Defensive Driving Safety Rules RESTRAINT SAFETY Seat Belt

Defensive Driving & Safety Rules

RESTRAINT SAFETY Seat Belt Law • GDL = _______ • Who has to wear under basic license? • Front seat passengers over 18 responsible for themselves • Seat belts prevent Child Restraint Law • Under 1 and under 20 pounds: ______ • Under 8 who weigh less than 80 pounds: ____ • No one under ____ in front seat – Being thrown from the car – Hitting dashboard or window – Sliding in the seat Numbers 1 -12 chpt 3

What are ABS? • NOT Air bags • How do you test them? • What are anti-lock brakes?

HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE? • Stopping distance variables: – Reaction time – Weather conditions – Vehicle size & condition – Roadway conditions – Speed • 2 second rule for ……. • 4 or more seconds for……. .

TURNING • DRIVER SIGNALS • RIGHT TURNS • LEFT TURNS

“OH NO, PARALLEL PARKING!” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select a space that is large enough. Signal right to alert other drivers. Check your mirrors before stopping. Pull up alongside the vehicle in front of the empty space. Check blind spots Back up slowly, turning your steering wheel all the way to the right. Always look through the rear window when you are backing up. 7. Check to the side and front occasionally to make sure you are clearing the parked vehicle ahead. 8. When the front of your can clear the rear bumper of the car parked in front of you, turn the steering wheel to the left while continuing to back up. 9. Look through the back window, and stop to avoid bumping the vehicle behind you. 10. Straighten your wheels and center your car in the parking space. Pg 27

SPEED CONTROL: most fatal collisions • School Zone/Business/Residential 25 MPH • Suburban Business/Residential 35 MPH • Other roadways 50 MPH • Highways 55 -65 MPH • Drivers pay double fines for exceeding a 65 mph limit by _____. Double fines also apply to most other moving violations committed in a 65 mph zone. Fines are also doubled in ____ zones.

• You are to keep to the ______ unless passing, on a one way street, or when it is impractical to travel on that side of the roadway. • State law requires that motorists always yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. • You may not pass on the _____to avoid a car turning left. • An intersection which is regulated by a traffic signal or regulatory sign is _______. • Driving on private property to avoid a traffic signal or sign is a motor vehicle violation.

STOPPING & PARKING • YOU MUST STOP – At an intersection with • PARKING DISTANCES a ______, ______. – Stop Sign: __ feet – If a traffic officer is – Fire Station: ___ feet present from driveway on same side as the FS – If a school bus has red and ___ feet on the flashing lights at least street opposite the _____ feet away. entrance to the FS. – At a railroad crossing – Fire Hydrant: __ Feet with flashing lights at least ____ feet away. – Crosswalk: ___Feet