Driver Education

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Driver Education

• Day 11
• Responding to an Emergency

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Brake Failure

• Pump Brake pedal rapidly, may create enough
  pressure to give some brakes
• Use parking brake with hand on release at all
  times, apply gently, not to lock wheels
• Down shift and use engine braking
• Steer against a curb or go up a hill
• Side swipe something softish

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Other Brake problems

• Riding the brakes can cause brake fade
• pull over and let them cool off
• Puddles can cause temporary brake failure
• to dry brake ride you brakes lightly for a few
  seconds

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Engine Failure

• If engine stalls, signal and pull over to curb as
  quickly as possible, try to start engine, if it
  wont start, raise hood and call for help
• If you flood your engine with too much gas, push
  pedal all the way to the floor in try starting
  your car, if that fails, wait for 10 minutes and
  try again
• If engine gets wet, turn of ignition, leave hood
  down, and try starting after a few minutes

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Overheated Engine

• If engine overheats
• turn off all accessories, especially A/C
• Pull off to side of road, raise hood to cool
  engine
• May turn on heater to draw heat away from engine
• Get professional help
• Do not add anything until engine is completely
  cooled

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Tire Loses Pressure

• Keep firm grip on steering wheel, dont brake,
  pull off to side of road, run emergency flashers,
  change tire
• Put car in Park and set parking brake
• Loosen lug nuts, then jack up car
• remove lug nuts and replace tire, put lug nuts
  back on
• Snug down lug nuts and lower car, tighten lug
  nuts as tight as possible, fix tire

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Accelerator Pedal Sticks

• Apply brakes shift to neutral, engine will race
  but wont accelerate car
• Steer off to side of road and shut car off
• Unstick pedal if possible once stopped, if it
  doesnt work call a service professional

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Hood Flies Up

• Lean forward and look through gap between hood
  and car, or look out the window
• Check traffic and pull off to side of the road
• Close hood, make sure it is latched this time

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Car On Fire

• Steer off the road to open space and shut car
  off, have everyone get out
• If not serious and you have a chemical fire
  extinguisher handy, open hood and put out fire,
  DONT USE WATER on engine
• If fire in passenger compartment, steer off road
  and put out with extinguisher or water

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Dead Battery

• Make sure battery is not frozen or low on fluid
  or could explode if jump started
• Order of connections
• Positive good, positive bad
• Negative good, ground(not battery) bad
• Start good car, try to start dead car
• Once started go in reverse order

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Headlight Failure

• If head lights fail at the same time, try
  switching to high beams,
• If that doesnt work try parking lights
• If that doesnt work use emergency flashers to
  give enough light to get pulled off the road,
• try to park in a lighted area and call for help

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Waiting for Help

• Make others aware of your problem by raising
  hood, using emergency flashers and warning
  triangles if available
• If someone stops to offer help that you dont
  know ask them to go ahead and call for a tow
  truck or law enforcement officer DONT OPEN
  YOUR CAR TO STRANGERS!!!!!

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First Aid Procedures and Guidelines

• Scan scene and decide if you can help, call
  emergency services 911 or 55
• Tend to most seriously injured first
• Keep injured calm
• Try to stop serious bleeding if possible
• DONT MOVE ANYONE UNLESS THEIR LIFE IS
  THREATENED!!!!!
• Do what you can until professional help arrives

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Controlling Bleeding

• A Hemorrhaging person is one who is bleeding
  heavily
• Apply direct pressure to wound
• Try not to touch their fluids

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Shock

• If person feels faint, cold clammy skin, weak
  fast pulse is a sign of shock
• Keep victim warm, but not too warm, cover with
  blanket or jacket.
• Do not give them anything to eat or drink

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Other Helps

• Learn CPR and know the basics
• Carry a first aid kit in your vehicle and keep it
  well stocked.