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How much does it cost to park in the handicap spot if you are not permitted to?
$250.00
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How far do you have to be from a fire hydrant to park?
15 feet
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What is the ONLY hill-parking situation where you need to park with your wheels pointed toward the street?
When you're facing uphill next to a hard curb.
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How far do you have to be to STOP sign, YIELD sign or traffic signal to park?
30 feet
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What does red paint on a curb mean?
Don't leave your car there even for a moment, it's a tow away zone.
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How far do you have to be from a railroad crossing to park?
50 feet
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How far do you have to be from the driveway of a fire station?
20 feet
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What is the cross-hatchingg nex to a disabled parking space for?
It makes roo for a vehicle to let down its wheelchair ramp so the driver can get out
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What's the only kind of parking you need to preform on the Washington state driving test?
Parallel parking
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What are the two things white paint on curbs could mean?
It's either a space for police cars or a space that's only for loading and unloading. Either way, you can't leave your car there?
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You can't drive within, over, or across the median of a divided highway. Is the median always made of grass or concrete?
No, sometimes it's just a painted yellow stripe at least 18 inches wide
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Your high beams can blind the driver of an oncoming car. When should you dim them?
When the car is five hundred feet away.
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How can you tell if you have a protected turn?
There will be a green arrow
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What's the most common cause of crashes?
Drivers not paying attention
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Is it always legal to pass slow cars on two-lane, two way roads?
Only when you have a dashed yellow line. NO solid yellow line, a clear view and enough time to get safely back into your lane.
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On ocean beaches where driving is legal, how fast can you legally go?
25mph (same as neighborhood street)
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If you're caught driving with 2 passengers not wearing their seat-belts, one 15 years old and the other 16 years old. Who to you have to pay the fine for?
You have to pay for the 15 year old, the 16 year old pays for himself.
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How much is the fine for not using snow chains when they're required
$500
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What's the safest way to travel with an infant?
Strap them in a car-seat in the back seat, facing out the rear window (Also the only legal way to travel with an infant.
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Why do you wnat to leave lots of space in front when you're following a motorcycle?
If the motorcycle falls, you might need extra time not to hit him.
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If you're approaching an intersection where a pedestrian has one foot in a crosswalk, can you keep going?
You have to stop when the pedestrian is "within one lane of your half of the roadway" and that means even if just his foot is in your half of the roadway you have to stop
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What's the closest you can get to an emergency vehicle in front of you?
500feet
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How many bicyclists are killed or injured annually?
More than 39,000
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A school bus is stopped on a three-lane street with its red lights on an its STOP sign out. You are traveling toward it on the opposite side of the street which has no median or any sort of barrier. Do you need to stop?
No, you don't because the street has three lanes and the law says that this is one of the cases where stopping is not necessary
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You know that motorcycles are harder to see than cars and that they can move very fast: what's another thing to remember about them?
They're less stable than cars because they only have 2 wheels
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On multiple lane highways who should stay in the far right lane?
The slowest moving traffic
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Is it legal to drive in the bicycle lane if you have a very small vehicle?
No. Bikes only.
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Why does it matter to drivers that deer are pack animals?
Because if you see one you'll probably see another.
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Do drivers have to stop for bicycles in crosswalks?
Bicycles are treated the same as pedestrians in a crosswalk. Stop if they are within one lane of the traffic dividing (yellow) line
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When merging or changing lanes, how big of a gap do you need between you and the vehicles traveling in the lane you're entering
4 seconds- that's one more than the 3 second gap you keep when you're following other vehicles
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If you're driving along and THIS happens, you should shift to neutral
Accelerator sticks
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Why should you adjust your mirrors properly?
Get rid of blind spots
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The process of looking ahead, to the left and to the right of your car is called what?
Scanning
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Two signs that a green light is stale are that the pedestrian DON'T WALK sign is red and the light has been green as long as you've seen it; what's a third sign?
You're behind a long line of cars
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What manevur are you doing when your right arm is over the back of your seta and you're turned around so you can look directly out the rear window
Backing up
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When you're making a normal left turn (not protected) what's the last thing you should make sure of?
