CHAPTER 1
YOU ARE THE DRIVER
YOU ARE THE DRIVER
• 1.1 PARTS OF THE
SYSTEM
• 1.2 THE DRIVING
TASK
• 1.3 DRIVING
RESPONSIBILITIES
• 1.4 YOUR
DRIVER’SLICENSE
THE HIGHWAY
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
• PEOPLE
• VEHICLES
• ROADWAYS
REGULATING THE HTS
• VEHICLE CODE
– VEHICLES
(625 ILCS 5/) Illinois Vehicle Code
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REGULATING THE HTS
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
– Assure that laws are obeyed
REGULATING THE HTS
• DMV’S
– Set rules to assure that driver and vehicle
standards are met
REGULATING THE HTS
• COURTS
– Decide whether drivers charged with
violating the laws are guilty or innocent
REGULATING THE HTS
• TRAFFIC ENGINEERS
– Plan, build, and maintain the complex
system of roadways
DRIVING TASK
• SOCIAL
SKILLS
– Courtesy
– Cooperation
– Leads to low
risk driving
DRIVING TASK
• PHYSICAL SKILLS
– Hand-eye coordination
– Foot-eye coordination
DRIVING TASK
• MENTAL SKILLS
– IPDE PROCESS
IDENTIFY
PREDICT
DECIDE
EXECUTE
DRIVING TASK
• MENTAL SKILLS
– Smith System: an organized method
designed to help drivers develop good
seeing habits
– Zone Control System: a method for
managing the space around your vehicle
– “Multi-tasking”
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
• ONCE YOU HAVE MASTERED ALL OF
THE SOCIAL, MENTAL, AND
PHYSICAL SKILLS THE YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY.
• Defensive driving is a low risk practice
that protects you and others from
dangerous conflicts.
DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES
• ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE
• True or False
– Your attitude
toward life effects
your attitude when
driving.
Your attitude toward
life effects your
ability to use safe
driving habits.
• EMOTIONS
• HOW DO THEY EFFECT YOUR
DRIVING?
BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS
• COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?
BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS
• COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?
BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS
– COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?
BREAKDOWNS IN THE HTS
– COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?
COLLISION OR ACCIDENT?
• There is no such thing as an accident!
• All collisions are the result of driver
error
• An accident is something that could not
be helped, like an act of nature.
DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES
– CAUSE OF
COLLISIONS
• Driving too fast for
conditions
• Following another
vehicle too closely
• Not wearing safety
belt
OTHER CAUSES OF
COLLISIONS
• DRINKING AND DRIVING
CAUSES OF DEATH
• DRINKING AND DRIVING
CAUSE OF COLLISIONS
• Driving while very tired
WHAT DO THE ODDS SAY?
– CAUSES OF DEATH
1 IN 40,000
1 IN 125
1 IN 4,600,000
DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES
• OTHER TYPES OF BREAKDOWNS
DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES
• FINANCIAL
DRIVING RESPONSIBILITIES
• ENVIRONMENTAL
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Air pollution
Water pollution
Chemical Spills
Land Pollution
GRADUATED LICENSING
PROGRAM
• LEARNER’S PERMIT STAGE
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15 or 16
May drive with an adult licensed driver 21+
9 months collision and violation free
Safety belts must be worn by all occupants
In Illinois, need 50 hours of practice outside of
drivers education class
GRADUATED LICENSING
PROGRAM
– INTERMEDIATE LICENSE STAGE
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Completed permit stage and drivers education course
Must be collision and violation free for 9mos
Passengers limited in age or number
10PM weekdays & 11PM on weekends (until 18)
12 months only one teen passenger (unrelated)
Drivers and passengers can be ticketed
Must appear before a judge for any ticket
More than 2 moving violations in 24 months = license
suspended
• Street Racing = Revocation and Impounded car!
GRADUATED LICENSING
PROGRAM
• FULL-PRIVILEGE
STAGE
– Successful complete
intermediate stage
violation and collision
free
– Full driving
“PRIVILEGES”
ORGAN DONOR
• Family decision
• Even when you die
they still ask your
family
• What kind of things
can be donated?
IMPLIED CONSENT LAW
• This means, when you
sign your license you
agree to take an
alcohol test on
request.
• If you refuse your
license is immediately
suspended
indefinitely!