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Defensive DrivingJanuary 2011


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The Sad Facts

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of all

work place fatalities.

Leading cause of death for those aged 5 to 24

Two out of every five people will be involved in

an alcohol related crash in their lifetime

In 4 hours roughly 20 people will be killed in

motor vehicle crashes


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The Statistics

Every 11 minutes in the USA a person diesas a result of injuries sustained in a crash

In four hours 1,040 will be injured

In one year more than? 44,000

24,000

124,000


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Its the other driver Im worried about

Have you ever said this or heard this

comment before?

Are you the other driver?

Are you part of the solution?

If you are a defensive driver you are part

of the solution


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Part of the Problem

In the last 20 years the number of registereddrivers has doubled

The number of registered vehicles tripled ...

Yet our roads have not

60 to 90% of us feel we are better drivers

than every one else yet accident numbers

are remaining the same


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Still Part of the Problem

Drivers surveyed admitted to the following: 30% ran yellow / red lights

26% slowed but did not come to a complete

stop at stop signs 23% drove 10 mph over interstate speed limit

22% drove 10 mph faster than flow of traffic

8% drove when affected by alcohol


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Defensive Driving the solution

Driving to SAVE LIVES, TIME and

MONEY, in spite of the conditions around

you and the actions of others.

We just heard from the other driver their

actions and in some cases their condition.

NOW lets learn how to deal with them and

other issues.


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Defensive Driving Course is

about

Developing safe driving habits / attitudes

Improving the way you see the road

Improving the way you respond to hazards Taking control over your actions behind

the wheel

Learning to recognize hazards, avoidcrashes, violations, and road rage


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The Goal!!!

Develop driving skills that may one day

save your life and the lives of others

Remember those statistics

The more you drive the more potential


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What are ..

The most hazardous issue you see daily?

The hazard you deal with most often?

The conditions you deal with?

The driver conditions you deal with?

How do you handle these hazardous?

Do you talk to management about them,other drivers?

At the end we will talk about some of these


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Newspaper Articles about crashes

Alcohol plays part in 2 crashes

Speed a factor in crash

Car hits bus killing 2


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Defensive Driving Involves

Making effective, safety and legal choices

Creating safe, stress free driving conditions

Getting to place without ticket or crash Practicing courtesy, common sense,

cooperation

Understanding the hazards of conditionsand behaviors around you


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DDC Collision Prevention Formula

Recognize the Hazard scan

Past, Present, and Future

Use the What If strategy.What if that car does not stop,

what will I do?


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Understand the Defense

Know what to do to Avoid a hazard

Know the consequences of your choices Know the Defense

Scanning

SLOWING DOWN Safe Following Distance


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Act Correctly in Time

Be alert, pay attention to driving!

Concentrate on Hazards


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Driver Actions you witness

Class, give me

examples of actions

you have seen

Or examples of what

you have done


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Driver Actions You Witness

Eating, drinking meal

Reading

Speeding

Tailgating

On cell phone

Stopping

Passing on right

Passing

Fail to yield

Driving aggressively

Sleeping

Signal kept on

Did not use signal

Poor vehicle condition

Too fast for conditions

Too fast for vehicle


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Road and Driver Conditions

Snow, ice, fog, rain,sand, leaves

Traffic

Construction School zone

Motorcycles

Too much light

Not enough

Glare

Angry

Upset

Rushed

Stressed out Under influence of

drugs, alcohol

Under influence of

peers

Road Driver


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Control Your Emotions

Control Your Emotions

Leave Late Be Late

Get Calm, Wait

Time Is The Only Way To Sober Up

Driver Is Responsible


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Snow, ice, fog, rain,sand, leaves

Traffic

Construction School zone

Motorcycles

Too much light

Not enough

Glare

Reduce speed

Increase following

Reduce speed

Reduce speed Following distance

Glasses, slow down

Slow down

Slow down


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Dealing with other driver actions

Following (followed) too closely

Speeding

Passing Failure to yield

rolling stops


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Jeff Gibson

Dealing with other driver actions

Followed to closely - Let them go

Speeding - Let them go

Passing - Ask yourself why Failure to yield - Watch for them

Rolling Stops - Bad habit, eye scan


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Accident vs. Collision

You run a yellow turning to red light and hita car is it an accident?

You fail to reduce your speed when it israining and skid off road, is it an accident

You fail to pay attention and rear end thevehicle in front of you is it an accident?

90% are driver error

Less then 10% acts of God, mechanicalfailure


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No, No, and No

These are preventable collisions where thedriver did not take reasonable actions to

reduce the potential for a crash.

Is it reasonable to slow down approaching anintersection?

Is it reasonable to slow down in rain, snow or

other weather hazards?

Is it reasonable to focus attention to vehicles

around your vehicle?


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An accident is an unplanned event

We know we should not run lights, follow

too close, and that we should slow down in

poor weather.

Why dont we Its not me I am worried

about, its the other guy.

We think it wont happen to us

Other reasons!

Drive to save lives, time and money


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At Intersections

White lines

Signal

Cover the Brake

Point wheels straight

Right on red

Right of way

40% of all traffic crashes occur atintersections


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How not to get hit at an Intersection

Look Left

Look Right

Look ahead

Look Left Again

If the first car dont

jump the light

30% of drivers

reported they ran a

red light

Window down, lookand listen

Be able to see tires of

vehicle in front on

ground


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At an intersection

Next to a bus or large truck

Light turns green, do you go immediately?

Can you see the intersection completely?

Dont pull up stop, and then roll closer tothe car in front of you.

