Chapter 1: You Are The Driver
Chapter 2: Signs, Signals, and Road Markings
Chapter 3: Basic Vehicle Control
Chapter 4: Managing Risk IPDE
Process
Chapter 5: Natural Laws & Car Control
Chapter 6: Performing Basic Vehicle Manuvers
Chapter 7: Negotiating Intersections
Chapter
8: Sharing the Roadway
Chapter 9: Driving in Urban
Traffic
Chapter 10: Driving in Rural Traffic
Chapter
11: Driving on Expressways
Chapter 12: Driving in
Adverse Conditions
Chapter 13: Handling Emergencies
Chapter
14: Effects of Driver Condition
Chapter 15: Alcohol, Other
Drugs, and Driving
Chapter 16: Buying and Owning a Vehicle
Chapter 17: Maintaining the Vehicle
Chapter 18: Planning Your
Travel
Chapter 1
Chapter
2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Define the
IPDE Process.
Explain each step in the IPDE
Process
Define:
HTS
open zone
line of sight
path of travel
target
area
closed zone
open
zone
peripheral vision
separate
hazards
orderly visual search pattern
What does "aim high in steering"
mean?
Explain the Smith System.
How is the Zone Control System
structured?
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Define the following terms:
oversteer
understeer
ternabout
perpendicular parking
diagonal (angle) parking
stick-shift (manual) transmission
hand-over-hand
push-pull steering
parallel parking
up-hill
parking
down-hill parking
two-point
turn
three-point turn
Explain the procedures
for:
starting the vehicle
pulling into
traffic
final park procedure
left
turns
right turns
up-hill parking with and
without curbs
down-hill parking with and without
curbs
diagonal (angle) parking
perpendicular
parking
parallel parking
Know which turnabout method to use
under various driving circumstances
Chapter
7
Chapter 8
Describe the problems
associated with sharing the road with motorcycles.
How can a motocyclist
effect your driving?
List some special riding problems associated with the
motorcycle?
What is the difference between a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
and moped.
How do weather conditions effect cyclists?
How does the
pedestrian effect driving conditions in residential, rural, and business
district areas?
Describe special driving considerations when interacting with
large trucks.
Chapter 9
Know why rural traffic
areas are more complex than urban areas.
What is the 2-second (3-second) or
4-second rule?
Know what a tailgater is and how to react with them..
Know
the rules for driving on two-way and one-way streets.
What does it mean to
"cover the brake"?
How does the IPDE Process work in urban driving.
What
is a space cushion?
Know the reasons why an oncoming driver might cross the
centerline.
Know the intervals for speed and gap distances for turning and
crossing traffic.
How many people must be in a car when driving a carpool
lane?
What rules are applied to lane selection when driving in urban
traffic.
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Know the advantages and dangers of driving on a controlled-access
highway
List some safe driving practices used when driving on an
expressway.
Distinguish between a cloverleaf, diamond, trumpet, and all
directional interchange.
Define entrance ramp, acceleration lane and merging
area.
Describe some problems that can occur on the entrance ramp,
acceleration lane and merging area.
Apply the IPDE Process to expressway
driving.
Know the recommendations on expressway lane choice.
What are wolf
packs and what does the term "common speed" refer to?
Explain the procedure
for entering and exiting the expressway - the on and off ramps.
Explain
highway hypnosis and velocitation.
Chapter
12
How does the IPDE process work with reduced visibility?
Know
what the effects on driving are effected by sun glare, dusk, dawn night
situations.
How does low-high beam effect visibility on clear, rain, fog and
snowing driving conditions?
What are the effects of wetness on raodways both
residential and expressway.
What is hydroplaning?
Why does ice build on
bridges before roadways?
Describe the effects of controlled braking on
concrete, packed snow, and glare ice.
When can wind be a factor in
driving?
Know the procedure used to get unstuck when stuck in a snowbank.
Chapter 13
List some typical
vehicle malfunctions.
When brakes fail, the effects can be total or
partial. Explain.
How do you recover from a vehicle that has gone off
the roadway?
What is hydroplaning?
Describe the steps taken if you have a
"blow-out"; front? rear?
Describe how to minimize the effects of an immanent
collision?
List the steps taken if you have a collision.
What can be
damaged by hitting road hazards like potholes?
Chapter
14
Know the mental and physical effects of emotions particularly
anger.
Know the effects on "risk taking".
Describe some strategies used to
cope with emotions.
What is visual acuity?
Know the meaning of the terms
depth perception, night vision, glare, and glare recovery.
There are other
senses other than vision to gater information. Can you name and describe
them?
Know some issues that cause temporary driving disabilities.
Know
some issues that are permanent.
Chapter
15
Know the physical and mental effects of alcohol on behavior by
BAC such as reaction time, coordination and inhibitions.
Describe the factors
affecting BAC
Know the amounts of alcohol in standard drinks such as beer,
wine, hard liquor.
Describe at least 5 myths about alcohol.
Classify other
types of drugs by category.
What are the effects of combining drugs.
Know
the law as it pertains to the consumption of alcohol by someone under the age of
21.
Know the penalties of conviction for a DUI charge; 1st offense, 2nd
offense.
What is implied concent?
Describe positive and negative peer
pressure.
Know how depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogenic drugs affect
the driver.
What should the driver do if pulled over by a police
officer?
What does SADD stand for?
Who is affected by the Zero Tolerance
Policy.
Chapter 16
Answer the following
questions:
Do you need a vehicle?
Can you afford
to own a vehicle?
What about?
Financing
Insurance
Operating costs / Maintenance
Depreciation
List at least four categories of vehicles ( i.e.
"luxury")
What is a "test drive"?
Describe the laws governing "fiscal
responsibility".
Describe the following categories of auto
insurance:
Bodily-Injury liability insurance
Property-damage liability insurance
Uninsured / under insured
motorist insurance
Collision insurance
Comprehensive insurance
Medical insurance
Road-service and towing insurance
List the factors that effect insurance
rates (premiums).
How does the type of vehicle you drive effect insurance
rates.
How does the EPA's regulations on air quality effect the ownership of
the automobile and the owner / operator?
Chapter
17
Chapter 18
State two questions you
ask youself before making a short trip?
Identify the steps used before
planning a long trip.
Know how to read a map; the color legend for types of
roads, the milage scale, and estimating distances.
What steps would you take
to plan for a long trip?
How should your vehicle be towed?
What type of technical and safety information is included
in the owner's manual?
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