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Understanding the Highway Transportation System (HTS)

Explore the three parts of the HTS and the driving skills, responsibilities, and licensing stages associated with it. Learn about the mental, social, and physical skills required for safe driving, as well as financial and environmental responsibilities. Review questions included.

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Understanding the Highway Transportation System (HTS)

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  1. Chapter 1 You Are The Driver

  2. Highway Transportation System (HTS) • (HTS) is made up of three parts • Roadway users • People who us it. (walking, driving, or riding) • Vehicles • From mopeds to semi-trucks • Roadways • Paved roads, unpaved roads, or in hazardous conditions like rain, snow, or wind

  3. Your Driving Task Skills • Mental • Critical judgments and continuous monitoring. • Social Skills • How you interact with other drivers. • Physical Skills • How you accelerate or brake. • Scan the rearview mirror.

  4. IPDE Process • Identify • The current driving situation • Predict • Points of conflict • Decide • When, where, and how to avoid conflict • Execute • The action you chose to avoid conflict

  5. Using the IPDE processWhat would you do?

  6. What about here

  7. Last One

  8. Your Driving Responsibilities • Legal Responsibilities • Laws and collisions • Financial Responsibilities • Operating costs • Fuel, oil, tires • Fixed costs • Car purchase, insurance, licensing fees • Crash costs • Costing nations billions of dollars • Missing work, Medical costs, property damage

  9. Your Driving Responsibilities (Cont.) • Environmental Responsibilities • Fuel efficient cars • Car pooling • Responsibility to yourself and others • Make rational decisions • Respect other drivers

  10. Your Driver’s license • Graduate licensing phases • Learners permit stage • Receive permit to drive with adult • Permit must be held for nine months • Have to practice 50 hour (10 at night) with licensed driver 21 or older. (No Driving convictions) • Passengers one in front and how ever many seat belts in back. • No cell phones • Permit valid for two years

  11. Your Driver’s license (Cont.) • Intermediate License stage • Complete learners permit stage, 50 hours and Driver Ed course • Night driving restrictions (Sun –Thur 10pm-6am-Fri-sat 11pm-6am) • Must be conviction free for six months prior to turning 18 before moving to full licensing phase • All occupants must were seatbelt and only one passenger under 20 unless they are related to you than as many as there are seatbelt. (for first 12 months or until 18) • No cell phones till 19 unless an emergency • Full Privilege License stage • No cell phones till 19 unless an emergency • No age restrictions apply except if driver fails to move stages

  12. Your Driver’s license (Cont.) • Full Privilege License stage • No cell phones till 19 unless an emergency • No age restrictions apply except if driver fails to move stages

  13. Review Questions Do in your notebook • What are the three parts of the HTS? • The driving task requires what three skills and give an example of each? • Name three financial responsibilities that drivers have to maintain?

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