No oncoming traffic
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At a railroad crossing you've slowed down to see up and down the tracks, you've made sure there's room on the other side so you won't have to stop on the tracks, but you can't quite be sure there's no train coming... what's one last safety measure
Turn down the radio, roll down the window and listen
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Before you change lanes, you absolutely have to signal, do an over the shoulder peek and
Check your mirrors
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If you're one of those people who slows down to look at a crash, you're risking getting in a collision yourself, failing to see a car ahead that has ALSO slowed and potentially causing what other general problem?
Traffic congestion
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What is that stuff that starts to impact your abilities almost from the moment you swallow it?
Alcohol
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If a collision results in a fatality, what are the chances that one of the drivers had been using alcohol
40%
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If it's someone's very first charge of impaired driving what's the maximum possible fine?
Five thousand dollars plus court costs
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The name of the tests that police are authorized to give when they suspect that a driver has been drinking are known collectively as
Field sobriety tests
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what's the very first thign that happens when alcohol gets into your body?
Your judgement and reason are impaired
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If a driver refuses to take a field sobriety test he automatically loses his license for how long
One year
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What's the most common behavior of drivers who are high on pot?
driving slower than the posted speed limit
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What's the most common behavior of drivers who are intoxicated with alcohol?
They speed and drive aggressively
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Can drivers be charged with impairment for driving under the influence of over-the-counter medications?
Yes. This is one reason why some cold medications carry warnings not to operate heavy equipment
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If you've been in a crash that involves another driver, you must exchange contact info and
The number on your insurance policy
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Does an IDL license allow you to drive with family members under 20
yes but not friends
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Are there fines for violating IDL rules?
No violating IDL rules does not carry a fine
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Do 18 year olds get IDL license?
NO only 16 and 17 year olds
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The amount of property liablity insurance that all Washington drivers must carry proof of is
$10,000 for any one collision
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The amound of personal injury or death liability that all Washington drivers must carry proof of is
$25,000 for one person, $50,000 for two persons
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If you're in a collions that results in an injury, death or more than $700 in property damage you must
Report it to the police within 4 days
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If you move, how lond do you have to notify the DOL of your new address?
10 days
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How can you remember when your license expires?
It's always on your birthday
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What are those things you have to have stuck to your rear license plate?
Motor vehicle tabs
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When you see a flashing red light you should treat it as a
Stop sign
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How far ahead of a turn do you put on your signal?
At least 100 feet
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As you approach uncontrolled intersections you have to scan, cover the brake, yield to cars already in the intersection and (sometimes) yield to what other drivers?
You also yield to oncoming drivers if you're turning left.
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When you're entering a roundabout, who do you have to yield to?
Drivers already in the roundabout
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An uncontrolled intersection has neither traffic signs nor traffic
signals
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In case cars arrive at the same time who should go first at a 4-way stop
The driver to the right has the right of way
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Do you have to stop if you're approaching a traffic signal and it turns yellow
If you can do so safely yes
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Is there ever a time at a signaled intersection when you're turning left that youdon't have to wait for oncoming traffic?
If you have a green arrow signifying a protected turn, you don't have to wait
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Is it legal to turn right on a red light in Washington
Yes if you stop first and make sure it's clear, as long as there is no sign forbidding it.
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Is it legal to change lanes in the middle of an intersection?
No, and it's stupid too.
