William Warner Oregon Department of Transportation

1. Dodging Driver Distractions During Delivery of Direction William Warner Oregon Department of Transportation

4. Keeping The Car In Balance • What is the FIRST step to assure a smooth stop?

5. Keeping The Car In Balance • What is the FIRST step to assure a smooth stop? • What is the FIRST step to assure a smooth start?

6. That is just one example of the layers of tasks the successful in-car instructor must deal with multiple times in a single driving session.

7. An Understanding • So much* of our communication is verbal, especially during in-car practice. • So, our strength is also our curse… (Some Examples)

8. Wife Sends Husband for Milk

9. Homonyms, Homophones, and Synonyms

10. 3 Thoughts… • Become DISTRACTION FREE • Discourage DEPENDENCY • Instruct DELIBERATELY

11. When we Become a Distraction • Giving Directions 3 Considerations: Timing, Order, Pitfalls

12. When we Become a Distraction • Timing Really is Everything! Too Soon, Too Late, Too Fast, Too Slow

13. When we Become a Distraction Two “Incorrect” Kinds of Responses: Distracted Student Response Diluted Student Response

14. When we Become a Distraction Distracted Student Response

15. When we Become a Distraction • Too Soon • Looking for information • Counting blocks, etc. • Too Slow • “That” you finally gave the command vs. “The command.” • Different from a Pause, which can provide time for recognition of “where” before “what” is given

16. Pauses Example:“At the neexxt intersection. . .Turn Left”

17. When we Become a Distraction Diluted Student Response

18. Too Late • Completion, not competence of maneuver is goal • “Larry the Mechanic” Driving School  • Too Fast • All energy goes into “processing” command • Usually results from: • Over Commitment • Late Awareness

19. When we Become a Distraction Too Soon, Too Late, Too Fast, Too Slow Distracted Student Response Diluted Student Response Restatement

20. A heart beat that is not in sinus rhythm is useless for pumping blood through the body. • The same is true for any student command response that is either distracted or diluted.

21. Distractions • The Order of the Direction Matters! “Location” then “Direction” Allstate Video

22. Distractions “Where” before “What” Verbal Training Protocol • Prepositional phrases • Student conditioning • Pre-set Vocabulary. . .

23. Expressing the “Where” • Next • First • Second* • Following • End of • Intersection • Crossroad • Traffic Light** • Street • Road Don’t go to Dependency!

24. Distractions “Where” before “What” Vocabulary Commands; not requests

25. Distractions Resist… Variety in Directions Wordy Directions

26. Distractions As a general rule, only give one direction at a time to reduce cognitive overload Exceptions? “Resume and at the next Intersection, Turn Right” Video

27. Distractions • Pitfalls. . . Avoid Slang “Make a” “Take a” “Hang a”

28. Distractions • Pitfalls. . . Avoid Possible Double Meanings “Straight” and “Right” “Ahead” and “Correct”

29. Distractions • Pitfalls. . . Avoid Using Street Names

30. Distractions • Pitfalls. . . Avoid Using Controls @ Intersections “At the stop sign” “At the light”

31. Discouraging Dependency • A Trust Relationship • Transferring the Responsibility of Learning

32. Discouraging Dependency • A Peer Relationship • Sharing the Responsibility of Learning • with each other!

33. Discouraging Dependency From the earliest moments of the In-Car experience, begin to “Cut the apron strings”

38. Truth is, most Teens know more about stuff than we do, and even if they don’t, they know how to find out about the stuff they need to know through their social networks or internet. • Sometimes we’re actually the ones that keep them from “owning” the content!

39. Coaching is good! Cue-ing is gooder!!

40. The Magic Brake

41. Making Instruction Deliberate • Professionalism • Risk Management • Proactive Instruction • Avoiding the Passenger Role

42. Making Instruction Deliberate • Professionalism Community

43. Making Instruction Deliberate • Professionalism Personal Habits

44. Making Instruction Deliberate • Professionalism Roles

45. Making Instruction Deliberate Two Reasons folks don’t do something they’re supposed to… Don’t Know (Ignorance) Don’t Care (Apathy)

46. Making Instruction Deliberate Three Reasons folks don’t do something they’re supposed to… Don’t Know Don’t Care Don’t Dare

47. Making Instruction Deliberate • Risk Management Problem Recognition, Situational Awareness, Good Judgment

48. Making Instruction Deliberate a. Problem Recognition… Video 1 Video 2

49. Problem Recognition Cause Event “Cause and Effect”

50. Symptoms aren’t the problem, just the indication of a problem