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Manuel and Ita Lucero

Understand the risks associated with driving to enhance your safety. Learn about the importance of Graduated Driver Licensing and how to manage risk effectively. Take the necessary steps to become a responsible and safe driver.

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Manuel and Ita Lucero

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  1. Manuel and Ita Lucero Summer 2016

  2. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving

  3. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving What does a driver’s license mean to you? What does it mean to drive “safely”?

  4. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • Your license and safety… • Completing a driver education course and obtaining a driver’s license doesn’t mean you’ll drive safely. • A license only means that you have demonstrated basic knowledge and ability needed to control a motor vehicle. • It will take you about five years to develop the driving ability demonstrated by an average driver. • Nearly half of all new drivers will either be charged with a traffic offense or be involved in a collision during their first 12 months of driving.

  5. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • Did you know… • Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in motor vehicle collisions. That’s equivalent to two jumbo jets crashing each week! • Traffic crashes are the number-one killer of people ages 15 to 20. Nationally, more than 3,500 teenagers die in motor vehicle crashes each year. • 16-year-old drivers have the highest fatality rate.

  6. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving Primary crash factors

  7. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • What is risk? • Risk— the chance of injury, damage or loss — associated with a driving situation.

  8. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving The four characteristics of risk: 1.

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  12. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving You can manage risk by: Performing an aggressive visual search. Making good decisions with the information gained from the visual search. Acting on your decisions appropriately.

  13. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving What is Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL)? Graduated Driver Licensing is a three-stage approach to ease new drivers into driving by providing practice and skill development under low-risk conditions. This process of incrementally increasing a new driver’s privileges has been shown to reduce teen crashes, injuries and deaths. GDL

  14. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • Stage 1: The learner’s permit • States generally require new teen drivers to hold a learner’s permit for a period of six months to a year. • Permit Drivers typically must enroll in an approved driver education program and practice basic driving skills under the supervision of a licensed instructor or adult licensed driver. • May drive only when accompanied by an adult licensed driver, and no other passenger can be in the front seat. 1 • Learner’s permit holders must often remain free of moving violations and at-fault crashes for several months or more before moving to the next stage.

  15. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • Stage 2: The intermediate license • In the intermediate, probationary or provisional license stage, the new driver is generally allowed to drive unsupervised, but with restrictions designed to help reduce the level of risk and distractions. • Most states restrict whether new drivers may transport young passengers. • Many states require the driver to be free of moving violations and at-fault crashes for a number of months before being eligible for a full license. 2

  16. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving • Stage 3: The full license • Typically happens around age 17 or 18. • Must meet the requirements of the intermediate, probationary or provisional license stage. 3

  17. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving Supervised driving • Many states require that you drive with a parent or guardian for at least 50 hours. • Parents or guardians should continue to supervise your driving even after • the completion of driver education. • AAA recommends that families adopt • the AAA Parent-Teen Driving Agreement (www.AAA.com/drivingcontracts)

  18. Chapter 1: Managing Risk When Driving AAA parent-teen driving agreement • This agreement is a written agreement between you and your guardian. • It outlines responsibilities and rules related to your driving. • They help set goals and expectations that encourage safe driving and • help you both avoid misunderstandings about vehicle use.

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