Transcript CHAPTER 11 - Hinsdale South High School

CHAPTER 11
EXPRESSWAYS
CHAPTER 11
11.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF
EXPRESSWAY DRIVING
11.2 ENTERING AN EXPRESSWAY
11.3 STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING ON
EXPRESSWAYS
11.4 EXITING EXPRESSWAYS
11.5 SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY PROBLEMS
ADVANTAGES OF
EXPRESSWAYS
FEWER COLLISIONS BECAUSE:
1. NO CROSS TRAFFIC
2. MEDIAN OR BARRIER
FEWER COLLISIONS BECAUSE:
SIGNS HELP DRIVERS
ANTICIPATE
FEWER COLLISIONS BECAUSE:
WIDE UNDERPASSES
WIDE SHOULDERS
NON MOTORIZED VEHICLES
NOT ALLOWED
TYPES OF INTERCHANGES
CLOVERLEAF
TRUMPET
DIAMOND
ALL DIRECTIONAL
SAFE DRIVING
STRATEGIES
PREPARING
YOURSELF AND
YOUR VEHICLE
SAFE DRIVING
STRATEGIES
BUILD EXPERIENCE
GRADUALLY
SAFE DRIVING
STRATEGIES
CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING
TASK
SAFE DRIVING
STRATEGIES
COOPERATE WITH OTHER
DRIVERS
ENTERING AN
EXPRESSWAY
MERGING AREA
ACCELERATION
LANE
ENTRANCE RAMP
STEPS FOR ENTERING
MAKE SURE CORRECT
ENTRANCE
LOOK AHEAD FOR A GAP
ACCELERATE GRADUALLY
DECIDE WHICH GAP
SMOOTH LANE CHANGE AT PROPER SPEED!
CANCEL SIGNAL AND ADJUST
PROBLEMS WHILE ENTERING
DRIVER BACKING UP ON
ENTRANCE RAMP
PROBLEMS WHILE
ENTERING
SIGNALS AND LIGHTS ON
RAMP
DESIGNED TO CONTROL THE
FLOW OF TRAFFIC ENTERING
EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS WHILE
ENTERING RUSH HOUR:
LARGE NUMBER
OF VEHICLES ENTERING
MAKE AN EFFORT TO ENTER
WITHOUT STOPPING
IF YOU CANNOT ENTER
TRAFFIC AND MUST STOP
FLASH BRAKE LIGHTS EARLY
PULL ONTO SHOULDER AT END OF ACCELERATION LANE
WAIT FOR A LARGE SAFE GAP
SIGNAL AND ACCELERATE QUICKLY TO JOIN TRAFFIC
FLOW
MERGING PROBLEMS
•YOU MAY HAVE TO
ACCELERATE OR BRAKE
QUICKLY TO FIT INTO A GAP
•BE PREPARED TO SELECT
ANOTHER GAP IF YOUR
CLOSES QUICKLY
LEFT SIDE ENTRANCE RAMPS
SINCE THE LEFT LANE IS USUALLY THE
HIGH SPEED LANE, IF ENTERING FROM
THE LEFT BE PREPARED FOR FASTER
TRAFFIC AND QUICKER LANE CHANGE.
STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING
AN EXPRESSWAYS
IDENTIFY:
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS
ROADWAY MARKINGS
CLOSED AND OPEN ZONES
NEVER ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE TRAPPED!
