1. Chapter 1-Driving & Mobility
Driver Education
Responsible Driving
(Red book)
Chapter 1-Driving & Mobility
Notes and Study Guide

2. What Can You Gain from a Driver Education Course?
As young adults you want to have mobility - the ability to move or be moved. The opportunity to have a drivers license gives you independence.
Young drivers are involved in 14% of all motor vehicle crashes, and most of these crashes
can be prevented.
You will be sharing the road with 194 million
other licensed drivers. New Jersey has close to 6 million licensed drivers.

3. What will you learn in Driver Education?
Information and skills about driving
The importance of being alert
Gain knowledge about driving
Being able to handle a wide range of driving situations
Understand some of the problems of driving
Let’s prevent crashes - when a motor vehicle hits
another motor vehicle, pedestrian, animal, bicyclist
or any fixed object

4. Driver Education is taught to help prevent accidents among young drivers
Lack of experience (gaining experience takes practice with parents in different driving environments.
Driving at dangerous times (night, weather)
Transporting of passengers
Young drivers drive differently (speeding, distractions, space awareness, wearing seatbelts)

5. Highway Transportation System
Includes Roadways
People
Motor Vehicles

6. The Highway Transportation system (HTS)
Regulated by federal, state and local governments
To set uniform standards for vehicles and safety
Federal law established in 1974 said the maximum speed limit is 55 mph.
In 1995, the law was changed so each
state can set their own highway
speed limits.

7. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Requires automakers to build certain safety features into their vehicles (Examples - safety belts and shatterproof windows)
Requires manufacturers to correct vehicle defects known as recalls.

8. The National Highway Safety Act
Sets guidelines for state motor vehicle safety programs. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
Each state monitors:
Vehicle registration & inspection
Driver licensing
Traffic laws & traffic court
Highway construction & maintenance
Each state makes it’s own laws concerning
highway safety (age of driving, hours
young drivers can be allowed to drive)

9. The risks of driving
Risk - the possibility of personal injuries or damage to vehicles & property
In a given year, 1 in 9 involve in crash
Motor vehicle crashes kill 42% of all people from
ages 15-20

10. Reducing the risks Keep vehicle in top condition
Anticipate the actions of others
Protect yourself & others
Drive only when you are in sound physical & mental condition
Make a conscious effort to develop your driving skills

11. Visibility, Time, & Space
Visibility - what you can see from behind the wheel and how well you see it.
Time - ability to judge your speed and speed of other vehicles.
Space - refers to distance, keep a margin of space between your vehicle & other vehicles.

12. The Costs of Driving
Motor vehicle crashes cost the USA $230 billion every year.
Non-crash costs of driving include:
1.Operating costs - gas, oil, tires.
2.Fixed costs - car payments,insurance and licensing fees.
3.Environmental costs - to help in cleaning up air pollution, hazardous waste dumping, and building of gas stations, roads and garages.