An open zone is
space where you can drive without a restriction to your line of sight
or to your intended path of travel.
What is open and closed zone?
What is an open zone?
a zone that has no restrictions to the line of sight or path
of travel. what is a closed zone? a zone not available for the vehicle's path of travel or an area that has a restriction to the driver's line of sight.
What is an example of an open zone?
Open Zone means an
area on the approved Campus Master Plan where no new structure may be built
. … An Open Zone may contain walks (paved or unpaved), landscaping, athletic fields, gazebos, fountains, storm water retention/detention basins, rain gardens and similar ancillary improvements.
What is a closed front zone?
a space not open because of restrictions in your line
of sight or path of travel. closed zone. You just studied 23 terms! 1/23. Olivia_Turnbaugh.
What must be present in order for an area to be an open area?
Open: Space
or area to operate within that is without restrictions to the line of sight or path of travel
. … It is often an open space or area that is changing to a closed line of sight or path of travel or a closed space or area with additional traffic conflicts or changes.
What are four ways you can communicate with others while driving?
The communication devices of your car include:
turn signals, brake lights, hazard lights, a flash of the headlights, and the horn
. Sometimes you may communicate by waving or nodding. Use turn signals every time you turn or change lanes.
What are the three steps a good driver takes to increase space management and reduce risk?
What are the three steps a good driver takes to increase space management and reduce risk? Space management system (SEE) – a three-step process (
search, evaluate, execute
) that can help you understand what is going on in traffic and to be constantly planning and implementing a course of action.
What are the 4 steps of the IPDE process?
- I—Identify—Locate potential hazards within the driving scene.
- P—Predict—Judge where the possible points of conflict may occur.
- D—Decide—Determine what action to take, when, and where to take it.
- E—Execute—Act by maneuvering the car to avoid conflicts.
What are the three steps of zone control?
- See a zone change.
- Check all of your zones.
- Create time and space by getting the best speed control, lane position, and communication.
What is a charging closed zone?
Charging any closed front zone.
Increases your closure rate and closes your space to the front very quickly
, compromises vehicle balance because braking actions are late and hard, forces cars in the rear to brake hard and late and increases your chance of being rear-ended.
How much space in front of you is needed while driving on a highway?
One good rule for how much space you should keep in front of you is
at least 1 second for each 10 feet of vehicle length at speeds below 40 mph
. At greater speeds, you must add 1 second for safety. For example, if you are driving a 40-foot vehicle, you should leave 4 seconds between you and the vehicle ahead.
What is the safest position in traffic drivers ed?
Hand position on steering wheel
Lower your hands. You probably learned to keep your hands at the 10 and 2 o'clock positions on the steering wheel. Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends drivers put their hands at
the 9 and 3 o'clock positions
.
What are the three steps of see?
In the chart above, these three distinct skills are transformed into three easily understood terms:
Search, Evaluate, Execute
.
What is the proper way to search an intersection where a stop is required?
To effectively search an intersection from a stopped position, you should
look 90 degrees left, right, and then left again.
What is the space a vehicle will occupy while traveling to the target area?
The first searching range is the
target area range
, which is the space from your vehicle to the target area.
When a driver is tailgating you should give additional space to?
Give yourself a
“four-second or more”
cushion when: Crowded by a tailgater. Allow extra room between your car and the car ahead. Then, if you need to slow down you can do so gradually.
