Driving - Attitude

What does attitude refer to?

Showing consideration and courtesy to other road users that ensures safety for all road users and pedestrians

Why is it important to give priority to others while driving?

By giving priority you’re considering what’s best for other people

True or false you should remain patient with road users even if they do something wrong?

True

How should you let other road users know what you’re planning to do?

• Signalling correctly

• Getting in the right positions at junctions

  • At the right time and well before

Why is being in the right position on the road important?

• To avoid obstructing traffic by being obstructing the vision of another driver with you’re positioning

• Lets people know where you’re going

What ideally should you do if you’re driving a slow moving vehicle in a long queue?

Pull over as soon as you can safely and wait till traffic passes

What should you do if a big vehicle is trying to overtake you and is taking a long time to do so?

Pull over and let them overtake you

What should you do if you’re driving the speed limit and according to road rules and someone still tries to overtake you?

• Keep driving the way you have (consistently)

• Let them overtake you

• Don’t try to stop them/Don’t react to them to try not to frustrate them and escalate them

What should you do if the road is blocked by animals?

Stop and switch off the engine until the road is clear

Why is tailgaiting bad?

• You can’t see the road as you can probably only see the car in front of you

• Therefore harder to spot hazards

How much distance should you give cars when

(a) The weather is good and dry?

(b) When it’s wet and rainy?

(a) 2 second gap

(b) 4 second gap

Why should you always give priority to emergency vehicles?

What vehicles should you give priority to?

• Someone’s life may depend on it

• Fire trucks/Police/Ambulances/HM coastguards/Bomb disposal/Mountain rescue/Blood transfusion vehicles/Doctors that may use green flashing lights on an emergency call

What other vehicles do you have to give priority to?

• Buses

  • Making sure you aren’t driving in bus lanes

  • They can be signified by road markings and road signs

What kind of crossing is this?

• What rules and courtesy should you follow and give?

• Zebra crossing

• Be ready to slow down and stop

• Be patient with people that are slow

• Don’t rush them in any way

• Don’t rush them by using headlights because it might startle/dazzle another driver

What type of crossing is this?

• What rules and courtesy must you follow and give?

• Give way to pedestrians coming when the amber light is flashing

• Don’t move till the crossing is clear

What type of crossing is this?

• What rules and courtesy must you follow and give?

Puffin crossing - Crossing that’s electronically controlled and detects when pedestrians are crossing and that can turn red (walking man)/cancel the instruction to let people cross when it can’t sense anyone there

• Has a steady amber light

• Timer can be lengthened if more pedestrians can be sensed

What type of crossing is this?

• What rules and courtesy must you follow and give?

• Toucan crossing

  • A type of crossing that allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross at the same time

  • Space for both