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When driving always use this to calm mom down
Commentary
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In sideview mirrors you should see
- Sliver of the car
- Rear door handle
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I check my mirror adjustment everytime I get behind the wheel
SWERVISM
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SMMOG
- Use whenever you make a lateral move or turn
- Say it out loud as you signal
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Foot 2 brake Eye 2 mirror
SWERVISM
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High aim vision is
Looking high on the windsheild and far ahead in traffic
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High aim vision=time to react
SWERVISM
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If I say it I see it
SWERVISM
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There's no accidents, they are wrecks, collisions or crashes
SWERVISM
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Drive nice, it's contagious
SWERVISM
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Quick walk around/inspection
- Check for problems
- Things in the way
- Leaks
- ETC
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In the car
- Don't slouch
- Adjust seat
- wheel at 9 and 3
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Wear seatbelt
- Shoulder belt across chest
- Lap across hips, not stomach
- Click and cinch
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Key ignition
- Lock-take out key/ put back in
- Accessory-Use battery
- On-Where key is while driving
- Start-Starts engine
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Left arm straight out window
Signal for turning left
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Left arm out window bent at 90o
Signal for turning right
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Left arm out window angled downwards
Slow/stop
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Pedals
- Right heel on floor
- Pivot between pedals
- Ball of foot at bottom of pedal
- Curl toes adn ease off
- No stomping
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Six steps of starting the car
- 1. Shut and lock door
- 2. Key in ignition
- 3. Turn off cell phone
- 4. Adjust seat
- 5. Adjust mirrors
- 6. Click and cinch
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LICAM
- Lock
- Ignition
- Cellphone
- Adjust
- Mirror
- Seatbelt
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Creeping
Gear in drive, ease off brake and the car will creep
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Proper braking
Right foot, don't rest on brake. Anticipate problems, cover brake, squeeze down and ease off
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Once a month check
- Insurance
- Tire pressure
- Basically everything
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360 check
- To make sure nothing is in your way
- Sit in car and check all the way around you
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Being suprised is dangerous
Be aware adn utilize SMMOG
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SMMOG
- Signal
- Mirror
- Mirror
- Over the shoulder
- Go
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Signaling
- Signal intent
- 100ft (5-6 sec)
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Mirror Mirror
- Check rear view mirror
- Check side mirror of intended direction
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Over the shoulder look
- Check for a gap
- Identify any risks
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Entering traffic
- 360 check
- SMMOG
- Ease foot off brake
- Smoothly squeeze accelerator
- Look where you go
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Before ever moving your car: DO A FULL 360 CHECK.
SWERVISM
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Scan and say clear if clear when you approach a
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Parking lot scan: Look for
- People
- Cars using back up lights
- Go 10mph or slower
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When stopping
Foot to brake and eye to mirror
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Reference points
A tool to help you tell where the edges of your car are
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A car should be how many inches from the stop line?
6-8
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Smooth stops
- Like a bike
- Slow early
- Pedal pressure depends on weight, brakes adn road condition
- Check your mirrors
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Legal stops/ safety checks
- Approach stop line while scanning
- Make legal stop
- If you can't see a full block, creep forward while scanning.
- Before you commit to going be sure you can get up to speed with everyone else
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Legal. Stop. Every. Time.
SWERVISM
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Where is the legal stop
- Before stop line
- Line up with reference points
- Stop fully then creep for a better view
- If there's no marker stop before the road.
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How far from the curb should you be to park
- 12 inches or less
- Use reference points
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Everytime the signal goes on, it's a full SMMOG
SWERVISM
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Lead with your eyes and your hands will follow
SWERVISM
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Learn to look
- Improve eyesight/ awareness
- Vechicle will go where you look
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You should look
- For an open path
- Away from the obstacle
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How to turn
- SMMO
- Look where you want to go
- Adjust speed, slowing before the corner
- Coast and pivot
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WHen to turn
Start when your bumper is line up with the start of the intersection.
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Should I be driving?
