Assignment on 6/25 due 6/26 and 6/27

Chelsey Gould
Assignment due 6/26 and 6/27
Type 1

3.Find a news article dealing with traffic safety and do a type 1 write reflecting your thoughts on the article. This will be do on 6/27, Wednesday!!

Stolen pickup truck strikes house in St. Albans

Published: Monday, June 25, 2007
Vermont State Police in St. Albans are searching for the operator of an stolen pickup truck that careened into a house on Lake Street Sunday night.

Police said alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the accident in which the driver, possibly a 15-year-old-juvenile, and two occupants fled after driving the late model red Ford pickup through a yard and into 3 Lake St., police said.

A witness to the accident told troopers that the pickup was driving south on River Street at a high rate of speed when it turned onto Lake Street and veered out of control, crossing a neighbor's yard before striking the house, causing an estimated $5,000 in damage.

Police later learned the truck was stolen from a local auto repair shop.

Reflection-
Everything that the driver did was wrong.

• Didn't have a license
• Stole the car
• He was 15
• He was drinking
• He left the scene
• Crashed into a house
  
• $5,000 dollars in damages

He obviously didn't know how to drive because he was out of control the whole time that he was driving. He wasn't using target areas because he was going all over the road. He wasn't maintaining balance in the car because he was careening around the corners. There was to much roll so it made him go off the road. He saw the house but he didn't use the brakes to stop and just went right into the house. His reaction time wasn't right because he had been drinking so he didn't know what he was doing at the time. If they catch the kid that did it they shouldn't let him get his license for a long time and make him go to AA meetings. He should do community service for the people that owned the house and pay for the damages. He should also have to help at the body shop because he took the car from there.


Assignment due 6/26
4.Explain the three types of roadway signs and how you can tell the difference between them. Give two examples of each sign. This will be due and posted on 6/26!!

Warning signs- They're yellow and black and diamond shaped, they warn you of danger ahead.

• Hill
• Deer crossing

Regulatory signs-
Most are white squares with red or black lettering, they tell you about laws you must obey.

• Stop
• Yield

Guide Signs- Tell you routes, intersections and information.

• State route marker
• Country route marker

Chelsey Gould
Assignment due 6/30
Type 3

Depending on the seriousness of the moving violation you can get 2,3,4,5,or 10 points taking off your licence. The points stay on your licence for two years then they take them off 2 years on the day you got the points. Your licence will get taken away if you get 10 points on your licence in a 2 year period.

• 10 days for getting 10 points
• 30 days for getting 15 points
• 90 days for getting 20 points
• If there's a fatality you lose your licence for a year

For example:
2 points for illegal turning at intersections.
3 points for following to closely
4 points for failure to yield to pedestrians
5 points for passing a school bus
10 points for reckless driving

I think its a good system if it gets the people that don't follow these rules are off the road. I think it's good so that people aren't doing whatever they want so that a lot of people get hurt and or killed. The point system only works if the people get caught, if they don't then they think that they can do it all the time and then a lot of bad things happen. It seems to me that the only reason people get tickets and get pulled over is for speeding, there's a lot worse things that could happen then speeding.

Assignment due 6/25

Chelsey Gould
Type 2 writing
Assignment due 6/25



Part One: Use the news links and find an article dealing with traffic safety and relate the article to some of the points made in the module 1 readings. Copy and paste the article and post the points below the article.

Part Two: Explain in your own words what is meant by the terms Yaw, Roll and Pitch.

Part Three: Explain what the three parts of your vision are and how you would use each part for driving.

Part Four: Explain what is meant by the terms Target Area and Target Path and give an example of how you would use these while driving.

Part Five: Describe what transition Pegs are and explain what part of the car is used for transition pegs for right and left turns.

Truck stopped for leaking hazardous waste

By NEAL GOSWAMI, Bennington Banner

Thursday, June 21

BENNINGTON -- The Department of Motor Vehicles said Wednesday that a truck stopped on the Bennington Bypass was leaking hazardous material, the third such find around the state in the past two days.

