an orgainzed systmem of seeing and thinking and responding to hazards
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the 5 parts of the smith system
all- aim high 12-15 seconds in steering good-get the big picture kids-keep your eyes moving and dont fixate like- leave yourself an out money-make sure others can see u
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spide and smith will help
u see and deal with hazardous situations
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see system
Search, Evaluate, Execute
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Space Management
Searching, evaluating, and executing
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7 reasons teenages have more accidents than adults
1. passenger distraction $1 cause 2. lack of experience 3. lack of night time experience 4. lack of maturity 5. peer pressure 6. increased risk taking 7. alchol,drugs, texing
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illegal for teens to be on phone ages while driving
16-18
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it is a primary defence for teens
for teenagers and comes with a fine of 160 and 90 day licencee suspension for the first offence
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second offence for teens
300 dollars- on year mandorty license suspension with no driving privicalges to
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illegal for anyone to be on their phones on
a school zone/construcion zone
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11 people die each day from _ and _____
texting and driving
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3 parts of highway transportation system (HTS)
people, vehicles, roadways
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the vehicle code
book of laws that regulate driving
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3 parts of the driving task
Social task - knowledge other vechiles , physical task- brake and steer , mental task- think about what doing
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financial responibity law
buy insurance by law
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refusal to take drug test or alcohol test consaquest/implied consent law
1 year suspension of licence
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parent judge and school can suspend license
true
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yellow blinking light
proceed with caution
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u have yellow what does the other side have
red
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red blinking
stop
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yelow x only use for
left turns only
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controlled intersection what makes it
lights signs marking on road (lines)
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what makes and uncontroled intersection
no lights no signs no markings
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the point of no returen
when your do not have the ability to stop safely behind the painted stop bar
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____ percent of all accidents happen at intersections with lights
80
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over ___ percent of those accidents are rear ened collisions or making a left turen
60
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stale green light
light that has been green for a long time
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covering the brake reduces
your reaction time and stopping distance
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yellow light
average of 4 sec av to cross intersection from point of retuen av stop time is four sec brake is applied retuen
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how can u prevent an accident
search identify predictu
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point of viewoing
stop sign only
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stop behing at intersection
see tire average time 1/2 or 3/4
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city parking lots
stop sign- 20 feet cross-20 feet fire hydrants- 10 feet before or after calways railroads-50 feet always between two cars- 1 foost closer in front and back of u one foot away from curb
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curbs colors
red- fire lane yellow/white- drop off and pick up and dilivering blue- handicaped
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intersection is also known as
danger zone
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driviing throgh an intersection- where to look for danger zone
left right center dont take off right a way
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no turn on red light
bc it is unsafe for pedestrians
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gap
space between two cars
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higher the speed limit
the more time it takes to blend into trafic at a intersection
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continous turn
turn with caution
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expressway interchanges
wave lane clover leaf diamound shape trumpet mulh directions
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how to merge onto an interstae
1. get in the correct lane 2. check cars in fronat and behind 3. search for a gap 4. signial before merging 5. accerlate up to freeway speed 6. decide which gap to use 7. look back over your shoulder (blind spot) 8. merge smoothy, coasting,slowdown or accerlating 9. turn signia; off after all four wheels are in your line
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exiting the interstate - move to the exit
move into the exit lane 1/2 mile before your exit it could be on the left or right check mirros maintain speed as you approuch the exit lane signa; more into deceleration lane one you are in the exit lane reduce your speed to ramp speed
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Merging and changing lanes
have an orderly visualous search putter/look to both merge and change lane know your 360 allow u an out
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merging and changing lanes- how to develop visual putter
look ahead check mirror look ahead check other mirror look ahead check your speedometer look ahead
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merginag and changing lanes- see it
it do it fit
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merginag lanes - look ahead at all
times
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merging lanes- look
ahead . run, signail, mriior, other mirror, blind spot start acclerating into lane u want, while scaning the road fix spacing and watch for break lights
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terms and gen information- highway hpnosis is
zoing out during driving and might fall asleep
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terms and gen info- velocation
driving for a while and thing u going slower then u accally are
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terms and gen info- where are there toil roads
cleavland and toledo
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during what time is good to drige in a large city
night and early morning
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it is a good idea to strart driving early with multiable people
yes
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if driving by yourslef you should only drive for
10 hrs
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adjusting seat will help with
fatique
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contditons of pulling a trailer
speed of 55 need more time when pulling raielr
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never back up on the
shoulder
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expressway
mile marker is a diff color
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express way starts
in the souh and increase to the moreth and start int eh west and increase in the east
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if car stalls
put in neatral then try to restart your car read the mile markers to tell u yur location not leagal to walk on a interstate
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interstate # system
which way and interstat goes - north and south even east west odd 175-171- north south
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speed limits on the interstate
65 53 70 max
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interstate and express speed mimint
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being past by another car on both side when going slow
speed up or slow down
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being past on both side going speed limti
others faster-or move over a lane
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always avoide
driving between two trucks
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speed limits in a condstrution zone- reduce speed by
10 mph
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speed limits in a contruction zone- reduce 65 to
55
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speed limis an fines- penalitys and fines
double
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why are contry roads so dangerous
75% of people that are killed in state of ohio are killed on country roads it is three times the # of people killed in the city of interstate
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_____ of those people driving in the country are killed at night
60
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distribution of country roads
curvy, hilly, light of sight issues, ditches, trees, fence posts, utility poles, noshoulder on the side of the road
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speed in the country is
55 when there is no sighn
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basic speed law
go reasonal speed based on factors
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suggesested speed limit on curves
can get a tickt for not going the suggested speed limt bc of speed laws and accident
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speed limit vrs sugeestion speed limtie
speed suggestion- gives a suggestion speed limit- have to go that speed l
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Speed limit on curves suggested speed limit
suggested speed limit starts close at the curve and 55 is the limit after the curveyy
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what happens when u turn to harsh after a curve
centricufal forceforces your car to the outside of the curve- middle of the line
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when u turn too harsh on a left hadn turn or course centrial force will
make u go left
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divided highway def
u have any barieres like grass,ement, barriers, guard rails ex state routate 48 in leb
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Dived Highway- dh and interstates both have an
entrance ramp and a exit ramp, grass, concrete,
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divied highways have _____ and intersections do not
intersections
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dh have ____ signs intersections do not
traffic
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passing is the mot unpretected
left hand turn
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to pass u must be able to ask three quesstions
what kind of markersings do u see, what type of car am i driving, what marking do i need to get to pass a car
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passing- what is the iference between fas and quick
fast- speed quick- time form going 0-60 mph
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passing- how muh time u need to pass
30 sec
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passing- u are not allowed to pass anyone going
65 mph
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how to pass a car
how fast going to need to go to pass how much time you need check your blind spot look ahead again to mak sure nothing changing in font o u look ahead, turn signial, mirror, blind spot accerlating onto he other lane of the road make sure nothing has changed when passing honk doble tap you horn turn your signial on when turning to your ane or when u are changin ane let the car lide over be pepared to couner stear if you turned to much get control of your speed and direction turn off signail when car is completlly in lane