1. Driver Education Chapter 3: Driver Responsibility
Mrs. Smojver

2. Seatbelt Law
Motorists with GDL license or permit must use seatbelts as well as require all passengers to wear them
Seatbelts prevent:
Stop from being thrown from vehicle
Slow the body down with the vehicle
Keep a motorist from sliding on the
seat

3. Seatbelts & Car Seats Use both lap & shoulder belts
Child Restraint Law:
Children up to age 8 or weigh 80 lbs. must ride in a safety or booster in the rear seat
If there is no rear seat the child must sit in the front seat secured
Failure to comply = $54 fine and
court costs

4. Air Bags
Air bags inflate at speeds up to 200 mph!

5. Snow and Ice
State Law – you must clear off all snow and ice from your vehicle before driving it
Penalty for not doing so equals fines of $25-$75

6. Blind Spot
Areas around your vehicle unable to be seen by using mirrors.
Need to turn and look over shoulder to check your blind spot.

7. Idling your Vehicle
Idling more than 3 minutes is unnecessary and harmful to your vehicle and your health
Fines of $250-$1,000

8. Stopping Distances
Total Stopping Distance = Reaction Time + Breaking Distance
Reaction time, weather, weight, brake/wheel condition, roadway conditions, and speed all effect stopping distances
Driving at 60 mph the Braking Distance is 300 ft

9. Steering Hand position: 9:00 & 3:00
Relaxed and comfortable
Tracking: aim far ahead of intended path

10. Steering: Turning Hand over Hand Hand to Hand / Push Pull Slide

11. Steering: Straightening Out
Oversteer: turning the wheel too much
Understeer: not turning the wheel enough

12. Turning the Vehicle Around
Turnabout: maneuver for turning your car around
U-Turn: make sure it is legal
Forward then Reverse
Signal to turn in driveway
Pull in so wheels are off road
Reverse & cut direction you want the back of car to go

13. Turning the Vehicle Around
Reverse then forward:
Drive past driveway & signal
Reverse by cutting the wheel towards the driveway
Shift back into drive & pull back out in the direction you want to go

14. Turning the Vehicle Around
3 Point Turn/K Turn
Pull to the right of the road
Turn wheel left & drive to other side of road
Shift into reverse and cut the wheel right
Shift into drive and pull onto your side of the road

15. Driving Signals
Motorists should signal 100 ft before a turn

16. Driving in Reverse Body is turned to the right
Right hand behind passenger seat
Left hand at 12 o’clock on the wheel to go straight
Turn the wheel in the direction you want the back of the car to go

17. Parking on Hills Downhill Uphill Always to the RIGHT
Always turned AWAY FROM THE CURB (LEFT)
No curb, to the RIGHT

18. Parallel Parking