Book 8 CHAPTER 6 DRIVERS TRAINING ARTICLES Flashcards
The Department routinely experiences accidents which occur during the
rehousing of apparatus.
Your first priority as a driver is the ____ _____ of your apparatus.
Safe control
the prerequisite for all incidents is
Safety
The _______ has a unique perspective of the traffic environment and may see things that the driver may be unaware of.
Passenger
A driver is best braced when his left foot is placed against the left _______ of the car and his right foot is positioned over the _______ pedal.
Floorboard
Accelerator pedal
In an emergency stop, often the “left foot braker” finds himself with both _______ and _____ pedal depressed.
Accelerator and brake pedal
For most drivers, braking just short of a locked wheel skid is best achieved with the
Right foot
A “left foot braker” has a tendency to allow his left foot to rest on the
Brake pedal
On most vehicles, vacuum boost begins operation when __ to __ pounds of pressure is applied to the actuating shaft of the booster.
10 to 15
During tests it was noted that from ___ to ___ ounces of foot pressure and less than __ inch pedal movement would initiate braking action
30-60 ounces
1/8 inch
A ______ _____ light is a light that’s been green long enough to be ready to pop yellow and then quickly red.
Stale green
How can you tell, as you approach a light-controlled intersection, if the green light is stale? There are a number of indications:
1) you notice when the light first went green and you were some distance back (_____ ____);
Elapsed time
How can you tell, as you approach a light-controlled intersection, if the green light is stale? There are a number of indications:
2) the pedestrian signal changes from WALK (solid white) to DON’T WALK (flashing orange) – pedestrians walking at, say 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 mph take ___times as long to clear the intersection as cars going 25 to 35 so pedestrians are stopped earlier in the phasing;
10 times
How can you tell, as you approach a light-controlled intersection, if the green light is stale? There are a number of indications:
3) notice the speed of traffic moving through the intersection ahead – if traffic is moving at a ____ _____ rate of speed, their light is a stale green;
Hugh Uniform
How can you tell, as you approach a light-controlled intersection, if the green light is stale? There are a number of indications:
4) notice the spacing of traffic moving through the intersection ahead – traffic at a fresh green light tends to be _____ _____, bumper to bumper;
Closely bunched
How can you tell, as you approach a light-controlled intersection, if the green light is stale? There are a number of indications:
5) notice whether traffic waiting out the red light is building up – there will be more as the red light gets more stale (even pedestrians), i.e., their ____ ____ is your stale green;
Stale red
6) notice whether traffic is able to ___ ___ (except where there is a left turn arrow) as this usually occurs well into the stale green light
Turn left
Charging up to an intersection doesn’t change the light in our (fuel-efficient) favor. It only advertises our lack of ______ and _______
Planning and professionalism
what yellow does - - it gives cross traffic a chance to clear the intersection. It say’s
“Caution”
For far too many drivers, AMBER means
“Scamper”
Not so the pro. He knows about the point of no return. He knows it’s not safe unless he can “_____ ____”, that is, make it safely without increasing his present speed and while covering the brakes AND checking cross traffic.
Roll through
Skidding is “a major factor in ____ out of every ____ serious accidents”.
One out of every four
Skidding It is responsible for almost _____ deaths and______ injuries annually;
12,000 deaths
425,000 injuries
recover from a skid. The five basic rules are:
- Do not use the brake until ______ control has been reestablished.
Steering
recover from a skid. The five basic rules are:
- Do not use _____
Power
recover from a skid. The five basic rules are:
- _______that is, turn the front wheels in the direction the rear wheels are skidding.
Countersteer
recover from a skid. The five basic rules are:
- Once steering control has been reestablished a ___ ____ will assist slowing.
Light brake
If he hasn’t regained control of the car before it spins __-___ degrees from the center, he probably will be unable to keep it from spinning completely around.
15-25 degrees