SWERVISM
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Steering in reverse
- 1. Look where you want to go
- 2. Point
- 3. Turn where you're pointing
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I never move my car unless I am looking the direction I intend to go
SWERVISM
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1.Pivot Body
2.Full 360 check
3. Focus out the rear window
4. Steering technique
SWERVISM
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Park and secure
- 1.Set parking brake (first thing on and first thing off)
- 2. Shift to park
- 3. Radio off and windows up
- 4. Lights and engine off
- 5. Remove key and belt
- 6. Exit and lock car
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Void area
- The area around your car that you can't see
- Eyes to ground
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When driving on the street be aware of
- Parked cars
- Pets, kids/people
- Pot holes
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Lanes
- Average is 12 feet long
- There are 3 lane positions
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What is the best lane position right now
SWERVISM
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To stay center
- Look where you want to go
- Line up left knee with center reference point on the road
- Look way ahead
- Look through top half of windowsheild (height of street sign)
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How far is 12-15 seconds
- 1mph-1.5 feet
- 30mph=45 feet per second
- 675 feet you should be looking ahead
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Count 12-15 elephants to check your visual lead time. Aim high
SWERVISM
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Looking through curves
- Look for a high reference
- Slow before turn
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Lead with your eyes
SWERVISM
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It's harder to turn if
- Faster
- Heavier
- Sharper curve
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Turns
Adjust lane position before you get to the corner to communitcate intent and promote traffic flow
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Perpendicular parking: What goes wrong
- SMMOG
- Wrong distance
- Aim
- Speed
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Mid-block U-turn
- Do it when
- Legal
- Enough room
- SMMOG and pull into parking lane
- Don't do it when
- Forbidden
- Interferring
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3 point turn
- 1.Smmog
- 2.360 check
- 3. Crank wheel
- 4. Gently accelerate
- 5. Put in reverse
- 6. 360 check
- 7. Turn around look behind you
- 8. Go then stop
- 9. Put in drive
- 10. Check in front of you
- Check all visual zones
- SMMOG right then pull all the way to the right curb and stop.
- SMMOG left
- Wait for gap in traffic big enough
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ABS
Anti-lock braking system
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Threshold braking
Braking at the last point...
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ABS brakes instructions
- Stand on brake
- Sensors can tell if tires skid
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Ablitiy to Brake and Steer= ABS
SWERVISM
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Stomp, stay, steer
SWERVISM
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Stopping distance
- Amount of time to reckognize problem and stop
- Need 3 things
- 1. Perception distance
- 2.Reaction distance
- 3. Braking distance
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Our bubble
- Area around our car
- Give youself a lot of room in front 3-4 second distance
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Saying elephant takes 1 second! Get in the habit of counting elephants
SWERVISM
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Dealing with tailgaters
- If under speed limit go up 2 mph
- If at / above speed limit create more room in front
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Life skills
- Survival: Listen, follow directions
- Interpersonal: Sharing
- Problem solving: Decide what to do, taking responsiblity
- Conflict resolution: Dealing with teasing, losing, accusations, peer pressure
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Social vs. sociable
- Social: Done in the company of others rather than alone
- Sociable: Speaking, interacting, friendly and/or agreeable
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Communication
- Converse with:
- Turn signals
- Eye contact
- Horn
- Tail-lights, brake lights
- Waves, smiles, shrugs, headshakes
- Lane position
- Avoid aggression
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Scanning
- Scan: Sweep your vision back adn forth
- When you approach an intersection
- From a stop
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Making a scanning habit
Pay attention and yield
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Yielding Do's
- Wait your turn
- Slow down when necessary
- Scan
- Cover brake
- Stop if necessary
- Quick check
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Failure to yield
- Causing other to change speed
- Going when it's not your turn
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Over yielding
Causes confusion
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Crosswalk rules
Whether marked or not pedestrians and bicyclists have right of way
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When pulling to the curb
Make a full SMMOG
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Intersection
- Uncontrolled:
- Driveways, neighborhoods
- No stop/yied signs,
- Constant scans
- First come first serve
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Typical intersection
Yield to the right
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Round about
Yield to the left
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School bus
- Stop when sign is out
- 2 acceptions:
- 1. Other side, 3 marked lanes inbetween you and the bus. You must being facing the bus for this example
- 2. Bus is on the other side of a median any way you face it
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Emergency vehicles
- SMMOG
- Pull over to right if possible
- Stop even if you have a green light
- They travel in packs
- Re-enter after SMMOG
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Red=
Forbidden, prohibited
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Don't go if you're not sure
SWERVISM
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2-way stop
- 1. Legal stop
- 2. Pull up to a safety check
- 3. scan
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4 way stop
- 1. First come=first to go
- 2. Scan
- 3. Yield appropriately
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Backing around a corner
- 1. 18 inches from curb
- 2. Go slow
- 3. Know when to stop
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Traffic signals
- Don't always wait for green
- (Always stop at red)
- Can turn right on red
- Even with green, scan
- Flashing red=stop sign
- Right on red differ depending on where you are
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Stale green light
Green light about to turn yellow
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Green light isn't a guarantee
SWERVISIM
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Yellow light
- Stop if safe
- Keep going if it's not safe to stop
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Turning left
- Being in left lane
- Signal
- SMMOG
- Scan
- Look ahead
- Yield to oncoming traffic
- Watch out for red light
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Know you can clear an intersection before you enter it
SWERVISM
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Angle parking
- Approach spot
- See line
- Turn
- Use reference points
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Parking uphil! Got a curb! Wheels point toward the street!
