driving alone

Driving long rural roads

Shift workers

Commercial drivers

COMMUNICATING

Communicate with motorists by all available means and signals. Always stay in the lane that shows where you intend to turn.

Flip head lights quickly

SAFE DISTANCE

One Car Length Method- For every ______you are traveling, leave one car length between you and the car you are following (Ex. 5 car lengths if traveling at 50 mph)

Three Second Rule- Keep ______seconds of distance between you and the car you are following.

1. Pick a fixed object ahead of you.

2. When the car in front of you passes that object—begin counting.

3. If it takes at least 3 seconds for you to reach that object you are at a safe following distance.

Road Condition / 20 mph / 30 mph / 40 mph / 50 mph
Ideal / 2 car lengths / 4 / 5
Wet / 4 car lengths / 6 / 10
Gravel / 4 car lengths / 6 / 8 / 10
Snow / car lengths / 9 / 12
Ice / 12 car lengths

ROAD CONDITIONS

WET ROADS

Drive more slowly

Road surfaces are the MOST slippery the ______

When driving through puddles expect your car to pull in the direction the puddle is on. ______driving through one to dry them out.

After driving through a puddle ______

HYDROPLANING

When your tires ride on a film of water and lose contact with the road surface.

Begins to occur at ______

Between ______the tires begin to lose contact.

At reaching 55+ mph tires lose all contact with the road.

In a heavy rainstorm, try to drive on the ______

SNOW AND ICE

Potential dangers include longer night hours, fog, rain, snow, sleet and ice.

Necessary precautions include removing all ______

(you may be liable if ice falls off of your car and causes either and injury or property damage).

  • Snow tires (studded tires legal from (______)

ABS- keep foot on brake pedal and don’t pump brakes

Conventional- firm, steady pressure on the brake pedal.

NIGHT DRIVING

______of driving decisions are based on what a motorist sees while driving. At night, a motorist’s vision is reduced.

To drive safely at night…

 Slow down and drive within ______

Don’t over drive your headlights (350 for low beams/500 for high beams).

Be sure you can stop – within the ______

DRIVING SITUATIONS

CITY DRIVING

More traffic and distractions; try to look at least ______ahead (about 1 city block).

Drive more ______and be careful for ______