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Highway Transportation System

3 parts, roadway users, vehicles, and roadways.

HTS purpose

Move people and cargo from one place to another safely and efficiently

Roadway users

People who use hts by walking, driving, or riding

Who is HTS regulated by?

Federal, state, and local government

the National highway Safety Act

Created guidelines for motor vehicle safety programs. Stares must follow vehicle reg, driver licensing, traffic courts, and highway construction guidelines

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Requires automakers to install certain safety features into each car

Mental skills

Critical judgment and continuous monitoring, stay alert for unpredictable actions

Social Skills

Apply social skills to stressful situations, remain calm and courteous

Physical skills

Smooth use of acceleration and braking and steering controls.

IPDE Process

Organized system for seeing, thinking, and responding during the driving task.

Idpe process stands for

identify, predict, decide, and execute

Zone control system

A method for managing space around your car

Low-risk driving

You constantly monitor other vehicles and roadway users around you, and not assumr

Collision

A crash when a vehicle hits another object

Operating costs

Costs for fuel, oil, and tires

Why traffic crashes cost nation billions of dollars

Property damage, time away from work, and medical fees

Environmental responsibilities

Buy and maintain furl efficient vehicles, fuel efficient driving habits, use carpools and public transportation, recycle used materials, work for strong policies

Responsible drivinf

Involves making rational decisions

Graduated driver licensing program

Required young drivers to progress through a series of licensing stages

1 learners permit stage

Drive supervised w adult, held for min 6 months

Intermediate License Stage

Completed learners permit stage + approved driver ed course, night driving, passengers,

Full privilege license stage

completed intermediate license stage no violations no collisions , complete an advanced driver ed course

Drive right education program

Driving is a decision making progress, learn ipde and zone control, drugs nono

Organ donor program

you may indicate desire to be an organ donor by filling out organ donation declaration on license

Implied consent laws

When u get license, u agree to accepting consequences for drinking and driving and test for presence of alcohol

regulatory signs

signs that set limits or give commands

red color sign meaning

stop, yield, prohibited

orange sign color meaning

construction or detour

yellow sign meaning

warning

black sign meaning

regulatory

octagon shape

stop

triangle shape

yield

vertical rectangle shape

regulatory

horizontal rectangle

guide

round sign shape

railroad crossing

pennant shape

no passing

diamond shape

warning

pentagon

school zone

yield sign

slow enough ahead of time

warning sign

alerts you to hazards or changes in the condition of the road ahead

how do international signs differ from other regulatory signs

they rely on symbols no words

you recognize a warning sign by its

diamond shape

guide signs

mark routes, intersections, service areas, and other points of interest

broken white line

separates lanes of traffic moving in the same direction

broken yellow line

seperates traffic moving in opposite directionss

how are railroad crossings indicated

by a x sign

how are school crossings indicated?

children walking

rumble strip meaning

short sections of grooved or corrugated roadway

speed bumps

areas such as parking lots and very narrow streets have these raised portions

shared left turn lane

help drivers turn left into businesses in the middle of a block

hov lanes

reserved for use by buses and carpools

roadway marking

gives a warning or direction

pedestrian signals

used to ensure the safety of people walking

flashing signal

alerts you to dangerous conditions or tells you to stop

right-turn-onpred

turning red after stopping when the signal is red

traffic signal

lights, arrows, flashing signals, lane signals, pedestrian signals

A sign that alerts you to possible hazards and road conditions is a

warning sign

a is a signal that alerts drivers to dangerous conditions or tells them to stop

flashing signal

a sign set on roadways to keep traffic moving safely is an

regulatory sign

an is a center lane used by traffic going in both directions for making left turns

shared left-turn lane

an is used at heavy traffic intersections to tell pedestrians whether they should proceed or wait

pedestrian signal

a short sections of corrugated roadway that warns of hazards is

rumble strip

a sign that uses symbols instead of words Is called an

international sign