The High Way Transportation System and Risk Management

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The High Way Transportation System and Risk
Management

• Traffic Laws

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Objectives

• Name three Parts of the highway transportation
  system
• Explain how, and by whom, the highway
  transportation system is regulated
• Describe five ways you can reduce driving risk
  within the highway transportation system

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Accident Statistics

• 7 Million accidents Nationwide annually
• 45,000 traffic related deaths annually
• 50 of these are alcohol related
• 800,00 traffic related injuries annually
• Driver Error major cause of accidents
• Being thrown from the vehicle major cause of
  fatalities

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What are your chances of being involved in a
Collision?

• In any given year your chance of being in a
  collision is 1 in 5
• Chances of suffering injury serious enough to
  disable you 1 in 83
• In a typical year 40 of all teenage deaths
  occur through motor vehicle crash injuries
• 85 of traffic deaths occur in the first
  collision in which the cars occupants are
  involved
• 49 percent of the vehicle occupant deaths
  involve one car.

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Highway Transportation System

• The highway transportation system (HTS) is made
  up of
• Cars
• Trucks
• Streets
• Highways
• Drivers
• Cyclists and pedestrians
• Purpose of the HTS is to enable people and goods
  to move from place to place as safely as possible

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How is the HTS regulated?

• Federal state and local governments work together
  to regulate the HTS
• Example Federal law establishes maximum speed
  limit law however it is up to the individual
  states to enforce that law.

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Federal and State Requirements

• The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  
• Requires car makers to build certain safety
  features
• Seat belts
• Air bags
• Shatterproof windows
• The National Highway Safety Act
• Established specific guidelines for state motor
  vehicle safety programs.
• Vehicle registration/inspection
• Driver licensing
• Traffic laws/courts
• Highway construction/maintenance
• Each state is responsible for following and
  enforcing the guidelines

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Reducing Driving risks

• Vehicle Maintenance
• Anticipate the actions of others
• Use of Safety Restraints
• Drive only when you are in sound Physical and
  mental condition
• Make a conscience effort to develop your driving
  skills

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Vehicle Maintenance

• The better the condition of your care the more
  control you will have when driving
• Brakes properly working
• Tired properly inflated
• Clean windows

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Anticipate the actions of others

• Drive Defensively
• Attempt to identify cues to behavior to predict
  how other drivers will act or react

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Use of Safety Restraints

• Being thrown from the vehicle major cause of
  fatalities
• Two types of restraints
• Passive work by design
• Airbags
• Side Door Beams
• Collapsible Dashboard
• Active Work when activated
• Door Locks
• Seat belts
• Reason for seatbelts
• Safer in care/Away from the Dashboard
• Driving Position
• Law in Kentucky
• Reduces Fatigue- reinforces proper posture

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Drive only when you are in sound Physical and
mental condition

• Be alert
• Clear Headed
• Concentrate on Driving rather than other issues.

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Make a conscience effort to develop your driving
skills

• Actively work to improve your driving habits and
  abilities

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Managing Visibility, Time, and Space-Crucial
elements in safe and responsible driving.

• Visibility
• What you can see from behind the wheel and well
  you can see it.
• Time
• Ability to judge your speed and the speed of
  others.
• Also refers to how long it will take your car or
  another vehicle to stop.
• Space
• Wise drivers keep a margin of space between their
  cars and other vehicles.
• Room to maneuver in dangerous situations

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Review

• Name three(3) parts of the HTS
• Explain how and by whom the HTS is regulated
• What is the
• National Traffic and Safety Act?
• National Highway Safety Act?
• Describe five ways you can reduce driving risks
• Name the three crucial elements in safe and
  responsible driving