Chapter 1 - Drivers Ed

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

Collision.

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

Defense.

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.

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