Permit time restriction
12:00-5:00am
Permit passenger restriction
have to have someone over 21 in passanger seat
JOL time
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12:30-5:00am
JOL passenger restriction
A junior operator may not transport others under 18, except siblings, unless someone over 21 is in the car
Criminal offenses
Felonies, may be arrested immediatley, license revoked, placed in jail depending on the incident (drag racing, OUI, hit and run)
Civil offenses
Considered not criminal and can usually be settled by paying fines; may receive CMVI (speeding, run red light)
Defensive driving definition
Driving to save lives, time and money in spite of conditions around you and the actions of others
2 defensive driving systems
Smith System and SIPDE
Speeding ticket 10mph and below
105$
Speeding ticket 11mph and over
10$ per mile over speed limit
vision loss
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Sign shapes
House=school zone
Octagon= stop
Triangle= yield
Diamond= warning
Rectangle= regulation
Circle= railroad crossing
Long rectangle= info
Sideways triangle= no pass
Sign colors
Red= stop
Green= direction
Yellow= warning
Black/white= regulation
Blue= service
Orange= construction
Highway number system
East/west= ends even
North/south= ends odd
Loop= 3 digit, starts even
Spur= , 3 digit, starts odd
White diamond
special lane restrictions(high occupancy vehicle, buss only, etc.)
Yellow lane lines
separate lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
white lane lines
separate lanes of traffic moving in the same direction
Hand signals
Right turn= up
Left turn= middle
Stop= down
Headlight laws
1/2 hour after sunset, 1/2 hour before sunrise, wiper on lights on, in tunnels,
High beam law
dim light 500ft of oncoming car and 200 ft from the rear of another
What is overdriving your headlights
driving at a speed that makes your stopping distance longer than the distance lighted by yo ur headlights
ABS vs. Non-ABS brakes
ABS= antilock braking system, don't have to worry about pumping the brakes can just slam on them
what is parking brake used for
if you are parked on a hill it prevents your car from moving
Parking brake
Mechanical
Proper tire pressure
30-40psi
Double parking is _______.
Illegal
How to increase gas mileage
Less braking, same sped, good tire pressure, keep windows closed.
When do you use blinkers
When you are turning
Passing laws
Can't speed, 5ft of space, all 4 tires on pavement, see 400ft in front of you, pass 200ft in front of other car
Right of way controlled intersections
Lights, lines, stop/yield
Right of way uncontrolled intersections
Driver on the right has right of way, who got there first
Right of way highways
Yield to people trying to leave and people already there
Right of way rotaries
Yield to people trying to leave and people already there
Right of way driveways
who ever is on the main road has right of way
Divided vs. regular highway
divided has something separating cars going in different directions and a regular highway has nothing dividing you from cars going the other direction
Parking on hill
•Downhill: Turn front tires toward or into the curb or road shoulder
•Uphill with curb: Turn front tires away from curb
•Uphill and no curb: Turn front tires toward the road shoulder
Always set parking brake
Parallel parking
parking the vehicle parallel to the curb
Laws for pedestrians
Pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks in intersections and if they are already in the road
Laws for bikes
Bikes=motorcycles=cars
law for cars near bicyclists
car cannot pass bike unless broken yellow line
Title, cost and purpose
75$ proved you own the car
Registration, cost and purpose
60$ license plate
Inspections, cost emissions and safety when?
35$
Safety- fail=can't drive, you get red R sticker
Emission- fail=drive for 60 days, andblack R sticker
SDIP points
2pt- minor traffic violation
3pt- minor at fault
4pt- major at fault
5pt- criminal
On record for 6 years
Compulsory vs. optional insurance
Compulsory- only covers medical bills
Bodily injury to others
Personal injury protection
Bodily by uninsured car
Property damage
JOL penalties
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Fundamental speed law
Choose speed based on driving conditions
Basic speed laws
20mph- school zone
30mph- thickly settled
40mph- outside thickly settled or business district
50mph- highway
Day vs. night speed limits
Have to go slower at night
Lemon law
If the car doesn't pass inspection and the cost to repair is more then 10% of the price for the car you can return it can get your money back (7 days)
Safe driver law
1) if under 18 no electronics while driving
2) no internet while driving
3) if on cell phone the crash it is criminal offense
Move over law
If there is an emergency car parked on the side of the road you must slow down and move into adjacent lane
SIPDE
Search
Identify
Predict
Decide
Execute
Smith system
1) Aim high
2) keep eyes moving
3) get the big picture
4) make sure they C U
5) Leave URself an out
Aggressive driving, what to do?
don't provoke, call 911 if nessacry
Seat belt laws
25$ if not wearing seatbelt
White cane law
Wait until person is all the way across the street before you go
Animals on road
Hit small ones, avoid big ones
Motorcycle laws
Motorcycle=bikes=car
Total stopping distance calculations
Perception distance (speed/2 +speed) + reaction distance (11speed) + braking distance (speed/20*speed)
Types of skids
Braking
Power/ acceleration
Cornering
Blowout
Force of impact calculations
Speed*weight
Necessary following distance
2-3 sec
Kinetic Energy in relation to force of impact
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Friction
Tires and roadway effect friction, more speed less friction
Gravity
Center of gravity is closer to the front- effects turning
Inertia
Centrifugal effect- increase friction to counter [Show Less]