Drive Right Chapter 1 Unit 1

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Drive RightChapter 1Unit 1

• Theory Notes from Driver Education Class.

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Section 1.1 You Are Part of the System

• (The Highway Transportation System HTS)
• People commonly called roadway users
• Vehicles wide range of vehicles
• Roadways wide variety of roads (rural/urban)
• Regulating the HTS
• Drivers are the most important
• Licenses are granted for permission to use the
  system
• Many federal, state, and local agencies help
  regulate the HTS.

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1.2 Your Driving Task

• Driving Task includes all the social, physical
  and mental skills required to drive.
• Social Skills interacting with other roadway
  users
• Physical Skills Habits become natural with
  practice
• Mental Skills Decision Making requires safe/low
  risk driving

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1.2 Your Driving Task

• The IPDE Process
• Identify important information in the ongoing
  driving scene.
• Predict when and where possible points of
  conflict will develop.
• Decide when, where, and how to communicate,
  adjust speed, and/or change position to avoid
  conflict.
• Execute the right actions to prevent conflicts.
• Smith System and Zone Control System are two
  examples of systems that apply the IPDE process
  for effective, low-risk driving.

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1.3 Your Driving Responsibility

• Driving is a privilege Not a Right!
• You must obey all traffic laws and be responsible
• Respect the privilege and dont take for granted
  the power you posses to ruin someone's life.
• Your ATTITUDE will be the most important!
• Collisions occur when a vehicle conflicts with
  and hits another object. It is not an accident
  unless it happens by chance!

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1.3 Your Driving Responsibilities

• Over the years our records have improved. This
  is due to the improvements in highway safety
  system involving engineering.
• Causes of Collisions
• Following too closely
• Driving too fast for conditions
• Not wearing seat belts
• Driving after drug use
• Driving while tired
• 1 Cause of death for teenagers 15-19 years old!!

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1.4 Your Drivers License

• Understand everyone wants you to be a safe
  driver!
• Lack of experience is the most common reason for
  teenagers who made mistakes.
• Graduated Driver Licensing
• Learners Permit Phase
• Intermediate License Phase
• Full-Privilege Licese Phase

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Illinois Graduated Driver Licensing Information

• Permit Phase Age 15
• Parental or guardian consent required to obtain
  an instruction permit.
• Curfew is Sunday through Thursday, 11 p.m.
  Friday and Saturday, 1201 a.m.
• Must be enrolled in an approved driver education
  course and must pass vision and knowledge tests
• All occupants under age 19 must wear safety belts
  
• Number of passengers limited to one in the front
  seat and the number of seat belts in the back
  seat
• Practice driving 50 hours, including 10 hours of
  night driving, supervised by parent or an adult
  age 21 or order with a valid driver's license
  (must be completed before you get your license)
• Permit must be held for a minimum of three months
  
• Permit is valid for up to two years. Sanctions
• Conviction of a serious moving violation results
  in a six-month waiting period applying for a
  driver's license
• Limit of one court supervision for serious
  offenses
• Not eligible for a restricted or judicial driving
  permit
• Anyone caught driving without a permit will be
  ineligible to obtain a driver's license until age
  18

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Illinois Graduated Driver Licensing Information

• Initial Licensing Phase Age 16-17
• Curfew is Sunday through Thursday, 11 p.m.
  Friday and Saturday 1201 a.m. (curfew applies
  only to 16 year olds local curfews may differ)
• Must have completed a state-approved driver
  education course
• All occupants under age 19 must wear safety belts
  
• For the first six months of licensing, or until
  the driver is age 18, whichever occurs first, the
  number of passengers is limited to one person
  under age 20, unless the additional passenger is
  a sibling, step-sibling, child or step-child of
  the driver. After this period, the number of
  passengers is limited to one in the front seat
  and the number of safety belts in the back seat
• Parental or guardian consent is required to
  obtain a license a parent must verify that a
  minimum of 50 hours of practice driving,
  including 10 hours of night driving, has been
  completedSanctionsLimit one court supervision
  for serious offenses
• Conviction of any moving violation before age 18
  generates a Secretary of State warning letter to
  the parent and the teenager
• Conviction of two moving violations in a 24-month
  period results in a minimum one-month license
  suspension. Suspension length is determined by
  the seriousness of the offenses and the driver's
  prior driving history
• Suspended drivers required to attend a remedial
  education course may be retested and pay a 70
  reinstatement fee

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Illinois Graduated Driver Licensing Information

• Initial Licensing Phase Age 16-17
• Curfew is Sunday through Thursday, 11 p.m.
  Friday and Saturday 1201 a.m. (curfew applies
  only to 16 year olds local curfews may differ)
• Must have completed a state-approved driver
  education course
• All occupants under age 19 must wear safety belts
  
• For the first six months of licensing, or until
  the driver is age 18, whichever occurs first, the
  number of passengers is limited to one person
  under age 20, unless the additional passenger is
  a sibling, step-sibling, child or step-child of
  the driver. After this period, the number of
  passengers is limited to one in the front seat
  and the number of safety belts in the back seat
• Parental or guardian consent is required to
  obtain a license a parent must verify that a
  minimum of 50 hours of practice driving,
  including 10 hours of night driving, has been
  completedSanctions
• Limit one court supervision for serious offenses
• Conviction of any moving violation before age 18
  generates a Secretary of State warning letter to
  the parent and the teenager
• Conviction of two moving violations in a 24-month
  period results in a minimum one-month license
  suspension. Suspension length is determined by
  the seriousness of the offenses and the driver's
  prior driving history
• Suspended drivers required to attend a remedial
  education course may be retested and pay a 70
  reinstatement fee

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Illinois Graduated Driver Licensing Information

• Full Licensing Phase Age 18-20
• No age-related restrictions applySanctions
• Limit one court supervision for serious offenses
• Conviction of two moving violations in a 24-month
  period results in a minimum one-month suspension.
  Suspension length is determined by the
  seriousness of the offenses and the driver's
  prior driving history
• Suspended drivers are required to pay a 70
  reinstatement fee

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New Illinois Law SB 172

• SB172 Contains the following 9 Provisions
• Effective January 1, 2008
• Triples the permit phase from 3 to 9 months.
• Changes the nighttime driving restriction from 11
  p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from midnight to
  11 p.m. on weekends. Also extends the nighttime
  restriction to include 17 year-olds. Allows
  exemptions for work and school-sanctioned
  activities.
• Doubles the period from 6 to 12 months that
  restricts a new driver to a maximum of one
  unrelated teen passenger. Allows an exemption
  for siblings.
• Implements a true GDL system that requires new
  drivers to earn their way from one stage to the
  next.
• Requires drivers under age 18 who are ticketed
  for traffic violations to appear before a judge
  with a parent or guardian to receive court
  supervision. Requires the attendance of traffic
  school as a requisite for court supervision for
  drivers under age 21.
• Allows for ticketing passengers age 15 to 20 that
  violate the passenger restriction law.
• Establishes a stricter law in which the drivers
  licenses of those under age 21 would be suspended
  for each additional conviction following a
  drivers initial suspension for two moving
  violations in a 24-month period.
• Establishes tough, new penalties that include
  license revocation and vehicle impoundment for
  drivers involved in street racing.
• Effective July 1, 2008
• Requires student drivers to complete a minimum of
  6 hours of actual, on-the-street driving with a
  certified driver education instructor.