Chapter 1 Flashcards
Qualities of a safe and competent driver
Critical and honest self-awareness and understanding of your personal characteristics, attitudes and behaviour, which are necessary for safe driving
Taking action to keep identified risks to a minimum
Awareness of your own limitations and those of the vehicle and the road
Awareness of the risks inherent in particular road and traffic situations
Concentration and good observation
Continuously matching the vehicle’s direction and speed to the changing conditions
Skilful use of vehicle controls
What is Competence?
The Ability to do the job - the knowledge, skills and behaviour required for police driving
3 core competencies for police driving.
knowledge and skills to drive safely
understanding of factors that increase your risk of a collision
ability to accurately assess your driving behaviour
What are the task-specific competencies?
Multi tasking - carry out multiple complex driving tasks at same time with equal accuracy and efficiency
alertness - being vigilant and remaining focused so to spot potential hazards early
attention distribution - splitting attention across all aspects of driving
situational awareness - using all sense to build up actuate mental picture of operational environment
anticipation - use observation skills and driving experience to spot actual and potential hazards and predict how the situation is likely to unfold
planning - planning precisely and making rapid and accurate decisions throughout the task
Making judgements - judging situations accurately and taking safe appropriate action
Situational awareness ?
Involved gathering, interpreting and using any relevant information to make sense of what is going on around you and what is likely to happen next, so tha toucan make intelligent decisions and stay in control
4 levels of the driving task
Human factors that affect your driving
The purpose and context of your journey
Traffic situations
Vehicle and vehicle control
When under pressure, Stress and tiredness can cause he release of which negative feelings?
Impatience
Intolerance
Impulsiveness
Anger or frustration
Personalisation
How many times more likely are you to be involved in a crash when responding to an emergency?
3 times more likely
What are the Human factor risk for police drivers?
Distraction due to multi tasking
Driving stress
Operational stressors
Time pressure and purpose Of the journey
‘Noble cause’ risk taking
Red mist
Occupational stressors?
Anticipatory stress of facing a difficult or demanding task
adrenaline rush
stress related to aspects of the task - ie weather conditions , navigation problems, lack of detail about the incident, time pressure
stress of being in situation where you may be exposed to extreme hazards
stress from repeated exposure to distressing incidents in past
preoccupation with previous error of judgement
stress from other work factors - ie working long shifts or nights,
peer pressure, difficult working relationships
Commonest causes of collisions
Driver error or reaction (nearly 3 out of 4 collisions) - failure to look properly, failure to judge others path/speed, loss of control
Action based on poor judgement (around 1 in 6 collisions) - going too fast for conditions, speeding, following too closely, sudden braking
Careless, reckless or in a hurry (over 1 in 6 collisions)
Most likely to be involved in collision
Drivers aged 16 - 24 (1 in 7 collisions) - failing to look properly, careless or reckless driving, loss of control, traveling too fast for conditions
Those who drive at work
