![]() ![]() YOU DECIDE TO REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND COMPROMISE YOUR RIGHT OF WAY. TO YOUR LEFT YOU IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL HAZARD. YOU KNOW WHAT IS 12 SECONDS AHEAD, AND YOU ARE MAINTAINING A TWO SECOND TIME AND SPACE CUSHION. YOU CHECK YOUR MIRRORS AND MAKE A PERIPHERAL SEARCH APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO SECONDS. YOU ARE SEARCHING THE 360 DEGREES DRIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT SURROUNDS YOUR VEHICLE. ![]() IN THE FOLLOWING SCENES YOU WILL CONTROL A TRAINING VEHICLE AND THE TIME AND SPACE SURROUNDING THE VEHICLE. MENTAL DRIVING SKILLS ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE HAZARD, PHYSICAL DRIVING SKILLS ARE USED TO AVOID THE HAZARD. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS SCENE YOU IDENTIFY AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD THAT REQUIRES PROMPT VEHICLE CONTROL ACTION TO AVOID A CRASH. FOR THE MOST PART.DRIVERS PERFORM THE PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS BETTER THAN THE MENTAL DRIVING FUNCTIONS.įOR THE PERCEPTUAL EXERCISES TO BE MEANINGFUL, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL VEHICLE CONTROL SKILLS ARE INSEPARABLE. AND YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEARCH THE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT.IDENTIFY POTENTIAL AND IMMEDIATE HAZARDS.PREDICT THE EFFECT OF HAZARDS ON YOUR DRIVING TIME AND SPACE, DECIDE WHAT VEHICLE CONTROL ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE DESIRED TIME AND SPACE, AND MENTALLY EXECUTE THE REQUIRED VEHICLE CONTROL ACTIONS.ĭRIVING IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCES. THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU DEVELOP AND IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL DRIVING SKILLS.įOR EXAMPLE.THE SCENE YOU ARE NOW VIEWING WAS RECORDED FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A TRAINING VEHICLE. WHETHER YOU DRIVE A TWO WHEELER, FOUR WHEELER, SIX WHEELER OR AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER, YOU MUST CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND THE TIME AND SPACE THAT SURROUNDS THE VEHICLE.ĮSSENTIALLY, VEHICLE CONTROL IS ACHIEVED THROUGH PHYSICAL SKILLS, AND TIME AND SPACE ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH MENTAL SKILLS. ![]()
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