COURSE INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION SHEET (UNIT 1)

  1. What do you think would be the reasoning behind the state requiring 30

clock hours in the classroom?

  1. It’s early August. You live in the country. You have the early shift at

McDonalds. As you approach a rural intersection you are tempted to

speed thru at 55 mph. What would be the risks?

3. You are 15 years old. Both your parents and yourself are anxious for you to

begin driving. Because of this they allow you to drive around your neighborhood to practice (you do this alone). A local policeman sees you avoid a stop sign. He pulls you over. What could result legally?

  1. Drivers younger than 20 years old are involved in more automobile collisions

than any other age group. Give several reasons why this fact exists.

  1. Your parents have told you that when you turn 16 you may get a car; however, they inform you that you will be completely on your own with the finances. What financial factors would be involved in order to legally operate a vehicle?

EMOTIONS AND DRIVING (UNIT 1)

(refer to Drive Right: Ch. 6, Section 6.1 pp. 105-111)

  1. How could your emotional state of mind interfere with your driving?
  1. What emotions might impair the driver?
  1. Define aggressive driving.

4. Define road rage.

5. What physical effects could emotions have on the body?

6. What would you do:

Situation #1 – You ride with your buddy home after school. He tells you he

will give you a ride to your house later. While there, your friend and his mother get into a major argument. Your friend grabs the car keys and says “let’s go”.

Situation #2 – PTHS has just won a big game over rival Prairie Central. Your best friend’s brother scored the winning touchdown. The game is over and your best friend is going to drive both of you home.

Situation #3 – The car you have ordered has come in. You must drive the trade-in vehicle to the dealer. How might your typical driving patterns change?

RULES OF THE ROAD CH. 1 AND 2 SITUATION QUESTIONS (UNIT 2)

  1. Stan, 15 years of age, received his driving permit today. Even after completion of behind-the-wheel, Stan’s parents feel he should practice more before taking his license test. Two years pass and finally Stan’s parents allow him to go to the license bureau. Will Stan need to pay again? If yes, how much?
  1. You are 15 years old and trying to earn some money by helping your father in the fields. It’s necessary for you to drive the tractor from the field to your farmhouse nearby. An irate driver gets behind your slow moving vehicle. This driver is so mad he forces you to pull over to the side of the road. He proceeds to tell you that you have no business being on the road at your age and he says he will report you. Have you broken the law?
  1. You are driving with the license examiner. He will ask you to demonstrate

proficiency in the following skills (plus others not listed): pre-checks, starting the car, pulling away from the curb, parking on an up-grade, backing, and stopping the car (securing it). Can you briefly list the actions you would take for each skill?

Pre-checksStarting the carPulling from curb

Parking uphillBackingStopping the car

BASIC DRIVING SKILL PROCEDURES (UNIT 2)

Pre-checks:

  1. check around outside of the vehicle
  2. check tires
  3. check lights

Starting the car:

  1. key in ignition
  2. adjust seat
  3. adjust mirror
  4. fasten seatbelts
  5. release the emergency brake
  6. set automatic choke
  7. place foot on brake
  8. car in ‘P’
  9. start engine

Pulling away from curb:

  1. signal
  2. headcheck
  3. slight steer
  4. gradually apply pressure on accelerator
  5. cancel signal
  6. adjust speed to flow of traffic

Parking on an upgrade:

  1. signal to pull over
  2. check traffic to rear
  3. steer in appropriate direction as vehicle decelerates
  4. pull to within 1-1 ½’ of the curb
  5. position car parallel to curb
  6. turn wheels away from curb
  7. set emergency brake
  8. place gear selector lever in ‘P’
  9. turn vehicle off

Backing:

  1. place foot on brake
  2. car in “R’
  3. check traffic to rear
  4. by turning and resting arm on seat back (other hand on wheel)
  5. when clear apply light, steady pressure to accelerator
  6. turn wheel in direction you want to back

Stopping the car:

  1. foot on brake
  2. place in ‘P’
  3. set emergency brake
  4. turn engine off
  5. take key out
  6. lock doors

ABS (UNIT 2)

(Utilize pp. 240-241 in the Drive Right text and the information on the back of

this question sheet and from the video.)

  1. Explain the proper way to use conventional brakes in an emergency braking

situation.

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  1. List 3 or 4 factors that impact traction.
  1. Name 2 to 3 advantages to having ABS.
  1. How should the driver use the brake pedal in a car equipped with ABS?
  1. How can you tell if the car has ABS?
  1. How does one know if the ABS is working properly?
  1. What is the difference between four-wheel and rear wheel anti-lock brakes?

OBTAINING AN INSTRUCTION PERMIT/LICENSE: Rules of the Road –

Chapters 1, 2 & 3 (UNIT 2)

  1. What enables a 15 to 17 year old to obtain an instruction permit?
  1. What is the length of validity for an instruction permit? Who may you legally drive with?
  1. What tests will you be given to acquire an instruction permit?
  1. How long must you hold your instruction permit?
  1. What must you take to the DMV when you go to apply for your driver’s license.
  1. What will the ISBE issue to you once you have completed the 30 classroom hours and

six behind-the-wheel hours?

