RULES OF THE ROAD CHAPTER 3 TRAFFIC LAWS RULES OF THE ROAD CHAPTER 3

Traffic Laws Safety Right of Way Lane Usage Special Stops Parking

Safety – Seat Belts Seat Belts – Active Restraints Laws -- $75 fine All drivers and front seat passengers All passengers under 19 (anywhere – 1/1/06) Nationwide – “Click it or Ticket” Restrictions specific for You # of passengers must equal the # of seatbelts EXCLUSION – siblings and people over 20 New Law – During the first six months, new drivers can only have 1 other person in the car with them.

Safety -- Projectiles Hidden Dangers in Your Car – Reader’s Digest “Researcher determined that the risk of death for front-seat passenger rose 400% when some one in the back was not wearing a seat belt.” Masao Ichikawa, U. of Tokyo “…many injuries and deaths aren’t the results of the collisions, but of unrestrained cargo, pets, and passengers.” NHTSA Website “A front seat passenger becomes a crude airbag for a person in back,” Charles Hurley, National Safety Council

Safety – Airbags Passive Restraint

Safety – Airbags

Safety – Speed Maximum Minimum Left Lane Law What is the REAL speed limit? What if you miss a speed limit sign? Minimum Expressways Why? Left Lane Law In order to drive in the left lane of multi-lane expressways, you must be passing another vehicle.

Are you going the Speed Limit?

Safety – Cell Phones Illinois allows communities to ban usage No one under 18 can use while driving Distract Drivers from the driving task Are Headsets or Hand Free devices safer?

Safety – Cell Phones

Safety – Cell Phones

Right of Way Yield the Right of Way – give the Right of Way to another driver Situations when you must Yield Vehicles Pedestrians

Right of Way Vehicles Right turn on Red Yield signs Stop signs All-way Side roads Left turns Reduction in lanes 6. Fresh green lights 7. Funeral processions 8. Construction zones 9. Police and other emergency vehicles

Right of Way We are waiting to turn right on red, the car approaching from our left has its right turn signal on. Is it safe to go? Why or why not? Why is it important to scan the intersection when we have a stop sign facing us? We are sitting at a red light when the light turns green. Is it safe to go? Why or why not?

Right of Way Pedestrians Intersections/Crosswalks – walk signal and green light for all traffic moving in the same direction Look for people when you are turning left or right on a green light Turning onto a side road Emerging from an alley or driveway In between parked cars

Lane Usage Passing On the Right Procedure Multi-lane roads Additional lane to the right Illegal to cross a solid white line in order to pass on the right Procedure Mirror, Blinker, Blindspot (MBB)

Lane Usage Passing On the Left Three questions No passing situations Safe? Legal? Worthwhile? No passing situations Curves. Solid yellow line. Road widens. Can you exceed the speed limit?

Lane Usage – Passing

Lane Usage Signals Turns Business/Residential – 100 ft. Rural – 200 ft. Turns Right turns Left turns Always turn from the closest to the closest

Lane Usage Is it legal to pass on the shoulder? What if the shoulder is wide and paved? What are the 3 questions we should ask ourselves before starting to pass?

Special Stops School buses Amber and red lights flashing and stop arm extended you must stop. Exception – cars traveling on the opposite side of a divided highway Penalties First offense -- $150 and a 3 month suspension Second offense -- $500 and a year suspension

Special Stops Railroad Warning signs Advanced Warning Sign Crossbuck = Active Tracks You must stop between 15 and 50 feet Penalties $500 or 50 hours of community service

Special Stops Railroad Going around the gates 4. Ways to violate the law at a RR Going around the gates Running thru the flashing red lights before the gates go down Going after the gates start to raise and before the red light stop flashing Pedestrians

Parking Parallel Parking Handicapped Parking Vehicles must be parked in the direction of traffic Tires must be within 12 inches of the curb Handicapped Parking You must have… Handicapped license plate or placard A physical disability Penalties $100-$250

Is this car parked legally?

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