Chapter 5 Managing Risk With The IPDE Process

Risk means danger. Factors mean a situation that produces a result. Risk factors are situations that can produce dangerous results such as collisions.

• risk factors

• habit

what are able to do.

• ability

• analyze

important pieces of information that you must pay attention to.

• identify:

• critical clues

Basic tools for low-risk driving might be

• good tires and a horn.

• fear of driving in inclement weather.

• good seeing habits and an ability to manage space

• age and experience.

The area you can see around you is called

• selective seeing.

• path of travel.

• peripheral vision

• field of vision

How can you prepare yourself to deal with the worst possible actions of other HTS users?

• Assume others will adjust to your actions.

• Assume others have predicted your actions

• Assume others will make mistakes.

• Assume others will not make mistakes.

When you use the predict step in the IPDE Process, you

• interpret meaningless clues in the driving environment.

• forget about what might happen on the roadway ahead

• ignore the actions of other HTS users.

• judge where possible points of conflict may occur.

An intersection is a

• place to visit with a neighboring vehicle

• high-risk area where the management of your path of travel needs constant attention.

• place to change lanes.

• low-risk area needing little attention.

When braking in an emergency stop, you should

• use the parking brake.

• press the brake pedal as hard as you can.

• avoid locking the brackes.

• lightly tap the brakes to warm the driver who is following you.

You should practice your orderly visual search pattern

• once a year.

• as a passenger in a vehicle.

• in the backyard.

• by selecting clues and events restricting your line of sight.