Driver Education Chapter 6 & 7 Worksheet

What does alcohol do?

Makes a motorist overconfident and unable to think clearly. Motorists who drink may make more mistakes. Drinking even a small amount of alcohol increases a motorist’s chances of having a crash.

What does driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages mean?

A driver’s senses and judgment are impaired by alcohol.

List the four factors your BAC is determined by

Quantity of alcohol consumed

Body weight

How quickly drinks are consumed

Food eaten

What is the best way to reduce a crash caused by drinking and driving?

Don’t drive.

Driving under the influence: What is the minimum BAC for penalizing someone under 21 and over 21?

Under 21: .01%

21 and over: .08%

What are the 5 telltale signs of drinking and driving?

Speeding

Weaving

Slow driving

Jerking motion

Quick stops

What is a designated driver?

Is responsible for the safe transportation of friends or family members who have been drinking alcoholic beverages. Designated drivers not only ensure the safety of the people they are escorting home but also the safety of other motorists.

Marijuana use may affect a motorist in what ways

Loss of tracking ability

Distance judgment

Vigilance

Divided attention

List 5 reasons why a person can lose their driving privileges

Failure to answer or pay parking tickets

Driving while suspended

Failure to provide proof of insurance

Physical or mental disqualification

Drug or alcohol use

What is a Habitual Offender?

A motorist whose driver license has been suspended three times in three years.

If a driver under age 21 buys or drinks alcohol in a place with an alcoholic beverage license, he/she may be

Fined $500

Temporarily lose license

First offense/BAC .08% or more but less than .10%

1-3 month suspension of driving privilege

$250-$400 fine

12-48 hour participation in an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center

Up to 30 day imprisonment

$100 Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund Fee

$100 Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund Fee

$1,000 annual surcharge for three years

$75 Safe Neighborhood Services Fund Fee

Possible interlock device requirement for 6 months-1 year

What is the implied consent law?

Motorists on New Jersey roadways have agreed, simply by using New Jersey roadways, to submit to a breath test given by law enforcement or hospital staff following an arrest for an intoxicated driving offense.

What is an ignition interlock device?

Has a built-in breathalyzer and prevents the vehicle from starting if the motorist’s BAC exceeds 0.05%.

How many points does a motorist have to accumulate before they receive a notice of scheduled suspension by mail from the MVC?

12 and 14 points in a 24-month period or more

Upon receiving the notice of scheduled suspension from the MVC what can three option does the motorist have?

Attend a New Jersey Driver Improvement Program (may not be eligible if points were accumulated within a 24-month period).

Request a hearing.

Surrender his/her driver license for the suspension period

If a probationary driving accumulates 2 or more moving violations totaling four or more points must enroll is what type of program?

Probationary Driver Program

What does completion of the probationary driver program result in?

Up to a three-point reduction on an individual motorist’s driver history record.

What does failure result of the probationary driver program result in?

This or conviction of one or more subsequent moving point violations during the test period will result in a suspension of driving privileges.

Defensive driving course: These voluntary courses provide a motorist with standard crash-preventing techniques. Upon completing the defensive driving course

Two points will be removed from the accumulated points currently on a driver license.

The motorist may qualify for an insurance rate reduction.

What is the point system?

The MVC keeps track of a motorist’s driving record by adding points to the record when the motorist is convicted of a moving violation. The more serious the violation, the more points the motorist is given. See the following point chart for various possible violations.