CHAPTER 1 YOU ARE THE DRIVER

1. CHAPTER 1 YOU ARE THE DRIVER

2. YOU ARE THE DRIVER • 1.1 PARTS OF THE SYSTEM • 1.2 THE DRIVING TASK • 1.3 DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES • 1.4 YOUR DRIVER’SLICENSE

3. THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM • PEOPLE • VEHICLES • ROADWAYS

4. REGULATING THE HTS • The National Highway Safety Act • The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act • Illinois Vehicle Code

5. REGULATING THE HTS • LAW ENFORCEMENT • Assure that laws are obeyed

6. REGULATING THE HTS • DMV’S • Set rules to assure that driver and vehicle standards are met

7. REGULATING THE HTS • COURTS • Decide whether drivers charged with violating the laws are guilty or innocent

8. REGULATING THE HTS • TRAFFIC ENGINEERS • Plan, build, and maintain the complex system of roadways

9. DRIVING TASK • SOCIAL SKILLS • Courtesy • Cooperation • Leads to low risk driving

10. DRIVING TASK • PHYSICAL SKILLS • Hand-eye coordination • Foot-eye coordination

11. DRIVING TASK • MENTAL SKILLS • IPDE PROCESS IDENTIFY PREDICT DECIDE EXECUTE

12. DRIVING TASK • MENTAL SKILLS • Smith System: an organized method designed to help drivers develop good seeing habits • Zone Control System: a method for managing the space around your vehicle • “Multi-tasking”

13. DEFENSIVE DRIVING • ONCE YOU HAVE MASTERED ALL OF THE SOCIAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL SKILLS THE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. • Defensive driving is a low risk practice that protects you and others from dangerous conflicts.

14. DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES • ATTITUDE

15. ATTITUDE • True or False • Your attitude toward life effects your attitude when driving. Your attitude toward life effects your ability to use safe driving habits.

17. EMOTIONS • HOW DO THEY EFFECT YOUR DRIVING?

18. BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS • COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?

19. BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS • COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?

20. BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS • COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?

21. BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS • COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?

22. COLLISION OR ACCIDENT? • There is no such thing as an accident! • All collisions are the result of driver error • An accident is something that could not be helped, like an act of nature.

23. DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES • CAUSE OF COLLISIONS • Driving too fast for conditions • Following another vehicle too closely • Not wearing safety belt

24. OTHER CAUSES OF COLLISIONS • DRINKING AND DRIVING

26. CAUSES OF DEATH • DRINKING AND DRIVING

27. CAUSE OF COLLISIONS • Driving while very tired

28. WHAT DO THE ODDS SAY? 1 IN 40,000 • CAUSES OF DEATH 1 IN 125 1 IN 4,600,000

29. DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES • OTHER TYPES OF BREAKDOWNS

30. Financial Responsibilities • Fixed Costs • Purchase Price • Licensing Fees • Insurance

31. Financial Responsibilities • Operating Costs

32. DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES • ENVIRONMENTAL • Air pollution • Water pollution • Chemical Spills • Land Pollution

33. GRADUATED LICENSING PROGRAM • LEARNER’S PERMIT STAGE • 15 or 16 • May drive with an adult licensed driver 21+ • 9 months collision and violation free • Safety belts must be worn by all occupants • In Illinois, need 50 hours of practice outside of drivers education class

34. GRADUATED LICENSING PROGRAM • INTERMEDIATE LICENSE STAGE • Completed permit stage and drivers education course • Collision and violation free for 9mos • Get Your Drivers License! • Passengers limited in age or number • 10PM weekdays & 11PM on weekends (until 18) • 1st 12 months only one teen passenger (unrelated) • Drivers and passengers can be ticketed • Must appear before a judge for any ticket • More than 2 moving violations in 24 months = license suspended • Street Racing = Revocation and Impounded car!

35. GRADUATED LICENSING PROGRAM • FULL-PRIVILEGE STAGE • Successful complete intermediate stage violation and collision free • Full driving “PRIVILEGES”

36. ORGAN DONOR • Family decision • Even when you die they still ask your family • What kind of things can be donated?

37. IMPLIED CONSENT LAW • This means, when you sign your license you agree to take an alcohol test on request. • If you refuse your license is immediately suspended!