NEGOTIATING INTERSECTIONS CHAPTER 10 NEGOTIATING INTERSECTIONS

CHAPTER 10 NEGOTIATING INTERSECTIONS 10.1 SEARCHING INTERSECTIONS 10.2 DETERMINING RIGHT OF WAY AND JUDGING GAPS 10.3 CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS 10.4 UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS 10.5 RAILROAD CROSSINGS 10.6 ROUNDABOUTS

CHAPTER 10 INTERSECTIONS FACTS: 1/3 OF ALL COLLISIONS TAKE PLACE AT INTERSECTIONS ¼ OF ALL FATAL COLLISIONS TAKE PLACE AT INTERSECTIONS

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS:

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS: Street signs and roadway markings Crossing Traffic

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS: PARKED VEHICLES ON CROSS STREETS

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS: POWER LINES

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS: ROWS OF FENCES

IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS: TURNING TRAFFIC TRAFFIC STOPPING

CHAPTER 7 APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS: IDENTIFY OPEN ZONE SEARCH RIGHT AND LEFT LOOK FOR LINE OF SIGHT RESTRICTIONS

THROUGH INTERSECTIONS CONTINUE IF CLEAR ALWAYS CONTINUALLY SCAN RIGHT & LEFT LOOK FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR OTHER MOVING VEHICLES REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE LANES WITHIN AN INTERSECTION!

POINT OF NO RETURN: THE POINT BEYOND WHICH YOU CAN NO LONGER STOP SAFELY WITHOUT ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. (NORMALLY ABOUT 2 SECONDS FROM INTERSECTIONS)

FROM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION LOOK 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHEN TURNING LAST CHECK SHOULD BE YOUR INTENDED PATH OF TRAVEL IF WAITING BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, WAIT AT LEAST 1 SECOND AFTER IT BEGINS TO MOVE

TRAFFIC CIRLES When several roads meet at an intersection

CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS TWO KINDS OF SIGNS STOP: MUST MAKE FULL STOP BEHIND STOP LINE, CROSSWALK, OR INTERSECTION YEILD: SLOW AND YEILD RIGHT OF WAY TO VEHICLES ON THROUGH STREET

STOPPING POINTS

WHAT KIND OF INTERSECTION IS THIS? CONTROLLED, 4 WAY STOP

WHERE WOULD YOU STOP? BEFORE THE SIDE WALK

WHERE WOULD YOU STOP? BEFORE YOU ENTER THE INTERSECTION AND CAN SEE CLEARLY.

WHERE WOULD YOU STOP? BEFORE THE CROSSWALK

WHERE WOULD YOU STOP? AT THE WHITE STOP LINE

WHERE WOULD YOU STOP? AT THE STOP LINE

WHAT KIND OF INTERSECTION IS THIS? CONTROLLED, WHITE LINE TELLS US THERE IS A STOP SIGN, HIDDEN BY THE TREES!

WHAT KIND OF INTERSECTION IS THIS? CONTROLLED, THEY HAVE STOP SIGNS

WHAT KIND OF INTERSECTION IS THIS CONTROLLED, WITH YEILD SIGNS REMEMBER, NEVER ASSUME THEY WILL STOP!

BLOCKED VIEW AT AN INTERSECTION STOP AND SCAN, THEN SLOWLY CREEP FORWARD KEEP CHECKING RIGHT & LEFT, STOP BEFORE FRONT BUMPER ENTERS INTERSECTION WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPEN GAP FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS THEN PROCEDE

JOINING TRAFFIC: THE FASTER THE TRAFIC THE BIGGER THE GAP NEEDED! SCAN BEFORE YOU REACH INTESECTION SIGNAL EARLY STOP AND IDENTIFY A 7 SECOND GAP LOOK TO TARGET AND ACCELERATE TO TURN ADJUST TO TRAFFIC AND CHECK REVIEW MIRROR

CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS WITH SIGNALS RED YELLOW GREEN TURNING ARROWS

SIGNALS FRESH GREEN LIGHT: HAS JUST TURNED GREEN STALE GREEN LIGHT: HAS BEEN GREEN A LONG TIME PREDICT IT WILL TURN TO YELLOW FRESH GREEN LIGHT: HAS JUST TURNED GREEN BE SURE NO ONE IS IN CROSS WALKS AND NO ONE IS RUNNING THE RED LIGHT

YELLOW LIGHT: MUST DECIDE TO PROCEDE OR STOP (PNR) IF CLOSE TO INTERSECTION, THEN PROCEDE IF TOO FAR (3-4SEC), THEN YOU MUST STOP BUT! ALWAYS CHECK REVIEW MIRROR BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION

CHAPTER 7 RED LIGHT WHEN APPORACHING CHECK REVIEW MIRROR BEFORE YOU BRAKE STOP FAR ENOUGH BEHIND OTHERS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEIR REAR TIRES COME TO COMPLETE STOP AT THE “STOP LINE”

UNPROTECTED LEFT TURNS MADE AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TURNING ARROW. MUST YEILD TO ON COMIONG TRAFFIC WHEN GAP IS LARGE ENOUGH THEN MAKE TURN IF LIGHT TURNS RED WHILE YOU ARE IN THE INTERSECTION, MAKE TURN AFTER ALL VEHICLES HAVE STOPPED

PROTECTED LEFT TURNS LEFT TURN LIGHT/GREEN ARROW: PROCEDE ONLY WHEN INTERSECTION IS CLEAR AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS STOPPED DELAYED GREEN LIGHT: ONE SIDE OF TRAFFIC HAS A LONGER GREEN LIGHT THAN THE OTHER

RIGHT TURNS ON RED MUST COME TO COMPLETE STOP MOVE INTO POSITION TO SEE CLEARLY SEARCH FRONT ZONES FOR OPENING YEILD RIGHT OF WAY TO ANY PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE TURN INTO NEARSET LANE OF TRAFFIC GOING SAME DIRECTION

RIGHT ON RED MAKE SURE IT IS LEGAL TO TURN!

APPROACHING TRACKS SCAN MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE FAR ENOUGH BOTH DIRECTIONS COVER BRAKE SLOW DOWN AS YOU CROSS

RAILROAD CROSSINGS MUST STOP BEHIND LINE WAIT FOR GATES TO GO ALL THE WAY UP CHECK BOTH WAYS FOR MULTIPLE TRAINS CAFREFULLY PROCEDE ONLY WHEN CLEAR

UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS HAS NO SIGNS OR TRAFFIC CONTROLS USUALLY FOUND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS TREAT LIKE A YEILD SIGN COVER BRAKE AND SCAN NEVER ASSUME ANOTHER DRIVIER WILL YEILD!

DETERMINING RIGHT OF WAY PRIVILEGE OF HAVING IMMEDIATE USE OF A CERTAIN PART OF A ROADWAY

SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST YEILD RIGHT OF WAY 1. TO ALL PEDESTRIANS 2. ALL TRAFFIC ON THROUGH STREET 3. VEHICLES STILL IN INTERSECTION 4. COMING FRM AN ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, OR PRIVATE ROADWAY 5. TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES 6. AT FOUR WAY STOP TO THE VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT OR THE VEHICLE THAT GOT THERE BEFORE YOU 7. WHEN TURNING LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION 8. ANYTIME NECESSARY TO PREVENT A COLLISION! ESPECIALLY AT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS 9. AND OF COURSE, AT YEILD SIGNS

SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MUST YEILD: PEDESTRIANS!

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?

WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY? THEY WILL, STOPPED BEFORE US

WHO WILL HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY? DEPENDS WHO GETS THERE FIRST IF AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL

JUDGING TRAFFIC GAPS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION 4-5 SECONDS EACH WAY TURNING RIGHT, TAKES LONGER, 6 SECONDS OR MORE TURNING LEFT, MOST DANGEROUS, 7 SECONDS OR MORE