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Handling Emergencies

Learn how to handle emergencies such as tire blowouts, brake failures, overheated engines, fires, and more on the road. Be prepared for various scenarios and know the right actions to take to ensure your safety.

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Handling Emergencies

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  1. Handling Emergencies Vehicle Malfunctions

  2. Tire Failure What is a Blowout? • Which way will the car pull when you have a blowout? • What should you do if you have a blowout?

  3. I know the spare tire is in here somewhere.

  4. Finding your spare tire

  5. Changing a Tire

  6. Brake Failure • What do you do if the brakes go out????

  7. Pump the brakes. • Downshift to a lower gear • Parking Brake • Steer for something soft

  8. Brake Fade, Stuck Gas Pedal • What is Bake Fade? • The Brakes overheat because of continuous hard braking • Driving thru water can also cause temporary brake failure. • What do you do if the Gas Pedal sticks? • Kick the side or under the pedal, apply the brakes, shift to neutral

  9. Overheated Engine What do I do now? • Turn off the air conditioner • Turn on the heater • During stops, shift to neutral • If the warning light stays on, pull over & turn off the car Call Mr. Tang!

  10. Hood Flies Up

  11. Vehicle Fire • Most Fires start under the hood Steer out of traffic, turn off engine, move away from the car, Call 911

  12. Cars & Trains • What should you do?

  13. Train crash

  14. Driver Errors • Many one-car collisions result when a driver leaves the road and tries to pull back on • Off Road Recovery

  15. Off Road Recovery

  16. Roadway Hazards

  17. Potholes can damage your cars tires and alignment

  18. Deep Water • Open your window, take a deep breath & climb out

  19. Sinking Car

  20. Side Impact Collision • Brake or speed up to lessen the effects of the collision

  21. Objects on road • Scan 12 to 15 sec ahead to give yourself time to avoid objects.

  22. Collisions • If a collision is about to occur, don’t give up, keep control of the car. • A change of speed or direction may lesson the impact. • Steer for something soft.

  23. Head-on crash • Has the greatest force of impact • Brake hard (Don’t lock up the wheels) • Use horn and flash headlights • Steer right

  24. Rear end collision • Thirty percent of all intersection collisions are rear end collisions.

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