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42 Cards in this Set
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When do most accidents occur? |
In fine weather on sealed roads in the day time |
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Where do most costs associated with car crashes go? |
24% to the long term care of injured people 21% to maintaining victims quality of life |
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If you slow down from 70km/h to 60km/h you will: |
Need 30% less distance to stop |
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A person with a BAC (blood alcohol content) of 0.05 is |
Twice as likely to crash than someone with a BAC of 0.0 |
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Male drivers are more likely to be distracted when |
Driving with other males of similar age |
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Most fatigue related crashes occur |
On country roads |
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The risk of crashing |
doubles for every 5km/h over the speed limit |
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If you are driving in dark and foggy conditions |
leave a gap of at least 4 seconds |
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People who let their emotions dictate their driving are usually |
young males |
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What is the percentage chance of killing a pedestrian at 60km/h |
70% |
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What percentage of fatigue related crashes happen on metropolis roads |
25% |
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What are the fatigue crash-risk hours? |
4-8am and 12-2pm |
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What percentage of crashes are fatigue related |
20% |
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A combination of human error and other factors |
Account for 90% of road accidents |
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More than half the drivers killed by alcohol |
Have a blood alcohol content of 0.15 (3x the legal limit) |
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What percentage of accidents happen in high alcohol hours? |
30% |
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How long does it take to brake in a 60km/h zone |
0.75 seconds to see the hazard and 0.75seconds to brake, total of 1.5 seconds |
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Dangerous driving has a maximum prison sentence of |
10 years |
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Negligent driving has a maximum prison term of |
18 months |
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By how much is your field of vision reduced by at 100km/h |
More than a third (180 when stationary, approximately 50 degrees at 100km/h) |
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Alcohol is a contributing factor in |
20% of crashes in NSW |
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Speed is a factor in |
40% of crashes in NSW |
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Crashes involving full license drivers occur between vehicles in opposing directions |
16% of the time |
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Crashes are most common in |
60km/h speed zones |
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Crashes are most likely to occur |
Between Monday to Friday 9am-3pm |
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What is the most common collision between a car and motorcycle |
When another vehicle turns across the path of the motorcycle |
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When do most speed related crashes occur? |
At night |
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High Alcohol hours are |
Weeknights (Thurs/Fri) and Weekends |
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What is the percentage of fatigue related crashes on country roads? |
75% |
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If you are driving in dark and foggy conditions you should |
Have a travel distance of four seconds or more |
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Crash research shows that drivers make a near crash mistake every |
800km |
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Research have shown that experienced drivers usually have an accident in urban areas due to |
Not looking ahead far enough |
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What is involved in scanning |
Using your eyes or moving your head to look ahead, to the sides and to the back |
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How can the driver check his blind spot? |
Look to the left and to the right |
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What are the causes of fatigue? |
Driving far and working long hours |
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What contributes most to an accident |
Human errors |
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How fare ahead should you be looking as part of a scanning routine |
12 seconds |
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Why is it more dangerous to travel at high speeds |
It narrows your field of vision |
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What is covering the brake |
Lifting your right foot off the accelerator and placing it above the brake ready to push down in case conditions change |
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Which may affect ability |
Marijuana+Cold Tablets |
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What should be the distance between a parked car and a moving car |
1 metre |
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What is a good scanning procedure |
Constantly doing a head check to cover blind spots, looking ahead |
