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Module Four Driver Readiness NTSA http://ed.ted.com/on/ETecNt8O
Classroom Instructional Phase Driver Education and Traffic Safety Program
4.1.1 Driving Practices
(A) The student is expected to Texas Drivers Appendix A 1. What does “Yield Right-of-Way” mean?
The privilege of having immediate use of a certain part of a roadway.
recognize that legal and responsible Handbook Glossary of
2. When is it necessary to stop before proceeding when you
Terms
reduced-risk driving practices in the overtake a school bus loading or unloading children?
HTS is the implementation of If you approach a school bus from either direction and the bus is displaying
p 4-6 alternately flashing red lights, you must stop and not pass until (1) the
knowledge, understanding, skills, and school bus has resumed motion, or (2) you are signaled by the driver to
experiences of the Driver Education proceed, or (3) the red lights are no longer flashing.
and Traffic Safety Program launched 3. When two cars meet at the intersection of a two-lane road with a
by Traffic Laws, Driver Preparation, four lane road, which one must yield the right-of-way?
When approaching an intersection of a through street from a street that
Vehicle Movements Driver ends at the intersection, first you must stop and then yield the right-of-way
Readiness and Risk Reduction to the vehicles on the through street.
(B) The student is expected to 4. If you are driving and hear a siren coming, what should you do?
You must yield the right-of-way to police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and
compare the legal and responsible other emergency vehicles which are sounding a siren or bell or flashing a
driving practices of mentally, red light by pulling to the right edge of the roadway and stopping.
emotionally, and physically prepared
roadway users including vulnerable
roadway users to the driving
practices of users who are not
mentally, emotionally, and physically
prepared
(C) The student is expected to list
ways to identify and compensate for
roadway users including vulnerable
roadway users who are not mentally,
emotionally, and physically prepared
(D) The student is expected to define
and illustrate need for and the
process of route planning
(E) The student is expected to relate
how traffic flow and traffic volume
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Handbook
(F) The student is expected to define p 5-5
and explain the benefits of 5. Under what conditions must you always stop?
performing commentary driving “STOP” A red stop sign with white letters or a yellow sign with black
techniques to improving reduced-risk letters. Stop before the crosswalk or intersection. Do not block the
pedestrian crosswalk. A stop sign means that you must bring you car to
driving practices of novice and a complete stop. Slowing down is not enough.
experienced drivers 6. What should you do when coming onto a street from a private
(G) Practice performing commentary alley or driveway?
Temporarily stop to comply with signs, signals, and then proceed.
driving techniques in simulated 7. What precautions should a driver take at uncontrolled
situations intersections?
Drivers must yield to pedestrians in the following situations:
Situation 1—Uncontrolled intersections.—At an uncontrolled
intersection no traffic signs or signals if the pedestrian has entered the
crosswalk, you the driver should give him the right-of-way.
Situation 2—Controlled intersections.—If the pedestrian has a “WALK”
signal, or, if no pedestrian control signals exist, at a green light, you should
give the pedestrian the right-of-way.
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4.1.2 Fatigue Commentary Driving
(A) Define and explain the causes and
symptoms of fatigue State Office of http://ed.ted.com/on/JSrrzl05
Fatigued Driving
(B) Explain the dangers of fatigue in Risk Mgmt. TX
relation to reduced-risk driving practices
(C) Formulate countermeasures to avoid
fatigue especially in application to the
driver driving practices
4.1.3 Aggressive Driving
(A) List the dangers of aggressive driving
(B) Identify the characteristics of an
aggressive driver
(C) List common errors made by
aggressive drivers
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(D) Formulate countermeasures to avoid
becoming and responding to aggressive GAGEproduction http://ed.ted.com/on/jyfv4nxc
drivers Aggressive Driving
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