Chapter 18: Planning Your Travel

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Chapter 18 Planning Your Travel

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Chapter 18 Planning Your Travel

• Objectives
• Local Travel
• Long Distance Travel
• Special Vehicles and Trailers

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Planning Your Travel

• Short Trips
• A short trip can be as simple as driving to the
  neighborhood store or driving to the other side
  of town
• Is the Trip Needed?
• Could you use public transportation?
• Do I Have Enough Time?
• Allow time
• Listen to weather and traffic reports
• Choose the best travel times

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Long DistanceTravel

• Map Reading
• Your first and most important trip planning tool
  is a current map
• How to Find a Town
• Most maps have an index listing and the
  coordinates of places on the map
• Calculating Distance
• Map Scale
• Mileage chart
• Adding distances between towns

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Map Reading
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Google Maps
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• State highways typically have a highway marker
  that's a number within a white circle or oval.
  These roads are usually two lanes (sometimes
  switching to four lanes in more urban areas), so
  they're not always the fastest routes for long
  distances.

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• Federal highways have a shield-shaped marker
  surrounding the highway number.

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• Finally, there's the interstate highway system,
  four- to eight-laned behemoths that criss-cross
  and link up the country. These are probably your
  fastest choice for longer distances,

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• What is scale? The scale of a map shows how much
  you would have to enlarge your map to get the
  actual size of the piece of land you are looking
  at.

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Long Distance Travel

• Advanced Preparation
• Route Planning
• How many miles do you want to travel each day?
• Local Roads or Interstates?
• Construction areas and rush hour traffic?
• Where do you want to stay?
• Checking your vehicle
• Brakes
• Exhaust
• Steering
• Engine

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Long Distance Travel

• Special Equipment
• Emergency Equipment
• Cell Phone
• Oil, Antifreeze, Windshield Washer Fluid
• First Aid Kit
• Flashlight
• Jumper cables
• Spare Fuses
• Basic Tools
• Flares or Reflectors

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Long Distance Travel

• Special Equipment
• Winter Gear
• Blankets, Warm Clothing, Gloves
• Sleeping Bag
• Tire Chains
• High Energy Food Granola Bars, Nuts
• Window Scraper
• Shovel
• Tow Line
• Sand for traction

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Long Distance Travel

• Special Equipment
• Personal Preparation
• Coins for toll road
• Maps and travel guide
• Spare set of keys
• Necessary medication
• Emergency numbers (auto club)
• Travelers checks, Credit cards

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Long Distance Travel

• Vehicle Load
• If you travel with a full load, follow these
  steps
• Use highest tire pressure
• Load the heaviest items on the bottom forward
  part of trunk
• Keep loose items in the trunk of your car

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• Observing Tire Load Ratings Helps Extend Tire
  Life
• You're loading your vehicle for a long summer
  road trip.  With each bag and person added, your
  vehicle gets heavier.  Have you given any thought
  to how all of this weight affects the safety and
  performance of your tires?
• A vehicle's load can be found on the placard
  inside its door and also in its owner's manual. 

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Long Distance Travel

• Enjoying Your Travel
• Share navigation and driving duties
• Stay alert
• Drive only during hours you are normally awake
• Take regular breaks
• Keep fresh air circulating in the vehicle
• Drive with the headlights on at all times
• If your eyes are heavy and concentration not good
  it is time to stop

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Long Distance Travel

• Rental Vehicles
• Orient yourself to the vehicle before you drive
  out
• Dont stop if you are bumped by another vehicle,
  Drive to nearest well lit service area and ask
  for police assistance
• Know rental companies toll free phone number
• Store all valuables out of sight
• Park in only well lit areas

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Special Vehicles

• Large Vehicles
• Be alert for these special performance aspects
• Seeing
• Backing
• Maneuvering
• Size
• Following Distance
• Fatigue

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Special Vehicles

• Trailers
• When pulling a trailer you can count on
• Doubling the time and space you need to
  accelerate, slow, and turn
• Cutting your fuel economy almost in half

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