Accounting /Drivers Ed Quiz Ch.4 2/6/15
Drivers Ed Quiz Ch.4 2/6/15
This deck covers key concepts from Chapter 4 of a Driver's Education course, focusing on vehicle space management, visual search patterns, and hazard handling.
Place to go in case of possible conflict.
Escape path
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Term
Definition
Place to go in case of possible conflict.
Escape path
Process of searching critical areas in a regular sequence.
Orderly Visual Search Pattern
Six areas of space around the vehicle.
Zones
The space your vehicle will travel.
Path of Travel
A space where you can drive free of restrictions in your line of sight or path of travel.
Open zone
Area of space around the vehicle that is free of restrictions, hazards, and conflicts when you use it.
Space cushion
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Term | Definition |
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Place to go in case of possible conflict. | Escape path |
Process of searching critical areas in a regular sequence. | Orderly Visual Search Pattern |
Six areas of space around the vehicle. | Zones |
The space your vehicle will travel. | Path of Travel |
A space where you can drive free of restrictions in your line of sight or path of travel. | Open zone |
Area of space around the vehicle that is free of restrictions, hazards, and conflicts when you use it. | Space cushion |
All of the area that is visible to the driver when looking straight ahead. | Field of Vision |
A space not open because of restrictions in your line of sight or path of travel. | Closed zone |
Give as much space as possible to the greater hazard. | Compromise space |
Reducing risk by putting more distance between yourself and the hazard. | Minimize a hazard |
The gripping power between the tire and the road surface. | Traction |
Selecting and identifying only those clues for restrictions, hazards, or conflicts that are important to your driving task. | Selective seeing |
Area far ahead in your path of travel and the area to the left and right. | Target area |
The recommended searching area for identifying changes in your line of sight and path of travel. | 12-15 second range |
The part of a field of vision surrounding the central vision. | Peripheral vision |
The searching range where you need to get to the final update of how you are controlling your intended path of travel. | 4-6 second range |
When the driver follows the process of an orderly visual search pattern. | Scanning |
Adjusting your speed in order to handle one hazard at a time. | Separate hazards |
The part of the field of vision where you can see clearly and sharply. | Central vision |
The distance you can see ahead in the direction you are looking. | Line of sight |