Get boxed in, hit from behind, hit vehicle

in front


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Intersections - Fail to stop

Play the what if game.

What if the vehicle does not stopwhat

will I do?

Reduce your speed by covering the brake

Cover the horn with you hand

Last -- dont count on them stopping


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Rail Road Crossings

They are intersectionstoo

Expect a train anytime

Never drive aroundgate

Never stop on tracks

Never race the train Dont rely on warning

signs

If you are stuck orstalled GET OUT

Run toward the trainnot from it

Never get into middleof intersection if youcan not get all the

way throughregardless of light


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Unsafe Behaviors

Passing why do we pass?

What will I gain from this pass?

3 types of crashes- head on, side swipe,run off the road

# of vehicles on the road today

Next intersection, stop light, sign, orconstruction site who do we see?


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Passing

Is it safe to speed to

pass?

Is it legal to speed to

complete a pass? Remember DDC

Safe and Legal

Save time, money,and lives

What do you think?


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The Sinister Six

6 unsafe driving habits we just discussed

Speeding

Right of way errors or violators Improper turning

Driving left of center

Improper passing Following too closely


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Speed Kills

Every 10 mph over 50

the risk of death is

doubled

When there is a caraccident that makes

the newspaper what

are some of the

comments in thepaper concerning the

cause?

What are the common

causes listed in the

paper?

Why do you thinkdrivers speed?


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Speed Kills is it worth the risk?

SpeedTime to go 10

milesTime saved Risk of death

50mph 12 min - X

55mph 10:54 1:6 1.5x

60mph 10 min 2 min 2x

65mph 9:14 2:46 3.0x

70mph 8:34 3:26 4.0x

75mph 8 min 4 min 6.0x

80mph 7:30 4:30 8x

85mph 7:3 4:57 12x


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Is it safer to speed with the flow of

traffic, or do the speed limit?

Risk of Death

Save, Time, Lives and Money

Tickets # of vehicles on the road

Using a 2 second following distance 150

cars would have to pass you to lose fiveminutes of time


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Drinking and Driving

Check you local paper, all ages of driversaffected or caught

Dont do it

Dont follow charts weight/time/# of drinks Chose a designated driver

Medications can have same effect

Time is the only thing that sobers one up,NOT COFFEE


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Collision Prevention Formula

Recognize the hazard: by scanning

In front, behind, on sides

Check mirrors every 3 to 5 seconds Use the What If game..

What if that car does not stop, get back

into their lane, complete their pass, What will I do?


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Collision Prevention Formula

What if that car does not stop, get back into

their lane, complete their pass ...

What will I do?

Read the road (recognize hazard)

Reduce your speed

Ride to the Right

Ride off onto should or more if have to


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Understand the Defense

See hazard.

Ask what can I do to avoid this

Reduce speed as soon as possible Increase following distance

WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED

FOLLOWING DISTANCE? 2,3,4, or 5 seconds


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Following Distance

4 seconds on clear dry day good road light

traffic and following like vehicle (car) 5-bus

Add a hazard, add a second to the 3

Motorcycle 4 + 1= 5

Have a tailgater behind, add several

Poor weather add several Traffic add several


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Act Correctly In Time

Be alert focus on driving not other actions

Being alert allows the most response time

possible

The car stopped quickly, I did not have

enough time. In reality the driver did not

see the vehicle stopping and lost valuable

reaction, action and stopping distance


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Passing, avoiding head on crash

The Four Rs.

Read the road ahead

Drive to the Right

Reduce your speed immediately

Ride off the road or to the far right of yourlane.

NEVER GO INTO THEIR LANE Gorham Maine bus accident


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Emergency Vehicles

Scan mirrors every 3 to 5 seconds to see

them.

Be able to hear them

Pull over and stop

If cant acknowledge and when can pull

over and stop

What is the following distance 500, 250 3

seconds?


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Aggressive Drivers

It takes two.

Dont participate

Stay calm

Different time, different route

Leave late, will be late (number of

vehicles) Be courteous

Wh t i d i i


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What are some aggressive driving

behaviors you have seen?

Speeding

Tailgating

Fail to yield

Blocking traffic

Lane changes

Gestures

Verbal Throwing things

Slamming on brakes

Others!


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Road Rage

Decisions

Consequences

Get emotions in

control Leave late will be late

Call and let them

know you will be late

defuse anxiety

Your life depends on it

Give other drives

benefit of doubt-wave

You make mistakestoo

Different route or time


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Bad Driving Behaviors

Blocking left most lane on highway

Tailgating 3 seconds or more

Signal use, lack of it, forget to shut off

Horn use for emergency

Blocking traffic at an intersection

Merging, allow other vehicles to merge

S li ti d i it


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Save lives, time and money in spite

of the actions and conditions

Take reasonable actions..

What if game

Increase following distances

Reduce speed

Cover the break

Drive at posted limit or below Make driving number one activity


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Save a Life, Time or Money

Be at your best, rested, awake, sober

Check your vehicle before leaving on trip

Check the weather

Check traffic reports

Check for construction projects


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Area Road Hazards

Name them

Discuss what to do

Determine best course of action

Develop a solution

Act on it


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Driver Experience

Turn a rounds

Cul De Sacs (circles and telephone poles)

Overhanging branches

Obstruction in my lane, or other lane

Cargo Security!!!!!


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From my (you) perspective

An unsafe habit I have that I want to

change is.

The defense technique I am going to

use

One thing I learned today is

Any questions you still have


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Thank for you attending

Drive Defensively

There are others that want you around,

need you, depend on you.

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