Road Safty Tips
DEFENSIVE DRIVING TRAINING  |
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Defensive Driving is the goal of driving safely saves time, money, and save lives. Although it is due to the actions of people / other drivers around you and / or conditions are not favorable.
Driving defensively means adjusting the way you drive to the circumstances in order to prevent accidents, save time and money. A defensive driver knows that the other driver's attention means attention to himself. |
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| a. | Less Control | ||
| 1) | Lack of preparation and driving do not follow guidelines | ||
| 2) | Lack of supervision of his superiors. | ||
| b. | Basic Cause | ||
| 1) | Human Factors (driver) Example: due to physical limitations of the driver (too tall, too short, fat / fat, skinny) . | ||
| 2) | Job Factors and Vehicle Example: unhealthy working conditions, excessive working hours, the vehicle is not road worthy. | ||
| c. | Direct Cause | ||
| 1) | Actions which endanger the driver (unsafe action)
Example: One or late signal, less thorough check of vehicle condition, driving force yourself when
physical and mental conditions do not permit, speeding, joking while driving, working to do something
else while driving, acting reckless. |
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| 2) | Conditions that harm (unsafe condition) Example: room cramped cabin, one or more components of the vehicle is not functioning properly (tires, brakes, steering system, lights, etc.), slippery roads and rocky, foggy weather. | ||
| Accident Types |
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| a. | Preventable accidents (preventable Accident)
Example: an accident because the driver's drowsiness, the tire exploded, perforated brake, was hit from behind, accidents due to foggy weather. |
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| b. | Accidents that Cannot Be Prevented (Unpreventable Accident) In principle that accidents caused by human factors, vehicle, road, traffic, light and weather, is are all factors that can be prevented. Only natural factors or rather a natural disaster and the fate that can not be determined, fate is a factor beyond human capability. Example: accidents due to landslides, fallen trees, wind, earthquake. |
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| 3. | Six Conditions While Driving | ||
| There are six kinds of conditions that affect you while driving. Your ability to know these conditions and potential dangers that exist, will determine your ability to drive a vehicle. The six conditions are: driver, vehicle, road, traffic, light, and weather. |
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| a. | Driver Condition Driving is a job that requires a healthy mind and a good consideration. Confusion briefly to bring harm or got a ticket. The best conditions require your full attention. These conditions include: |
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| 1) | If you are too tired to drive, get someone else to replace while. If forced to drive, find a safe place and stop for a while. |
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| 2) | If you're driving long distance, stop to rest and relieve tension at certain times. | ||
| 3) | If you are in a state of angry or confused, angry or lost confused cool before driving. | ||
| 4) | If you get prescription medications, ask your doctor about the effects of the medication on your ability to drive. | ||
| 5) | If the conduct periodic health checks do not forget to check your eyes and ears. | ||
| 6) | Feeling like an excessive time driving as dangerous as driving when feeling uncomfortable. Therefore, if you feel uncomfortable, mengemudilah with more carefully or ask for help someone else drive the vehicle. In this way everything will be safe. | ||
| b. | Vehicle Condition | ||
| When you think about how the vehicle is extremely valuable for your safety and comfort, so now think about the state of cleanliness and how you care for her. Some parts of vehicles that require your attention include: | |||
| 1) Air pressure, tires, yeast tires, spare tire. 2) large light: clean and straight. 3) rear lights 4) Light hazard 5) Lamp sein 6) Horn 7) Cleaning windshield 8) Removal of glass / wiper 9) Belt: fan belt, power steering, safety belts. 10) Filter: oil, air 11) Muffler 12) Speedmeter. 13) limits the content of brake fluid, oil, power steering, battery, radiator 14) Other: child safety seats. |
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| c. | Road Conditions There are three kinds of road conditions that must be considered: 1) Notice the way Is the straight road, slope, derivative, flat? 2) Watch the road surface a) Does the road cement, asphalt, sand, mud, or gravel? b) Does the road is dry, wet or slippery? c) Is it flat or bumpy roads? d) Is the pathways and curb clearly visible? 3) Attention Shoulder Road Is it safe to pass in an emergency? |
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| d. | Traffic Conditions Traffic may be solid or may be lonely. Morning, noon, and evening, is the rush hour, so traffic is very dense at all. Therefore, by knowing the points congestion / density of traffic and hours of congestion / traffic density, you will be able to estimate the travel time would you travel. You will try to find alternative roads or you will accelerate / delay your trip, so your time is not wasted. Traffic flow may be fast or slow. Mengemudilah according to speed traffic flow. If you are driving slower then stay in left lane. Know that you also have to treat pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, just politely with other motor vehicles. So when you see pedestrians or motorists cross the street (even though such action is not justified) then you still have to be patient and give in to them. Remember defensive driver will always try to avoid the accident, whether due to own fault or the fault of others. |
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| e. | Light Conditions The intensity of light affects your ability to see and affect other drivers see you. At night, your pupils open wide so that light can enter as much as possible. Vision will be dark if there is a light vehicle from the front, and your pupils will return to normal within 4-7 seconds. This means that the speed of 80 km an hour, your car will go as far as ± 320 meters in a state of "dark". So if you see a vehicle in front of the headlights, then you have to do is: 1) The road slowly, larger distances in italics. 2) Blink your lights as a signal to the driver's vehicle coming from the front to change the direction of the lights. 3) Consider the left side of the road up to the roadside boundary. |
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At night, the driver was driving too fast makes it hard to see a danger and act in time, this event is called "over-driving your headlights." To prevent that you do not glare in the daytime, wear a pair of sunglasses. Good sunglasses will help you to be able to see more clearly in the glare. Against glare due to direct sunlight, you can turn your car sun barrier ahead and set it to protect your eyes. |
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| f. | Weather Conditions Weather can affect you see and be seen. Rain and fog can reduce your ability to see the street, the center line, and traffic signs. It also can help the road slippery and reduces the ability of vehicles to stop, start, and turned. When drizzle or new rain soaked streets, roads will become more slippery and dangerous, because water will dissolve the dirt, dust and oil, which is on the road. When rainy weather you may also experience an event called hydroplaning or aquaplaning. Hydroplaning is a condition of driving on a thin layer of water, so it does not touch the road. Hydroplaning occurs because one or a combination of three factors: 1) The speed is too high 2) The road slippery, or too much water 3) Ban bald While the fog is water vapor and reflect light. So if you are wearing the light far away, its light directly into the fog and reflect back the light. The result will reduce the ability of the eye to see who and what's in front of you. Therefore you are driving in foggy places do it: 1) Reduce speed 2) Use the fog lights that light leads down, or you can use the hazard lights. |
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