SMITH SYSTEM

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SMITH SYSTEM

• of Defensive Driving Techniques

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Reducing

• Collisions
• Insurance costs
• Maintenance costs
• Fuel usage
• Stress

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Eye design

• Walking at 3 4 miles per hour
• So what happens at
• 30 mph?
• 45 mph?
• 55 mph?
• 70 mph?

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The brains capability

• The brain has the capacity for 100 trillion
  instructions per second. 10 to the 23rd power.
• Therefore, driving should not be a problem,
  right?

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Benefits

• Time
• Space
• Visibility

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Aim High in Steering

• 15 seconds up the road
• 1-1/2 blocks or ¼ mile
• Aim high, see low
• Aim low, cannot see high
• Demonstration
• How to check

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ANSWERS??
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MIRRORS

• I SHOULD BE CHECKING MY MIRRORS EVERY 5 TO 8
  SECONDS

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MAKE SURE THEY SEE YOU
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OTHERWISE

• All I will be looking at is brake lights
• And that leaves me assuming the person in front
  of me drives safely
• and carefully

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Get the Big Picture

• 360 degree circle of awareness
• In front of vehicle, the sides of the vehicle and
  behind the vehicle
• Demonstration

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Keep Your Eyes Moving

• Every 2 seconds
• What are the effects of staring?
• When do people stop looking around?
• Demonstrations

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Leave Yourself An Out

• Be an anti-social driver
• Space cushion driving
• Expect the unexpected
• Pre-determined way to stay out of harms way
• Ways to keep space

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Make Sure They See You

• Lights
• Proper timing
• Friendly wave
• Friendly honk

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Several tips to safer driving
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and things to avoid.

• Only in India

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Tips to follow

• Dirty wheels / Clean wheels
• Parked vehicles that could create an issue for
  you. Watch for
• Signals
• Exhaust
• People
• Brake lights
• Reverse lights

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Beware of what you may miss.
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Tips to follow

• Stale vs. Fresh Lights
• Stale light is a traffic light you did not see
  change color.
• Question becomes when will it change next?
• It is about a smooth ride.

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Tips to follow

• Stale vs. Fresh Lights
• Fresh light is a traffic light you saw change
  color.
• Question becomes how long will if stay this
  color?
• It is about a safe ride.

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Leaving space at traffic lights

• If you are stopped at a red light be able to
  see the crosswalk over the top of your hood.
• Why you ask?
• If you are stopped at a red light be able to
  see the tires of the vehicle in front of you,
  over your hood.
• Why you ask?

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And the answers are?

• When first in line
• If you get rear-ended
• If a bigger vehicle is trying to turn
• If there is someone to your right that wants to
  turn right on red, they have better visibility
• Others?

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And the answers are?

• When behind other vehicles
• If you get rear-ended
• If the vehicle in front of you stalls
• If the vehicle in front of you rolls back or
  backs up

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And the lights not green

• Until

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And what about TG?
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What about Tailgating?
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I am talking about a proper following distance.
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Details

• Four seconds
• More than four seconds
• 500 feet
• 50 feet
• Freeway ramps

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Lane of least resistance

• Best visibility remember FD
• Least amount of problems remember DW Snipers

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Brake and check your mirror

• But why you ask
• No, not to check how you look.

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Moving targets vs. stationery ones

• Duck hunting
• Legal vs. Easy

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Checking mirrors

• Are they adjusted properly?
• How often?
• How long?
• Any order?

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