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SMITH SYSTEM

SMITH SYSTEM. of Defensive Driving Techniques. Reducing:. Collisions Insurance costs Maintenance costs Fuel usage Stress. Eye design:. Walking at 3 – 4 miles per hour So what happens at: 30 mph? 45 mph? 55 mph? 70 mph?. The brain’s capability:.

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SMITH SYSTEM

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  1. SMITH SYSTEM of Defensive Driving Techniques

  2. Reducing: • Collisions • Insurance costs • Maintenance costs • Fuel usage • Stress

  3. Eye design: Walking at 3 – 4 miles per hour So what happens at: 30 mph? 45 mph? 55 mph? 70 mph?

  4. The brain’s capability: • The brain has the capacity for 100 trillion instructions per second. 10 to the 23rd power. • Therefore, driving should not be a problem, right?

  5. Benefits • Time • Space • Visibility

  6. Aim High in Steering • 15 seconds up the road • 1-1/2 blocks or ¼ mile • Aim high, see low • Aim low, cannot see high • Demonstration • How to check

  7. 189,432+ 675,019 = TAKE TWO SECONDS TO SOLVE THIS

  8. ANSWERS??

  9. 189,432+ 675,019 = NOW TAKE HAVE FIFTEEN SECONDS TO SOLVE THIS

  10. 864,451

  11. I SHOULD BE CHECKING MY MIRRORS EVERY 5 TO 8 SECONDS MIRRORS

  12. MAKE SURE THEY SEE YOU

  13. OTHERWISE • All I will be looking at is brake lights • And that leaves me assuming the person in front of me drives safely and carefully

  14. Get the Big Picture • 360 degree “circle of awareness” • In front of vehicle, the sides of the vehicle and behind the vehicle • Demonstration

  15. Keep Your Eyes Moving • Every 2 seconds • What are the effects of staring? • When do people stop looking around? • Demonstrations

  16. Leave Yourself An Out • Be an anti-social driver • Space cushion driving • Expect the unexpected • Pre-determined way to stay out of harm’s way • Ways to keep space

  17. Make Sure They See You • Lights • Proper timing • Friendly wave • Friendly honk

  18. Several tips to safer driving:

  19. and “things to avoid.” Only in India

  20. Tips to follow: Dirty wheels / Clean wheels: Parked vehicles that could create an issue for you. Watch for: • Signals • Exhaust • People • Brake lights • Reverse lights

  21. Beware of what you may miss.

  22. Tips to follow: Stale vs. Fresh Lights: • Stale light is a traffic light you did not see change color. • Question becomes: when will it change next? • It is about a smooth ride.

  23. Tips to follow: Stale vs. Fresh Lights: • Fresh light is a traffic light you saw change color. • Question becomes: how long will if stay this color? • It is about a safe ride.

  24. Leaving space at traffic lights: If you are stopped at a red light – be able to see the crosswalk over the top of your hood. Why you ask? ******************** If you are stopped at a red light – be able to see the tires of the vehicle in front of you, over your hood. Why you ask?

  25. And the answers are? When first in line: • If you get rear-ended • If a bigger vehicle is trying to turn • If there is someone to your right that wants to turn right on red, they have better visibility • Others?

  26. And the answers are? When behind other vehicles: • If you get rear-ended • If the vehicle in front of you stalls • If the vehicle in front of you rolls back or backs up

  27. And the “light’s not green” Until:

  28. And what about TG?

  29. What about Tailgating? Root beers Root beer

  30. I am talking about a proper following distance.

  31. Details: • Four seconds • More than four seconds • 500 feet • 50 feet • Freeway ramps

  32. Lane of least resistance • Best visibility – remember FD • Least amount of problems – remember DW & Snipers

  33. Brake and check your mirror • But “why” you ask: • No, not to check how you look.

  34. Moving targets vs. stationery ones: • Duck hunting • Legal vs. Easy

  35. Checking mirrors: • Are they adjusted properly? • How often? • How long? • Any order?

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