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Safe Driving Guide: Navigating the Highway Transportation System with Confidence

Discover the Highway Transportation System (HTS) through federal and state requirements, including the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act and National Highway Safety Act. Learn how to reduce risks by keeping your vehicle in top condition, anticipating others' actions, and developing driving skills. Explore the SIPDE process and the Smith System to enhance your driving awareness and decision-making. Master techniques such as searching, identifying, predicting, deciding, and executing on the road. Improve your driving skills by aiming high, looking ahead, keeping your eyes moving, getting the big picture, ensuring visibility to others, and leaving yourself a way out in any situation.

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Safe Driving Guide: Navigating the Highway Transportation System with Confidence

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  1. The Highway Transportation System Moving People and Goods from Place to Place Safely and Efficiently

  2. Roadways - Multilane highways - Country Roads - City Streets People - Drivers - Passengers - Cyclists - Pedestrians Vehicles - Tractor-trailers - Buses - Cars, Vans, SUV’s - Mopeds - Motorcycles What Makes Up the HTS?

  3. Federal and State Requirements National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act • Automakers are required to build certain safety features, such as safety belts and shatterproof windows, into their motor vehicles. National Highway Safety Act • Guidelines: Vehicle registration, Driver Licensing, Traffic Laws, Traffic Courts, Highway Construction and Maintenance. • Each state sets its own statutes or laws, that concern highway safety.

  4. Reducing Your Risk Within the HTS • Keep your vehicle in top condition • Anticipate the actions of others • Take steps to protect yourself and others • Drive only when you are in sound physical and mental condition • Make a conscious effort to develop your driving skills

  5. The SIPDE Process Search • Search the roadway and off-road areas 20 to 30 seconds ahead for information that can help you plan a path of travel. Identify • Identify objects or conditions within 12 to 15 seconds ahead that could interfere with your planned path of travel.

  6. The SIPDE Process Predict • Predict what actions or changes in conditions on or near the roadway could increase the level of risk. Decide • Decide what action(s) to take at least 4 to 5 seconds ahead of time to control or reduce risk. Execute • Execute your decision.

  7. The Smith System Aim High and Look Ahead • Look way ahead of your vehicle (20 to 30 seconds ahead), not down at the road directly in front of you. Keep Your Eyes Moving • Search the scene constantly for changes that might require you to adjust your speed or position.

  8. The Smith System Get the Big Picture • Search the whole scene, not just part of it. Make Sure Others See You • Communicate with drivers and pedestrians. Leave Yourself a Way Out • Always leave yourself a path of escape (a way to avoid a collision)

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