According to the department, Motor Vehicles inspectors stopped three trucks over the past two days that were either leaking hazardous material or waste fluids. The leaks were detected at three separate safety checkpoints in Randolph, Springfield and Bennington. The truck stopped in Springfield presumably traveled through a portion of Windham County.

"The safety checkpoints were routine and part of the DMV's truck safety inspection efforts," said DMV Commissioner Bonnie Rutledge. "We constantly conduct truck safety inspections to not only monitor and maintain truck safety, but to protect both the traveling public and the environment as well."

Part 1:

• Risk factors/ fluids on roadways can cause slippery roads.
  
• safety hazards/roadside hazards/ roadway surfaces.
  

• Threats to environment/ chemical spills/ land pollution.

Part 2:
Yaw- Helps the tires stay in balance if you were to skid.
Roll- forces that cause it to be in and out of balance.
Pitch- The force on the front tires, you have to keep your foot on the brake so it will work right.
also forces that cause the pitch to be in and out of balance.
Part 3:
Central vision- 3-5 cone of visibility, used for targeting.
Fringe Vision-Sides of central vision, used to see your target path.
Perpheral Vision- you see it but your not looking rite at it, its used so you know that things are there.
Part 4: Target area- its used so you know where your going and so your straight, eyes ahead.
part 5:Transition pegs- recovery of steering wheel, referance points,helps you make better left and right turns,helps you recover your turns if you are going to skid.

Assignment due 6/22

Type one writing

Chelsey Gould

Your first assignment for the next class will be to use the news feeds in this blog and find an article that pertains to traffic safety and post it to your blog and write a short reaction summary to the article. You will need to copy and paste your article to your post.

The second assignment is to choose 3 numbers between 1-62, then 3 numbers between 63-150 and 3 numbers between 150-223. Once you have the numbers chosen go to pages 52-54 in the your car is a monster book and find what risks are associated with your numbers. Post these 9 risks and describe your thoughts on whether a crash could occur while driving with these 9 risks. Could any of these risks been eliminated or minimized to avoid a collision?

First assignment-

Car hits deer on Interstate 91

BRATTLEBORO -- A car sustained moderate front end damage after hitting a deer on Interstate 91 last Friday.

According to Vermont State Police, Paul Maddem, 51, of Brattleboro, was driving north when a deer crossed in front of him. The deer was hit, but not located after the collision. Maddem's car had to be towed from the scene.

Summary-
On Friday the 15th a older man hit a deer on the highway in Brattleboro. It never said anything about the man getting hurt, but it did say that he had to fix something on his car. It was really scary when I hit a bat and I think that it would be a lot scarier to hit a deer that is so much bigger then a bat. Im scared of hitting things.


Second assignment-
1) #15-Broken windshield- Yes, because it would be very distracting. Yes, you could get it fixed before you drive it again.
2)#29-No air bag-No, Because your air bags go off after you get in an accident. Yes, you could get them put in or get a new car that has air bags.
3)#36-Doors not locked-Yes, If someone opened the door when you were driving you could get distracted and that could cause a crash. Yes, lock all the doors when you get in the car before moving.
4) #70-Happy hour- Yes, if the person that was driving was drinking during the happy hour. Yes, get a DD, the person that is driving doesn't drink.
5) #94- drinking beer- Yes, they could be yelling or doing stupid things and if you try to make them stop then you could get in a car crash. Yes, dont let people drink in your car when your driving.
6)#145-no safty belts used-Yes, people could be moving around the car and you caould be looking at them and not at the road. Yes, have them wear the safty belts and if they dont want to then have them find another ride.
7) #165-narrowing of lanes-Yes, if theres a big truck on the other side of the road and you have to move over you could go off the road. No, honk the horn so they will move over.
8)#215- child running into roadway- Yes, you could hit the child. Yes, you could slow down and stop to wait for them to get out of the road, honk the horn so that they know your there.
9)#221-rollerblader in travel lane-Yes, you could because you could hit them. Yes, stop until they are out of your path of travel.

Summer drivers ed

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