Chapter 1 Introduction to Driving
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1.1 Driver Education
1.2 Driving is a Privilege
1.3 The Highway Transportation System
Do you think you have the “right” to drive?
Why/Why Not?
Designed to help unlicensed drivers become
familiar with basics
Upon completion, education is not done!
You will not learn everything here
Components
In-class instruction
30 hours of classroom driver’s education
Behind-the-Wheel training
6 hours of BTW instruction
50 hours with parents
This is where you learn to drive!
Driving is a privilege, not a “right”.
–Jesse White
Legal Duties
Obey the law
Financial Obligations
Pay for accidents
Courtesy to Others
Watch other vehicles and pedestrians
Don’t disrupt the flow
Protecting your Passengers
All passengers wear safety belts
Know your vehicle
What your car can/cannot do?
Regular maintenance
Being ready to drive
Emotional
Physical
Mental
Highway Transportation System
People
The people who use the HTS by driving, walking, or riding are
called ROADWAY USERS
Vehicles
Cars, Trucks, Semi-Trucks, Motorcycles, Farm Vehicles, Buses,
Campers, Etc…..
Roadways
Classifications
Conditions
Function
Free or Pay Toll
Regulating the HTS
Federal, State, Local
Federal – National Highway Safety Act – set of traffic safety guidelines
State and Local Governments - Enforce guidelines
National Guidelines
Vehicle Code
Federal and State laws that regulate the HTS
Enforcement Agencies
Assure that laws are obeyed
Motor Vehicle Depts
Set rules that assure driver and vehicle standards are met
Courts
Decides whether drivers are violating laws
Highway Traffic Engineers
Plan, Build, and Maintain the complex system of roadways
Drivers create most of the problems
Failures in itself
Poorly designed plans
Construction
Overall, the United States and Canada have
one of the best and most efficient roadway
systems in the world.