SWERVISM
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Speeds
- 20 in school zones
- 25 in cities and streets
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Speed bump
- Slow before
- Foot to brake eye to mirror
- Ease off brake
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WHen conditions change so does your driving
SWERVISM
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Lane changing
- Gap check
- SMMOG
- Maintain speed as traffic
- Steady hands
- When safe, smoothly move into gap with extra checks
- If no gap, signal, ease over, legally you can't cross the line unless someone lets you.
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Double dotted lanes
Only lanes (only turn right, left, etc.)
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Traffic dividers are
Yellow
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Yellow/neon green
Caution advised
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Top 7 work zone rules
- 1. Obey flagger
- 2. Calm down
- 3. Merge pronto
- 4. DOn't speed
- 5. Don't tail gate
- 6. Keep away from workers
- 7. Remember the work zone can be mobile. Maintain caution.
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If in the wrong lane
Make safe turn and turn around
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Unprotected left turn
A left turn that has no green arrow.
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How to do an unprotected left turn
- Wait for oncoming traffic
- Stay out of intersection until you get a gap.
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Turn bay lane
A short lane added so people can wait to turn
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When turning a corner stay in your lane
SWERVISM
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Regular buses
- Stops are within lanes
- They have big turns
- They don't have school lights
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When the bus's turn signal is on
Drivers must yield
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If you can't see the mirrors on a big vehicle
They can't see you
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You may have right of way but the larger vehicles have right of weight
SWERVISM
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Motorcycles
- Be hyper aware
- They use the entire lane and you should give them extra space
- Wait until you know their intention
- They are easy to tailgate so utilize reference points
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Deductible
Out of pocket exspense for crashes you caused
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Higher premiums=
Lower decductible
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Lower deductible=
Higher premiums
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Types of insurance
- Liability
- Un-insured/underinsured
- Collision
- Comprehensive
- Medical
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Liability insurance
Covers innocent person
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Un-insured/ underinsured motorists
People who have such miniumal insurance they can't necessarily cover damages when they should
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Collision
Two cars crash into each other
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Comprehensive
Covers everything
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Medical
Covers medical costs
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Reglatory sign
Usually red, a sign that regulates your movement
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Drivers must have
Liablity insurance to cover the damage done to the other person's car.
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How many intersection crashes per year?
2.7 million
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If the lights at an intersection aren't working
- Treat it like a four way stop
- 1st come is 1st served
- Person on right has right of way
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Angle parking
- Make sure you have time to turn your wheels
- Be sure you can see down the line
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Backing up
- Remember
- 1.Pivot in seat
- 2.Palm the wheel
- 3. Point where you want to go
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Emergency vehicles
Be 500 feet away
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It is legal to turn left on a red light when
You're on a two way street onto a one way street, but not the other way around.
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Yielding is
- When you allow others to continue in their speed/directions.
- Wait your turn
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Leave 1 car length per
10 mph that you're going
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Drivers make
50 decisions per mile
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40% of all fatal crashes involve
Alchol
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It takes alchol
20 minutes to take effect
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Implied consent
When you allow them to test you or they can just take your license.
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Blood alcohol content limits
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Carbon monoxide can build up in
- Garages
- Tunnels
- Underground
- Traffic jams
- Because of blocked tailpipes
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Don't drive when
- Intoxicated
- WIth any sort of alcohol in the car
- With rear window down
- When you're sleepy, medicated, sick etc.