  1. Where can someone obtain information about motorcycle licensing?
  1. What are the possible consequences for someone who commits driver license or ID fraud?
  1. How much will it cost you to replace your instruction permit if lost or destroyed?
  1. Explain the term GVWR. What may you legally operate with a D-M classification?
  1. Explain the following concepts:
  1. Restricted Driving Permit (p. 54)
  2. Monitoring Device Driving Permit (p. 54)
  1. List four times when you may legally operate a motor vehicle in Illinois without a license.
  1. Who may join the Organ/Tissue Donor Registry?
  1. What recourse does a parent or legal guardian have if they feel their teenager

(under 18 years) should no longer be driving?

  1. How many times must a parent or guardian give written consent for a driver

age 16 or 17 to obtain a license? Explain.

16. When is the only time(s) a driver under 19 years may legally use a cell phone?

17. Explain the number of passengers allowed in the vehicle under the GDL

program.

BASIC CAR CONTROL (UNIT 2)

(refer to DriveRight - Chapter 3)

Interesting Maintenance Tips

  1. Are your brakes unsafe?
  1. What do those driveway drips mean?
  1. How much motor oil is enough?
  1. Why check tire pressure?
  1. When does a worn tire become a dangerous tire?
  1. Your temperature warning light is showing red. What could be wrong?
  1. Should you drive if the oil light is glowing?
  1. What is a major safety precaution to think about when checking your car battery?
  1. What do you look for when checking your car battery?

10. Poor shock absorbers could alter the ______of your tires.

TRAFFIC SIGNS: UNIT 3

(refer to Rules of the Road – Chapter 9)

  • What types of traffic controls do we have?
  • All highway signs are divided into 3 major categories. Name these and briefly explain what each tells you to do.

a.

b.

c.

  • Where are most traffic signs located in relation to the road?
  • Name or list the 8 basic shapes for signs.

a.b.c.d.

e.f.g.h.

  • What colors are characteristic for regulatory signs?
  • What colors are characteristic for warning signs?
  • What colors are characteristic for guidance signs?
  • What does the color pink represent?
  • Discuss at least four safe practices to follow when driving in work zones.
  • What is the difference between a stop sign and a yield sign (meaning)?
  • How would you distinguish between a school zone sign and a school crossing sign?
  • What colors appear on an interstate highway sign?

TRAFFIC CONTROLS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS: UNIT 4

WORKSHEET A

(refer to Rules of the Road – Chapter 10 for A & B)

  1. What general types of traffic controls are found in the HTS?
  1. What advantages can be gained by having controls?
  1. Can you foresee any disadvantages (mainly physical problems) in

using and relying upon controls?

  1. Establish a descriptive chart for traffic controls:

TYPES COLORS SHAPES LOCATIONS

A. SIGNS

B. LIGHTS

C. PAVEMENT

MARKINGS

  1. Explain single phase, 3-phase, 4-phase, and 5 phase control lights (this refers to

the number of bulbs).

  1. Traffic Light Timing Systems – (teacher will provide the answers for a, b, & c)
  2. progressive signal system
  1. pedestrian actuated system
  1. traffic actuated signal system
  1. Who’s responsibility is it to maintain functional controls?

UNIT 4 – WORKSHEET B

  1. List briefly four of the many conditions under which you may not proceed even though you have the green light?

a.

b.

c.

d.

  1. You have a green light as you approach the intersection. However, you see that a police officer is directing traffic. What action should you take?

3. You are driving 20 mph as you approach an intersection. When you are

ten feet from the intersection, the light turns from green to yellow. What

action should you take?

  1. Where would I first stop when approaching a red signal light at an

intersection? Circle your choice.

  1. stop before entering the intersection
  2. stop at the marked stop line
  3. stop before entering the crosswalk
  1. True or False? Right turns are permitted at all intersections on a red light?
  1. True or False? You may sometimes legally turn left on a red light. If true, where?
  1. Give the legal meaning for each light listed:
  1. solid green light
  2. solid yellow light
  3. flashing yellow light
  4. flashing red light
  5. red X
  6. yellow X What is the name for e, f, & g?
  7. green
  1. When may a driver legally cross solid double yellow lines?
  1. What do ‘no-passing’ lines look like?
  1. When driving at night and confronted by an oncoming vehicle, where should you focus your sight? (give the name of the line)?

RAILROAD CROSSINGS (UNIT 4)

(Drive Right – pp.196-198)

  • Most grade crossing collisions involve drivers living within ______miles of the location of the collision.

a. 1 b. 5 c. 25 d. 50

  • The principal contributing cause in vehicle-train collisions is
  • the inability of the train to stop quickly
  • weather conditions
  • intoxication
  • driver error
  • What tells the driver he is approaching a public railroad crossing?
  • We have active and passive crossings. What characterizes an active crossing?
  • What marks a passive crossing?
  • True or False: It’s okay for you to cross when the last car of a

train passes the track.

