1. Safe City Driving
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence 1

2. Objectives Driver fitness and well-being
Vehicle checking and route planning
Pedestrians and cyclists
Evolution of the urban road
Reading the road
Distracted driving

3. Recognition of driver fatigue
Daydreaming
High risk times of the day?
Driving over the centre line
Excessive yawning
Feeling impatient
10 p.m to 6 am
Heavy eyes
2 pm to 4 pm
Slow reactions

4. Understanding blind spots
Where are your vehicles blind spots?

5.  Route planning options
Sat-Nav’s
Route planners
Road Maps
Google earth
Announcements
VMS
When planning a route through an urban area, where possible:
Avoid peak times
Direct route possible
Pedestrian precincts
School times
Stick to major roads

6. Accidents or Crashes? Just think about Accidents Crashes
Those who have been bereaved or severely injured by a reckless driver do not want to hear the incident being described in the same terms as a milk spillage
An accident is often understood to be unpredictable–a chance occurrence or an “act of God”–and therefore unavoidable. However, most injuries and their precipitating events are predictable and preventable
Accidents
Crashes

7.  Outcomes for the driver
There are five specific causing death by driving charges
These include:
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving
Causing Death by Careless Driving whilst under the Influence
Causing Death by Careless Driving
Causing Death whilst Unlicensed, Uninsured, or Disqualified
Causing Death by Aggravated Vehicle Taking

8. Reading the road

9.  Making a left turn

10.  Simple questions on mobile phones
4/18/2018
 Simple questions on mobile phones
Does using a mobile phone while driving
impair driving performance?
Does using a mobile phone while driving increase
risk of you having a collision?
Does current legislation prevent drivers
using mobile phones while driving?
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