Driver's Ed-Unit 12

Plan

BLANK ahead

Train

BLANK yourself to use correct procedures

Drive

Don't BLANK when you are depressed

Upset

Don't drive when you are BLANK

Mistakes

Expect BLANK from others

Troublesome

Identify BLANK situations

Natural laws enforce themselves

Key fact 1

Energy = speed

Key fact 2

Natural laws determine how much control you have over the operation of your vehicle

Key fact 3

Mature

Maintain a BLANK attitude

Centrifugal force

Next is BLANK. This is another natural law we have to contend with when driving. It's the force that pulls an object out from the center. This force is one that moves your car to outside. It, too, is a force to be reckoned with when you're driving.

Emotions that effect driving

Stress, fear, strong positive emotions, and exhaustion

Seven ways to control your emotions when driving

Take back control, breathe deep, use your ears, wait, sleep, plan, and stop

Gravity

The first law that we want to introduce you to is BLANK. A lot of times we only think of it as it relates to something being dropped or falling. Remember, that it is the force that holds your car to road. It's not a good idea to defy the laws of it when you're driving a car

Everything

The natural laws trump BLANK

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The risk of collision can be up to BLANK times higher when a driver is under the influence of strong emotions

Inertia

Then, there's the law of BLANK. It says that a body in motion tends to stay in motion; that is, if you're in a moving vehicle that stops suddenly, you'll keep right on going at the same rate of speed you were going before the vehicle stopped, even if you don't want to.

Speed, braking, steering

There are three basic ways of motion that we control our cars. Each of these functions is affected by the laws of gravity, centrifugal force, inertia, kinetic energy, and friction.

Energy of motion doubles

When a vehicle's weight doubles

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When your vehicle's speed doubles, it needs BLANK more times the distance to stop

Friction

critically affected by your brakes, tires, the road surface, and speed

2

how many cars were on the wall

3

how many motorcycles were on the wall

Driving fast

is harder on your wallet