Driver's Ed- Unit 1

What is the most important element of the highway transportation system?

driver who obeys traffic laws

three parts of the highway transportation system

1. roadway users

2. vehicles

3. roadways

creates guidelines for motor vehicle safety programs

national highway safety act

What are some guidelines that states must follow according to the National Highway Safety Act? (4)

1. vehicle registration

2. driver licensing

3. traffic courts

4. highway construction

act that requires automakers to install safety features such as seat belts and airbags

national traffic and motor vehicle safety act

this includes mental, social, and physical skills required to drive

driving task

In the driving task, is driving a social, mental, or physical skill?

social

What are the most important aspects of driving?

mental skills and decision making

In the driving task, are things like steering, breaking, reaction time, etc. social, mental, or physical skills?

physical

What does IPDE stand for?

identify, predict, decide, execute

What must the driver do first to process traffic information accurately? (IPDE)

identify

When you accelerate to avoid a collision, which step in the IPDE process is being done?

execute

driving in a manner to look out for yourself and other drivers

low risk driving

When collisions occur is it usually the result of one or multiple causes?

multiple

main cause of collisions is _______

driver error

Three stages of graduated driver licensing

1. learner’s permit

2. intermediate stage

3. full privilege

law in which you consent to having a police officer give you a test for the presence of alcohol

implied consent law

If you refuse to let a police officer test you for alcohol, what happens?

lose your license

Three types of traffic signs

regulatory, warning, guide

Type of sign that mark routes, intersections, service areas, and other points of interest or info

guide sign

type of sign that has typically a yellow background and has a diamond shape

warning signs

signs that are red, white, and black

regulatory signs

signs with an orange background and a diamond or rectangular shape indicates a

construction zone

If a red traffic signal changes to green while a pedestrian is crossing  in your traffic lane, the right away should be given to the

driver or pedestrian

pedestrian

signs in the shape of a pentagon indicate

school zone

Curbs that are painted red, yellow, or white are generally designated as

no parking zones

Interstate and US route signs that are marked with EVEN numbers travel

east to west

Interstate and US route signs that are marked with ODD numbers travel

north to south

short sections of grooved roadway

means that you need to reduce or stop or to warn you that you’re driving too close to the edge of the road

rumble strips

Red reflective markers warn drivers that they’re _____

driving the wrong way

What warning light indicates the temperature of the engine coolant?

temperature gauge

What warning light indicates problems with your vehicle’s electrical system

alternator warning light

What warning light indicates the oil isn’t circulating through the engine at the proper pressure?

oil pressure warning light

this indicates engine revolutions per minute

tachometer

When starting a vehicle with an automatic transmission, the selector lever should be in drive/park/neutral.

park

Most common positions on the steering wheel is __ and _

9 and 3

To make a smooth brake, release pressure ____ to _____ seconds before the car stops.

one to two

If you’re engine light is blinking it indicates the problem needs

immediate attention

_______________ keeps the wheels from locking if the driver brakes hard

anti-lock braking system

shows gear positions for an automatic transmission

shift indicator

Where is the shift indicator typically located?

steering column or console

Hand signals:

left arm out the window and bend it down towards the ground

stop

Safest turnabout maneuver

backing into a driveway on the right

most dangerous turnabout maneuver

three point turnabout

Example of a standard reference point

hood ornament or center of the hood

parking diagonally to the curb

angle parking

parking at a 90 degree angle to the curb

perpendicular parking

method of backing between two vehicles that are parked alongside a curb

parallel parking

When do you turn your wheels sharply left before backing slowly in a parallel parking maneuver?

When you’re front bumper is even with the front vehicles back bumper

Where do you turn your wheels when parking uphill against a curb

wheels to the left

Where do you turn your wheels when parking uphill against a curb