  • List 7 safe practices to follow at a crossing:

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

  • A freight train with 150 cars traveling 30 miles per hour requires

______distance to stop.

a. 1 mile b. 1.5 miles c. 2/3 miles d. 1000 feet

  • Fact: approximately ½ of all night grade crossing collisions involve motor

vehicles moving into trains. What could cause this?

  • How might the driver tell if there is more than one set of tracks?
  • People sometimes drive around the lowered gate. Is this legal?
  • What could cause a manual transmission car to stall on the tracks?
  • A train whistle sounding two longs, one short and one long means
  • all clear, proceed
  • the engineer is saying hello to a passing train
  • stop – a train is approaching the crossing
  • the train is about to stop.
  • What vehicles must stop at crossings?

UNIT 5 – TRAFFIC LAWS

Refer to Ch. 10 Drive Right and Ch. 4 Rules of the Road

  1. Define right-of-way (refer to attached sheet)
  1. Define contributory negligence. (refer to attached sheet)
  1. What traffic controls are in the HTS that imply to yield the right-of-way?

(list at least 5 examples)

4. Situation: You and another vehicle arrive at an uncontrolled intersection

at the same time. The other vehicle is on your right. Who must yield?

  1. What are the universal symbols which indicate a blind pedestrian?
  1. You are driving on the entrance ramp to enter traffic on the interstate.

Who must obey the merge sign?

  1. In a passing maneuver, when do you know it is safe to return to the

right-hand lane.

  1. List five times when passing on a two-lane, two-way roadway is

prohibited.

  1. What does the term ‘weaving ‘ mean.
  1. In a business or residential district you must give a continuous turn signal

for at least ______ft. before turning, and in other areas

the signal must be given at least ______ft. in advance.

  1. Describe the hand and arm signals for:
  2. right turn
  1. left turn
  1. a stop
  1. List the logical steps to take for executing a right turn.
  1. What conflicts could arise when executing a right turn?

a. b. c.

14. List the logical steps to take for executing a left turn.

  1. What is the legal posted speed when driving in a school zone

on school days between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.?

  1. You must stop before overtaking a stopped school bus from either direction. The lights on the bus are flashing and the sign arm is out.

What is the exception to this rule?

  1. Driving privileges will be suspended for 3 months if you are convicted of

illegally passing a stopped school bus. What is the monetary fine?

  1. For each diagram below draw an arrow to show the turn path for the

black car: your objective in this exercise is to have proper lane usage.

  1. Who yields? – For the following situations, indicate who must yield.
  2. You are walking in the crosswalk; a car wants to turn right.
  3. The control light just turned green; a pedestrian is in the

crosswalk.

  1. You and another car approach an intersection at the same time.

There are no controls at this intersection. You and the other car

are approaching the intersection at right angles.

  1. You are making a left turn at an intersection.
  2. You are approaching an emergency vehicle with flashing lights which is

located in the right-hand lane.

  1. As you near the intersection you see a yield sign for traffic moving

in your direction.

  1. You are driving along and a pedestrian appears on the road, not at

an intersection.

  1. You look in your rearview mirror and see a funeral procession

behind you.

  1. You are entering a highway from a private drive.
  2. A blind person is crossing the street not at an intersection.
  1. Fill in the blank:
  1. When entering a street or highway from an alley, you must stop before crossing the ______.
  2. You are halfway out in the intersection attempting to make a left

turn. The light turns red; you (may or may not) complete the turn.

  1. The driver of the lead vehicle in a funeral procession (lights on)

(must stop or must not stop) at the stop sign.

  1. A ______line indicates “Do Not Pass”.
  2. You may not pass within ______feet of an intersection.
  3. Moving from one lane to another in order to move faster in traffic is

called ______.

  1. In a ______district you must give a continuous turn signal for

at least 100 ft. before turning.

  1. An Illinois driver may not operate a vehicle sound system at a volume that

can be heard ______feet or more from a vehicle being driven on a road.

  1. A driver may not overload a vehicle with ______or ______so that their view is obstructed. No more than ______persons should ride in the front seat of a vehicle.
  2. You may not park a car within ______feet of a fire hydrant.
  3. When approaching a highway construction zone or a marked school zone

between 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on days when school is in session, drivers

must discontinue ______use.

Passing – You are driving Car X and traveling at 50 mph on a straight,

level highway. The car ahead of you is traveling slowly at a

speed you estimate to be 35 mph. Using the diagram at the left,

answer the following questions about passing.

Why should you check each area listed below before deciding

to pass?

Area A ______

Area B ______

Area C ______

Area D ______

Area E ______

If this was a no-passing zone, what sign and pavement marking

could inform you? Where would each be located?

______

If all checks indicate that it is safe to pass, what must you do

before changing lanes? Tell how to alert the driver ahead.

______

Without exceeding the speed limit, how much faster should you be

going than the car you are passing?

______

If an oncoming car had been at area D before you started to pass,

to what speed should you have slowed?

______

As you change lanes to begin to pass, the car you plan to pass

wanders over the center line. What should you do?

______

What should the driver ahead do while you are passing?

______

After passing, when is it safe to return to the right lane?

______

What steps should you take to return to the right lane?