Hazard perception handbook - RTA

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1 6 What is the HPT? THE HAzARd PERCEPTION TEST (HPT) The HPT involves a touch-screen computer-based test which measures your ability to recognise potentially dangerous situations on the road and react appropriately. you must pass the HPT to progress from a P1 to a P2 licence. A summary of how the HPT works and what to expect when you take the test can be found at the section titled, How the Hazard Perception Test works. you can also visit the HPT website for a more interactive explanation. WHy THE HPT? The aim of the HPT is to confirm that P1 drivers have enough hazard perception skills to graduate to the less restricted P2 licence. Research shows that HPT skills are important for safe driving and that drivers with poor hazard perception skills usually have more crashes. Research also shows that screen-based hazard perception tests can detect drivers with a higher risk of crash involvement. Currently, drivers aged under 20 years are involved in casualty crashes at almost twice the rate of those aged 20 years or more. The graph following shows this clearly. Hazard perception handbook 116 Drivers aged under 20 69 Drivers aged 20 and over Number of driver involvements in casualty crashes per 10,000 licence holders, 2007-2009
The HPT is based on the driving situations that lead to the five most common crash types for NSW provisional drivers. More information on these crash types may be found in the section Crash patterns of provisional drivers in NSW. The purpose of the HPT is to reduce the high level of young driver crashes in NSW by: • Encouraging new drivers to develop hazard perception skills. • Testing P1 drivers on driving situations that are known to lead to the most common types of crashes involving new drivers in NSW. • Only allowing P1 drivers with adequate hazard perception skills to graduate to less restricted P2 status. HAzARdS ANd HAzARd PERCEPTION There are three basic hazard perception skills that are assessed in the HPT. The three are keeping a safe distance from other vehicles, selecting safe gaps and identifying hazards. keeping a safe distance from other vehicles allows you to have more time to detect and respond to hazards. Selecting safe gaps when turning, crossing traffic or changing lanes will enable you to turn, overtake, change lanes or cross an intersection without being involved in a crash. 1 Hazard perception handbook 7
Page 1: Hazard perception handbook
Page 4 and 5: 2 Foreword When you were a learner
Page 6 and 7: 4 The three second rule ...........
Page 10 and 11: 1 8 Identifying hazards ahead, behi
Page 12 and 13: 2 10 Crash patterns of provisional
Page 14 and 15: 2 12 9 percent involve running off
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
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5 56 Practise this task until you c
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6 58 Scanning for hazards Scanning
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6 60 Blind spot area do not drive i
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6 62 Smart scanning When you are sc
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6 64 AvOIdING fATIGUE fatigue (bein
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6 66 Map out a circular route throu
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7 68 Pedestrians, cyclists and moto
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7 70 Give all cyclists plenty of ro
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7 72 3 sec gap. 5 sec gap. Hazard p
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7 74 Scan ahead for roadwork signs.
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7 76 Animals on the road you might
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8 78 Expecting the unexpected Road
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8 80 • Check for pedestrians, cyc
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8 82 A few final words about hazard
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8 84 Apply these skills effectively
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9 86 P2 Licence - provisional licen
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10 88 S Safe gap, definition ......
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