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6 62 Smart scanning When you are scanning, there is a lot to look at, a lot to take in. It would be impossible to look at everything that you see in detail. you need to be smart about the way you scan for hazards. This means sorting or filtering what is important from everything that is happening. Here are some ways to make your scanning smarter. LOOk fOR CHANGE your vision is designed to pick up movement and change, not what stays the same. This means that moving hazards may be easier to spot than stationary ones like road works or parked vehicles. This can be a problem because you can get distracted by a fast moving hazard (eg a police car coming towards you) and miss a stationary one that may be of more immediate concern (eg a parked truck blocking your lane). you need to look for both moving and stationary hazards. Hazard perception handbook POLICE
A hazard perception action plan Through scanning and hazard perception you are trying to: See road hazards (eg pedestrian waiting to cross the road ahead). Think about what might happen (eg pedestrian might walk in front of your car). Think about possible solutions (eg slow down, change lanes or increase space between your car and pedestrian, sound horn). Do something to remain safe (eg slow down and give the pedestrian more space). This hazard perception process can be summarised as: • See • Think • Do Scanning is the ‘see’ part of the process. Understanding that these three steps are the basis of good hazard perception can be helpful. Of course, all of this takes place very quickly, sometimes in only a few seconds. This is why you need to practise in real traffic so that hazard perception skills like scanning become automatic. LISTENING fOR HAzARdS While driving is mainly a visual task, listening can also help detect hazards. for example, you can often hear a siren before you actually see an emergency vehicle like an ambulance. Another example is motorcycles – they can be hard to see, but the sound of an engine can let you know there is one nearby. To help you listen for hazards, it is good not to have the radio or stereo too loud when you are driving. 6 Hazard perception handbook 63
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2 Foreword When you were a learner
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4 The three second rule ...........
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1 6 What is the HPT? THE HAzARd PER
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1 8 Identifying hazards ahead, behi
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2 10 Crash patterns of provisional
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Page 16 and 17: 3 How the HPT works 14 The Hazard P
Page 18 and 19: 3 16 Interacting with the HPT compu
Page 20 and 21: 3 18 WHAT yOU WILL SEE AfTER THE WE
Page 22 and 23: 3 20 THE PRACTICE qUESTIONS The pra
Page 24 and 25: 3 22 If you fail, you will get spec
Page 26 and 27: 3 24 • Scanning for hazards ahead
Page 28 and 29: 4 26 Keeping space from other vehic
Page 30 and 31: 4 28 Controlling your speed SPEEd L
Page 32 and 33: 4 30 Hazard perception handbook Res
Page 34 and 35: 4 32 keeping a safe following dista
Page 36 and 37: 4 34 WHAT A SAfE fOLLOWING dISTANCE
Page 38 and 39: 4 36 keeping a safe distance to the
Page 40 and 41: 4 38 keeping a safe distance to the
Page 42 and 43: 5 40 Selecting safe gaps is a key p
Page 44 and 45: 5 42 All drivers should be looking
Page 46 and 47: 5 44 TURNING RIGHT AT A CROSS INTER
Page 48 and 49: 5 46 PRACTICE ExERCISES: SAfE GAPS
Page 50 and 51: 5 48 Safe gaps - making U-turns U-t
Page 52 and 53: 5 50 you may need less time to cros
Page 54 and 55: 5 52 fEATURES Of OvERTAkING The dif
Page 56 and 57: 5 54 Practise timing how long it ta
Page 58 and 59: 5 56 Practise this task until you c
Page 60 and 61: 6 58 Scanning for hazards Scanning
Page 62 and 63: 6 60 Blind spot area do not drive i
Page 66 and 67: 6 64 AvOIdING fATIGUE fatigue (bein
Page 68 and 69: 6 66 Map out a circular route throu
Page 70 and 71: 7 68 Pedestrians, cyclists and moto
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Page 74 and 75: 7 72 3 sec gap. 5 sec gap. Hazard p
Page 76 and 77: 7 74 Scan ahead for roadwork signs.
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Page 80 and 81: 8 78 Expecting the unexpected Road
Page 82 and 83: 8 80 • Check for pedestrians, cyc
Page 84 and 85: 8 82 A few final words about hazard
Page 86 and 87: 8 84 Apply these skills effectively
Page 88 and 89: 9 86 P2 Licence - provisional licen
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