Safe%20Driving%20Tips

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Safe Driving Tips
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Safe Driving Tips

• Avoid Aggressive Driving
• - Speeding
• - Tail gating
• - Conflict
• Monitor Speed
• - Stopping time Distance
• - Road Weather Conditions (wind)
• - Vehicle conditions (brakes car size)

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Safe Driving Tips

• Keep a safe following distance
• - 3 second rule

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Night Driving

• Use headlights from dusk and dawn.
• Bright lights must be dimmed 500 feet before
  meeting an oncoming vehicle or 300 feet before
  passing a vehicle
• Street lights cause
  glare.
• Signs are more
  difficult to see at
  night
• Use Edge lines (white/solid) Center lines
  (yellow/solid) to guide you

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Practice

• 11. Within how many feet is a driver required to
  dim the headlights before meeting another
  vehicle?
• a. 250 feet b. 400 feet c. 500 feet

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Practice

• 12. Headlights must be lighted from sunset to
  sunrise. True or False
• 13.Your car must have a horn that can be heard
  from a distance of 200 feet. True or False

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Practice

• 14. When approaching a railroad crossing that has
  no warning signals (such as electric flashing
  lights or gates), a driver should look, listen
  and slow down.
• True or False

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Practice

• 15. After a train clears a crossing that has
  flashing signals, drivers may proceed after
  checking for a second train on another track.
• True or False
• 16. If moving with a stream of vehicles across a
  railroad track, it is safe to stop on the track
  for a short period of time.
• True or False

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WEATHER
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Handling Weather Conditions

• RAIN
• Use headlights Wipers
• No cruise control
• Increase following
  distance
• More care on turns, curves, braking
• Avoid Hydroplaning or Skidding

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Handling Weather Conditions

• - Hydroplaning
• Release
• accelerator
• keep a firm grip
• on the wheel.

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Handling Weather Conditions

• Skid Release the
• accelerator
• turn the wheel in
• the direction of
• The skid.
• Never slam on the
• brakes.

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Handling Weather Conditions

• Winter Driving
• Hardest weather to drive in
• Drive slow increase
  following distance
• Remove snow from car,
  all windows, lights
• Brake slowly to find
  traction
• Carry emergency supplies

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Handling Weather Conditions

• FOG
• No cruise control
• Drive slow but not too
  slow
• Dim or fog lights
• Stay within vision
• Brake earlier use turn
  signals ahead of time

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Equipment Failure
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Equipment Failure

• Blowouts
• Loud thumping sound
• Ease foot off gas pedal
  (accelerator)
• Keep a firm grip on
  steering wheel
• Do Not brake
• suddenly
• Pull slowly to the side
  of the road

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Equipment Failure

• Brake Failure
• Brake sinks to floor
• Pump to build pressure
• Use emergency brake if necessary
• Shift into a lower gear

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Driving Off the Pavement

• Wheels drift off road onto shoulder
• May hear rumble strips
• Grip wheel firmly
• Take foot off gas pedal
• Brake soft /slow
• Check traffic
• Steer back onto pavement into the 1st lane.

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Getting Pulled Over

• Be aware you might have done something wrong
• If you want to explain, do so before Officer
  returns to their car before ticket is written
• If you feel you are unfairly treated, report the
  Officer
• Officers are required to give
  their names badge numbers

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Practice

• 1.The road surface of a bridge may be dangerous
  in winter because it may remain icy after the
  rest of the roadway is clear.True or False
• 2. If driving during foggy weather, a driver
  should turn on the vehicles high-beam headlights
  to increase the field of vision.True or False

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Practice

• 3. Most rear-end collisions are caused by the
  vehicle in back traveling too closely.True or
  False
• 4. The three-second rule helps the driver
  determine a safe following distance.True or
  False
• 5. If a vehicle starts to skid on water
  (hydroplane), the driver should quickly apply the
  brakes.True or False

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Practice

• 6. If the front right wheel of a vehicle runs off
  the pavement, a driver should ease off the
  accelerator, brake gently and gently steer back
  onto the pavement.True or False
• 7. When approaching a railroad crossing that has
  no warning signals (such as electric flashing
  lights or gates), a driver should look, listen
  and slow down.True or False

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Practice

• 8. After a train clears a crossing that has
  flashing signals, drivers may proceed after
  checking for a second train on another
  track.True or False
• 9. If moving with a stream of vehicles across a
  railroad track, it is safe to stop on the track
  for a short period of time.True or False

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Practice

• 10. Drivers who become stranded in blizzard
  conditions should remain in their vehicles.True
  or False
• 11. When experiencing a tire blowout, the driver
  should apply the brakes quickly and pull off the
  roadway to check the tire.True or False

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Practice

• 12. If a vehicle starts to skid, the driver
  should gently apply the brakes and steer in the
  opposite direction of the skid.True or False
• 13. Illinois law requires that headlights be
  illuminated when atmospheric conditions require
  the use of windshield wipers.True or False