Driver Education

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Driver Education

• Chapter 1
• The Driving Task

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Highway Transportation System

• The Highway Transportation System(HTS) has
  three parts people, vehicles, and roadways. The
  purpose of the HTS is to move people and cargo
  from one place to another in a safe, efficient,
  and economical manner.

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Parts of the HTS

• People
• Roadway users are people who use the HTS by
  walking, driving, or riding

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Parts of the HTS

• Vehicles
• Any vehicle that uses the HTS ranging from a
  moped to a tractor trailer
• Roadways
• Any road ranging from a dirt road to a multilane
  expressway

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Regulating the HTS

• Laws are passed to make up the vehicle code
• Enforcement agencies assure that laws are obeyed
• Motor vehicle departments set rules to assure
  that driver and vehicle standards are met
• Courts decide whether drivers charged with
  violating the laws are guilty or innocent
• Highway traffic engineers plan, build, and
  maintain the complex system of roadways

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Your Driving Task

• Driving Task includes all the social, physical,
  and mental skills required to drive
• Use knowledge and visual skills
• Obey traffic laws
• Judge time and space
• Anticipating how your car will respond under
  normal and emergency conditions

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Driving Task

• Social Skills - Driving requires you to interact
  successfully with people
• Physical Skills You must learn the physical
  skills of driving so well that they become
  natural habit. Beginning drivers need to
  concentrate heavily on the physical skills of
  driving. More experienced drivers can focus on
  the social and mental aspects of driving

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Driving Task

• Mental Skills IPDE Process is a process of
  seeing, thinking, and responding
• Identify important information in the ongoing
  driving scene
• Predict when and where possible points of
  conflict will develop
• Decide when, where , and how to communicate,
  adjust speed, and change position to avoid
  conflict
• Execute the right action to prevent conflict

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Driving Responsibilities

• Driving is a privilege not a right. The
  privilege is based on the assumption that you
  will be responsible and obey traffic laws.
• If you do not handle this responsibility, you
  have the power to ruin your life and the life of
  others

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Collisions

• A collision occurs when a vehicle conflicts with
  and hits another object
• Collision is a more accurate term than accident.
  Because accident implies that something just
  happened by chance
• Collision are a major cause of injury and death

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Causes of Collisions

• Driver error is the most common
• Following a vehicle to closely
• Driving to fast for conditions
• Driving after using drugs or alcohol
• Driving while very tired

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Reporting Collisions

• A driver must notify the police if
• -They hit a parked car
• -An accident involves
• -Property damage
• -Injury
• -Death
• -Vehicle damage

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City Driving

• Defensive Drivers should use extra caution when
  driving in a city.
• Follow the 12-second Rule
• A driver should be able to see an object far
  enough ahead so that it takes at least 12 seconds
  to get to it.

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Environmental responsibility

• Air pollution
• Chemical spills
• How can you manage this?
• Buy fuel efficient vehicles
• Reducing driving by car pooling or public
  transportation

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Activity

• Activity Get into your groups and create a list
  of all the types of licenses you can think of
  available in NJ
• -Probationary Automobile License
• -Basic Automobile License
• -Commercial Driver License
• -Motorcycle License
• -Moped License
• -Agricultural License
• -Boat License

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Your Drivers License

• Licensing Process is designed to make sure that
  only safe drivers are allowed on the roads by
  requiring written, physical, and driving exams
• Graduated Driver Licensing Program Series of
  stages that a young driver must go through to get
  full privilege license

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Early Bird Road

• Step 1 (Get Permit)
• -Must be 16 years old
• -Must have Parent consent
• -Must be enrolled in 6-hour behind-the-wheel
  training course
• -Instructor must purchase the permit
• -Must pass knowledge test
• -Must pass vision test
• -Must pay 10 fee
• Step 2 (Practice)
• -Must practice at least 6 months
• Step 3 (Get Probationary License)
• -Must complete 6 months supervised practice (no
  violations)
• -Must pass DMV Road test
• -Must be 17 years old
• - 6 Fee for Provisional Liicense
• Step 4 (Practice)
• -Practice unsupervised driving for at least one
  year
• Step 5 (Get Basic Driver License)
• -Must be 18 years old

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Your Drivers License

• Special Learners Permit Stage
• At 16 the student receives permit to drive when
  supervised by an adult(21) with 3 years
  experience
• Permit must be held for at least six months and
  the student must have no collisions or violation
  during this time
• No driving between 1101 PM and 500 AM
• Passengers can be from the same household, but
  only one other person
• Must display red GDL stickers
• No cell phones or electronics
• Can only drive in New Jersey

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Examination Permit

• Step 1 (Get Examination Permit)
• -Must be 17 years old
• -Does Not need 6 hour behind the
  wheel training
• -Must have Parent consent
• -Must pass knowledge test
• -Must pass vision test
• -Must pay 10 fee
• Step 2 (Practice)
• -Must practice at least 6 months
• Step 3 (Get Probationary License)
• -Must complete 6 months supervised practice (no
  violations)
• -Must pass DMV Road test
• Step 4 (Practice)
• -Practice unsupervised driving for at least one
  year
• Step 5 (Get Basic Driver License)
• -Must be 18 years old
• -Must complete one year unsupervised driving (no
  violations)
• -Must pay 24 fee

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Examination Permit

• No driving between 1101 p.m. and 500 a.m.
• -No cell phones (including hands-free) or
  electronics
• -Student must have supervising adult who is 21
  years old and has had their
• driver license for a minimum of 3 years
• -Only allowed one additional passenger plus
  parent/guardian or dependents of the permit
  holder (unless parent/guardian is in the car)
• -All passengers must wear seatbelts
• -GDL decals must be displayed

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Provisional License

• No driving between 1101 p.m. and 500 a.m.
• -No cell phones (including hands-free) or
  electronics
• -Only allowed one additional passenger plus any
  dependents of the license holder (unless
  parent/guardian is in the car or driver is over
  21)
• -All passengers must wear seatbelts
• -GDL decals must be displayed

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• Violations of any of the GDL restrictions may
  result in 100 fine or possible suspension of
  driving privileges.

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Implied Consent Programs

• In most states you are asked to sign a statement
  when you get your license saying that you agree
  to take an breathalyzer test on request
• If you refuse, you will lose your license