Chapter 1 - Drivers Ed

learner's permit stage, intermediate license stage, and full-privilege license stage

3 stages of the graduated driver licensing program

Drive _______ by protecting yourself and other from dangerous and unexpected situations.

Defense.

Your _________ toward life and driving affects your willingness to learn and to effectively use safe-driving habits

attitude

following another vehicle, driving to fast for conditions, not wearing seat belts, drinking/ drugs, driving while tired

causes of collisions

when, where, and how to communicate, adjust speed, and/or change position to avoid conflict

decide

buying and maintaining fuel efficient vehicles and driving habits, recycling, reducing driving with car pools and other transportation, working for policies that encourage energy efficient driving

environmental responsibility

the right action to prevent conflict

execute

When and where possible points of conflict will develop

predict

Collisions have tremendous social and economic effects

social and economic loss

Does accident really mean?

something that happens by chance

example of an HTS breakdown

traffic and collisions

Contact between 2 or more objects, as when 2 vehicles hit each other -

Collision.

All the skills-socials, Physical and mental-required to drive -

Driving task.

If you drive in a low-risk way, you will...

Gain others' respect.

Program required young drivers to program through a series of licensing stages -

Graduated Driver Licensing Program.

What is made up of people, vehicles, and roadways? -

HTS.

important information in the ongoing driving scene

Identify

The 4 steps of the IPDE Process are...

Identify, predict, decide, and execute.

Safe low-risk driving is primarily what task?

Mental.

When applied to driving, what term means the possibility of having a conflict that results in a collision?

Risk driving.

Organized method designed to help drives develop good seeing habits -

Smith System.

Graduated licensing programs are...

Usually completed in 3 licensing programs, conducted worldwide, have resulted in fewer collisions among young drivers.

Federal and state laws that regulate the HTS -

Vehicle code.

Which of the following is part of the highway transportation system (HTS)?

Vehicles, People and Roadways.

Method for managing the space around your vehicle -

Zone control system