STRATEGIES FOR
DRIVING AN
EXPRESSWAYS
PREDICT:
SUDDEN CHANGES IN SPEED AHEAD
DRIVERS CHANGING LANES QUICKLY
POINTS OF CONFLICT
PARKED VEHICLES ENTERING QUICKLY
STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING ON
EXPRESSWAYS
DECIDE:
FASTER DRIVING MEANS QUICKER DECISION
OPEN ZONES VARY OFTEN
OPEN ZONES CLOSE QUICKLY
STRATEGIES FOR DRIVING
AN EXPRESSWAYS
EXECUTE:
EXECUTE SMOOTH DECISIONS
AVOID SUDDEN MOVES
SIGNAL EARLY
MAINTAIN SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE
LANE CHOICE
LARGE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS REQUIRED TO DRIVE
IN RIGHT LANES
LET TRAFFIC DICTATE WHICH LANE TO USE
LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING
CENTER LANE IS FOR CRUISING
RIGHT LANE IS FOR EXITING AND ENTERING
SIGNALS, SIGNS, AND
ROADWAY MARKINGS
KNOW YOUR DESTINATION
READ SIGNS AND ROADWAY
MARKINGS
ALWAYS THINK AHEAD
SPEED LIMITS
•MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT:
KEEPS TRAFFIC FROM
MOVING TOO SLOWLY
•COMMON SPEED: THE
SPEED USED BY MOST
DRIVERS
•WOLF PACKS: BUNCHES
OF VEHICLES MOVING
TOGETHER
FOLLOWING DISTANCE
INCREASE YOUR FOLLOWING DISTANCE TO AT
LEAST 4 SECONDS WHEN CONDITIONS ARE LESS
THAN IDEAL
•BEING TAILGATED
•DRIVING A HEAVY VEHICLE OR PULLING A
TRAILER
•OPERATING A MOTORCYCLE
•ENTERING OR EXITING
• FOLLOWING A MOTORCYCLE
• BAD WEATHER OR ROAD CONDITIONS
• FOLLOWING LARGE VEHICLE
BLIND SPOTS
CHECK OFTEN
FOR CARS THAT
MAY BE
PREPARING TO
PASS YOU
LANE CHANGING
CHANGE ONE LANE AT A TIME, SIGNAL EACH ONE
CHECK MIRRORS AND BLIND SPOT
WHEN CLEAR, ACCELERATE GENTLY AND MOVE
CANCEL SIGNAL
PASSING A SLOWER VEHICLE
USE SIGNALS AND
CONSTANTLY CHECK TRAFFIC
WHILE CHANGING LANES
REMEMBER YOU MUST BE ABLE
TO SEE HEADLIGHTS OF VEHICLE
IN REAR VIEW MIRROR BEFORE
MOVING IN FRONT OF THEM
EXITING EXPRESSWAYS
DECELERATION LANE
LEADS TO
EXIT RAMP
ADJUST TO RAMP SPEED
EXITING PROBLEMS
CROSSING PATHS
RAMP OVERFLOW
SHORT DECELERATION LANE
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS:
BEING LULLED INTO AN
INATTENTIVE OR DROWSY STATE.
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
FALL ASLEEP COLLISIONS:
SLEEPINESS IS A PREVENTABLE
CAUSE OF COLLISIONS
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
VELOCITATION:
BEING FOOLED BY HOURS OF DRIVING
INTO BELEIVING THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS
TRAVELING SLOWER THAN IT REALLY IS
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AROUND EXIT
RAMPS
SPECIAL
EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
EXPRESSWAYS THROUGH CITIES:
AVOID RUSH HOURS, TRY AND
TAKE ALTERNATE OR BYPASS ROUTES
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
DISABLED VEHICLE:
IF PASSING SLOW AND MOVE TO
LEFT TO GIVE VEHICLE ROOM
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
DISABLED VEHICLE:
IF ITS YOU
MAKES SURE YOU HAVE ROOM
SIGNAL RIGHT
MOVE TO SHOULDER, AS FAR
AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE
GET EVERYONE OUT AND AWAY
FROM TRAFFIC
TURN ON EMERGENCY FLASHERS
CALL FOR HELP
IF IT IS SAFE, THEN GET
EVERYONE BACK INTO VEHICLE AND
LOCK ALL DOORS
ASK ANYONE WHO STOPS TO HELP
YOU TO GO CALL FOR HELP
DO NOT STAND IN EXPRESSWAY
OR IN DIRECT TRAFFIC
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
CONSTRUCTION:
BE AWARE OF CONSTRUCTION
AND OBEY POSTED SPEED LIMITS
SPECIAL EXPRESSWAY
PROBLEMS
TOLL BOOTHS
BE PREPARED TO STOP
HAVE PASSENGER HELP WITH MONEY