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A comprehensive guide on defensive driving techniques, including scanning for potential hazards, identifying and predicting hazards, increasing following distance, and adjusting speed for various road conditions and vehicle types. It also covers topics such as freeway driving, distractions, and trailer requirements.
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This chapter provides guidelines on how to drive safely in a variety of conditions.
Defensive Driving – The steps you take to avoid collisions or crashes
1. This term refers to the precautions the driver takes to avoid collisions or crashes.
A. Defensive driving
Nothing you do will guarantee that others will see you,
The only eyes you can count on are your own
Experience drivers make a habit of knowing what is happening around them.
They create a driving strategy known as SIPDE
Search aggressively ahead, to the sides and behind for potential hazards even before they arise. How assertively you search, and how much time and space you have can eliminate or reduce the impact of an accident. Focus on finding potential escape routes around intersections, schools, shopping centers, and commercial zones.
36 - scan
36. This can be defined as searching aggressively to the side and behind to avoid potential hazards even before they arise.
If you do not recognize the disabled car and pedestrian walking on the road, you could have an accident. The sooner you identify the hazard the sooner you can react
If the car in front pulls out and you have to stop quickly, can the car behind avoid running into you?
2. If you are being tailgated you should
2-D – slow down and increase your following distance
42. TRUE OR FALSE. When a vehicle is following too close you may speed up slightly (within 5 mph) higher than the posted speed limit to create safe space between you and the tailing vehicle.
42 -False
do not speed up and exceed the speed limit
Locate hazards and potential conflicts:
_ Pedestrians and animals are unpredictable_* and make short, fast movements
are unpredictable and make short fast movements.
Based on your prediction, decide what you need to do if the situation changes quickly.
41. When driving, you must be making decisions constantly to cope with constantly changing traffic situations.
True
Carry out your decision. To create space and minimize harm:
You are car B how should you respond to the situation?
You are car B it appears that car A is gong to run the stop sign.
What action could you take?