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Potholes
- Treat like speed bumps
- Can damage the wheels when not properly inflated
- Should be avoided whenever possible
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Urban driving
- Less stress, but you need to learn to predict
- People make mistakes
- Don't take any of it personally
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What percent of collsions occur in intersections?
27%
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Before entering intersections
- Do a scan
- Do extra checks for anything you didn't initally see
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Two way left turn lanes
- Specially marked
- Double left arrow
- Soild and dashed yellow lines.
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When in two way left turn lanes DO
- Be parellel
- Watch for oncoming traffic
- Travel 300 feet or less
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When in two way left turn lanes DON'T
- Use it to pass someone
- Travel more than 300feet
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When you can not see a passed vehicle
- Move over in your lane to look
- Assume something is ahead of you
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If you get stuck
Yield and wait it out
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Watch for pedestrians
Think of all the idiots you know, they are allowed to walk.
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In heavy rain USE
- Wipers
- Low beams
- Slower speeds
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In heavy rain WATCH OUR FOR
- Ground fog
- Shorter visual horizon
- Poor traction
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In heavy rain AVOID
- Foggy windows
- Splashes
- Coasting (ha, haha, hahaha)
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Driving is multitasking
- You must use a lot of skills
- Don't drive if you're under pressure, or emotional.
- Use deep breathes and if they don't work don't drive.
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On train tracks
Never stop
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Read other cars and their drivers
- What does it tell you?
- Are they distracted?
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In extreme situations
- Leave extra room
- Stay alert
- Report it when safe to do so.
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Parking in the city be aware of
- Drivers open doors
- Quick lane changing
- TOo many cars
- Pedestrians everywhere
- Entering/exiting garages
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Parallel parking
- 1. SMMOG right and line up 3 feet away
- 2. Right 360 check and line up eith rear bumpers, find and center target
- 3. Get both rear corners inside space
- 4. Turn left then center yourself if needed
- The target should be 5-6 feet to the right of the back car
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Whit curb:
S F D vehicles, police dept. passenger load/unload only
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Yellow curb
30 min. parking max
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Grid lock
Biggest contributing factor: entering traffic before there's enough room
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At night
- Your eyes need to adapt
- Lit objects appear closer
- You can only see about 350ft ahead
- Use headlights/low beams constantly
- Maintain a bigger bubble
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Black ice
- Is a super thin layer of ice that takes on the color of the road. They are found in:
- Bridges
- Overpasses
- Always check your car for ice and leave extra room
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Traction
Measurement of how well your tires grip the road surface
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Contact patch
Ovalish shape of the part of tire that's touching the road
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When there's poor traction/ bad weather
- Use wipers, lowbeams
- Be extra slow
- Don't use high beams, allow windows to fog or splash
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What's the white line on the side of the road
That's the fog line
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What should be the following distance in snow/ice
3x-4x the following distance, 15 elephants
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One way streets
Fits more cars in same amount of space with less collisions
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If you're going the wrong way
- Avoid head on collisions
- If there's nowhere to go sound horn and flash lights
- Over all stay calm.
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On ramps
Can be easy or hard to use
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Add on:
You have your own lane to enter traffic
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Merging onto the freeway
- Other cars must merge onto the freeway without their own lane
- The merging car must always yield
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You should use what vision on freeways?
High aim vision
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Gore point
Point identifying the end of the area that you can not merge onto
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Merging is
- Is all about timing
- Imagine you're a zipper or gears in a machine.
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To merge you must
- 1. Look ahead to merging area
- 2. Check the speed of traffic and change speed accordingly
- 3. Look for a gap with SMMOG
- 4. Adjust your speed to match the traffic while checking the mirrors
- 5. After you're in the gap cancel your signal
- 6. Check your mirrors
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Coming on the freeway from the left
Is harder and more dangerous
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Free way lane changes are just like surface streets but faster:
- 1. find a gap
- 2. Smmog
- 3. Keep checking in all directions
- 4. Adjust your speed
- 5. Move into gap slowly with extra shoulder check
- 6. cancel signal
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If you need to change lanes but no one lets you
Just keep going where you're going, even if you must exit or go somewhere you don't want to. Don't force anythign
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Merging from different speeds
If you're going too slow, than slow down even more to create extra room. Then speed up!! You don't have to move the wheel too much to do this.
