Gap Selection & Low Risk Driving – 10 Major Safe Driving Techniques

Looking

  • Looking at the situation all around
  • Look at the situation behind the blind spots
  • Look where you want to go in corners and curves
  • Check behind, before and while braking

 

Braking and Steering

  • Brake the low-risk way
  • Brake before corners and curves
  • Steer and accelerate the low-risk way

 

Thinking

  • Comment immediately after making a mistake using basic controls
  • Respect the brain’s ‘speed limit’
  • Notice and ask questions about other driver’s driving
  • Rate own performance accurately

 

Mental Skills for Road Rules

  • Following traffic
  • Being followed too closely
  • Selecting gaps in traffic
  • Adjusting early to speed limits
  • Preparing for a pedestrian crossing
  • Being ready for a bus pulling out
  • Being ready for a pedestrian at an intersection
  • Predicting a blocked intersection
  • Adjusting to traffic from a merging lane

 

Thinking Skills

  • Comment immediately
  • Think, instead of complaining

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