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7 72 3 sec gap. 5 sec gap. Hazard perception handbook
Truck and bus drivers rely on their outside mirrors to see vehicles behind and beside them. If you can’t see the mirrors of a truck or bus ahead of you, then the driver can’t see you and may not know that you are there. So don’t drive in their blind spots. Some trucks have signs on the back warning you not to do this. If you are passing or overtaking a truck or bus (particularly a semitrailer, B-double or road train) remember that it may be many times longer than a car and will therefore take longer to overtake or pass. As trucks and buses need more time to slow down than cars, keep a bigger gap between your car and a following truck or bus. This will give the truck or bus driver more time and space to pull up and avoid running into the back of your car. Remember, you are likely to come off second best if there is a collision because the truck or bus may be up to 40 times heavier than your car. ROAdWORkS Roadworks are often annoying because they slow your journey from A to B. They can also be dangerous places, both for you and the road workers. There is often slow moving heavy machinery, trucks, rough surfaces, no lane markings and workers on or near the road. Unfortunately, many drivers ignore the temporary warning signs for roadworks, including the roadwork speed limit sign shown in the following picture. This gives them little time or space to detect and react to hazards. This leads to the death and injury of vehicle occupants and road workers each year in NSW. 40 km/h speed limit for road works. 7 Hazard perception handbook 73
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Hazard perception handbook
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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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2 12 9 percent involve running off
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3 How the HPT works 14 The Hazard P
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3 16 Interacting with the HPT compu
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3 18 WHAT yOU WILL SEE AfTER THE WE
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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 64 and 65: 6 62 Smart scanning When you are sc
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
Page 72 and 73: 7 70 Give all cyclists plenty of ro
Page 76 and 77: 7 74 Scan ahead for roadwork signs.
Page 78 and 79: 7 76 Animals on the road you might
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
Page 90: 10 88 S Safe gap, definition ......
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