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Lane etiquette
- Left lane=fast lane
- Right lane= Slow lane
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If you're in the carpool lane
- You should have enough people in your car
- You shouldn't go slow.
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Weave lanes
Traffic weaves in and out of the freeway
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Interchange
The freeway version of an intersection
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Which ways do interstates go?
- Even interstates go East-West
- Odd interstates go North to South
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Which ways do streets, avenues, and ways go?
- Street: East to West
- Avenue: North to South
- Ways: Diagnol
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Overdriving vision
Bring speed down for what you can see and look way ahead
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Don't ignore the exit ramp's
Speed limit!
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Velocitation
Becoming so used to a speed that you start to misjudge other speeds
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Be aware of velocitation. It can make you drive faster than you intend
SWERVISM
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Back roads are
More dangerous
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Vehicles want to go straight
The faster you go the sharper your turns the harder the curve will be
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If you use all of your traction to brake then
There's nothing left for turning.
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The smoother you drive the more traction you have.
SWERVISM
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Speeders are how much more likely to die?
2x
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Cornering: less is more
- Less speed= more traction
- Less turn=More traction
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Develop sensitivity to your car
- Listen to it
- Feel how it moves
- Notice smells (even tastes)
- Listen and look at it
- Use predictions
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Crowned road
- Center of this road is higher than the sides are
- A car can be pulled to one side
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Banked corner
Road is on a slant so that the inside edge is closer than the outside edge. this makes it easier to turn with more stability.
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Compare shoes to tires
They need to be proper for the occasion and in decent condition
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Check your tires
Once a month. It should be properly inflated and when you put a penny in the tracks you shouldn't see the top of lincoln's head.
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Tire types
- Performance
- All-season
- Snow
- studded
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Tire's are a driver's BFF. Look after them and they'll look after you/
SWERVISM
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Understeering
Not steering enough so that the front tires have less traction than rear tires
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Front-wheel (understeer) skid
- Look where you go
- Ease off pedal
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Oversteering
Steering too much so that the back tires have less traction than the front tires
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Breakdowns
- Check rear zones
- Signal and pull out of traffic
- Raise head
- Leave lights on
- Call for help
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If your car breaks down, don't
- Abandon it
- Rely on irresponsible people
- Stand in the road
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Who you can call for breakdowns
- Parents
- Towing company
- AAA
- 911
- Telematic services
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Shoulder recovery
- Avoid hitting the brakes if the tire falls off the edge of the road
- Ease speed off and steering on
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Do bicyclists have to ride in single or double file?
No, but they can't take over the roadway
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For bikes the
- Front light must be white and visible from 500ft
- The back light must be yellow and visible from 600 ft
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Animals
- Avoid when safe
- Avoid when necessary
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If you suspect someon it under any influence
- Get license plate #, car description, direction they're going
- Report it
- Don't try and stop them yourself
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When it comes to other drivers, don't
- Rely on them for your safety
- Let them bug you
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When around trucks
- Avoid their blind spots
- Use both hands to steer
- Give them extra room
- Be aware of falling objects
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Trucks flash their signal 3 time then
Go, no matter what so get the fuck out of their way
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Rural roads
- Usually 2 lanes
- Poor lights
- Sharp curves
- Casual/no traffic control
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What to do on rural roads
- Use high aim vision
- Anticipate directions
- Have 3-4 elephant following distance
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Passing on 2 lane roads
- Cars on dashed side can pass when clear, cars on solid can not.
- Assess situation
- SMMOG
- Steer
- Smooth acceleration: 10-15 mph ahead of the car you're passing
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When passing ask: Is it safe? Is it legal? Is it necessary?
SWERVISM
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Keep right except to pass
SWERVISM
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If you're being passed
- Stay right
- Slow slightly
- Don't take it personally
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Be careful and watch for
Misjudging speed and distance
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If a car comes head on
- Take charge
- Blare horn
- GTFO
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Can legally speed when
In the passing lane adn you need to pass someone. (as long as you have a dashed line.
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