1. How nature affects driving

2. What are some other situations that might affect your ability to properly control a vehicle?
Dawn/Dusk
Rain
Snow/Sleet
Fog
Smog
Sand/Dust
Wind

3. Dawn/Dusk -
Decreased visibility at night and just before sunrise and sunset.
Night driving’s biggest challenges:
Limits your view of the road ahead and its surroundings.
Glare- can be distracting or even blinding.

4. Driving safely when light is low…
YOU MUST MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY AND MANAGE TIME AND SPACE WISELY
Drive with your headlights on.
Headlights and taillights help illuminate your vehicle.

5. When driving at night: It requires extra concentration
It requires a greater level of awareness
Use low beams and high beams correctly
Do not over-drive your headlights
Look beyond your headlights

6. WET WEATHER STATISTICS: Reduced visibility and wet weather are contributing factors to collisions.
17% of 6.5 million crashes in ’94 occurred during wet weather
Many of these were single car crashes
Wet or slippery roads account for 18% of all deaths in roadside hazard crashes
63% of deaths in crashes took place on wet/slippery roads
42% percent occurred on curves
39% occurred on hills

7. RAIN, SNOW, SLEET: Decreases your ability to see:
Ahead
To the sides
To the rear
Makes it harder for other drivers and pedestrians to see your vehicle

8. SNOW AND SLEET: Steps in controlling the risks of a collision:
Prepare in advance
Allow an extra margin of safety
Drive in the tracks of the vehicle that is in front of you
Give plenty of notice
Be Alert
Lights on Low-Beam
Ease into turns and curves
Collection on windshields creates blind spots
Less tire friction with the road because it sticks to treads

9. SAFETY TIPS:
If you are approaching a large vehicle on a slush-covered roadway, turn on your windshield washers and wipers about 2 to 3 seconds before you meet. This gets the glass wet and will help clean the glass quickly after you pass.
Avoid using your high beams in heavy rain, sleet, or snow. Under such conditions, light is reflected back into your eyes, decreasing your visibility.

10. Driving Tip:
Remove all snow, ice, and frost from the vehicles windows, outside mirrors, headlights, and taillights before starting to drive.
Clear all snow from the hood, roof, and body of the vehicle so that it will not melt or blow onto the windows while the vehicle is moving.

11. Five other conditions other than snow and rain :
FOG
SMOG
SAND
WIND
DUST

12. FOG Low-beam headlights are essential when driving in the fog.
You might even want to use your emergency flashers to further increase the ability of other highway users to see you. (Smith system- Make sure others see you!!!)

13. FOG Windshield wipers are another option. Dense fog poses hazards also
THE WISEST THING TO DO IS TO SIGNAL, PULL OFF OF THE ROAD, AND WAIT FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE.
DO NOT STOP ON THE ROAD.
STOP OUTSIDE OF A GUARDRAIL IF POSSIBLE
TURN OFF ALL LIGHTS

14. SMOG……..
Methods for driving in fog are as equally useful for driving in smog conditions.

15. Sand and Dust: If you are caught in a storm, you should:
Produce severe visibility problems
Greater risk of a collision
If you are caught in a storm, you should:
Signal
Pull off of the road
Turn on your flashers
Wait for it to pass

16. WIND:
Has the potential to be very dangerous…the bigger the car the more danger involved!!!!
The weight of a vehicle can also be dangerous.

17. What to do in WINDY situations?
Reduce speed
Make sure you have a firm grip on the steering wheel
Leave extra space

18. Other Windy situations:
Other situations can be created by the following:
Bus
Truck
Tractor-trailer
Always allow as much distance as possible to the side when passing to reduce the force of gusting wind.

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