CERAD assessment 2 Questions and
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What are the commonest causes of collisions - ✔✔Driver error or reaction (3/4)
Action based on poor judgement (1/6)
Being careless reckless or in a hurry (1/6)
What are the most common driver errors that result in a collision (3) - ✔✔Failure to look
properly
Failure to judge the other persons path or speed
Loss of control
What are the most common actions based on poor judgement (3) - ✔✔Travelling too
fast for the conditions
Exceeding the speed limit
Following too close
Sudden braking
Who is most likely to be involved in a collision - ✔✔Young, male drivers
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,People who drive at work
What can distract attention for emergency service drivers - ✔✔Multitasking due to the
operational environment
How do you learn from experience - ✔✔Recognise accepting responsibility
Accept every near miss as a learning oppourtunity
What are the four levels of the driving task - ✔✔Human factors that affect your driving
The purpose and context of your journey
Traffic situations
Vehicle and vehicle control
What human factors can affect your driving? - ✔✔Attitude, emotions, mood, tiredness,
stress, impulsive personality, operational stress, competitiveness, financial problems
How can the journey affect your driving - ✔✔Preparation needed, best route, what
distractions, operational distractions, time pressure, peer pressure, red mist, fatigue
How can the traffic affect your driving - ✔✔Traffic creates hazards, situational
awareness is essential, risks include loss of concentration, failure to look properly or
weather
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, How does the vehicle affect your driving - ✔✔Need to know what your vehicle can and
cannot do, familiarise yourself, check lights, tyres, brakes, capabilities, safety features,
an unfamiliar vehicle increases risk
What are some human factor risks for emergency service drivers - ✔✔Distraction due to
multitasking and in vehicle technology
Driving stress
Operational stressors
Time pressure and the purpose of the journey
'Noble cause' risk taking
Red mist
Examples of operational stressors - ✔✔Anticipatory stress of a difficult job
Adrenaline rush
Stress related to aspects of the task
Stress of extreme hazards
Stress due to exposure of repeating incidents
Preoccupation with a previous error or judgement
Stress from other work factors eg shift work
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Answers 100% Pass
What are the commonest causes of collisions - ✔✔Driver error or reaction (3/4)
Action based on poor judgement (1/6)
Being careless reckless or in a hurry (1/6)
What are the most common driver errors that result in a collision (3) - ✔✔Failure to look
properly
Failure to judge the other persons path or speed
Loss of control
What are the most common actions based on poor judgement (3) - ✔✔Travelling too
fast for the conditions
Exceeding the speed limit
Following too close
Sudden braking
Who is most likely to be involved in a collision - ✔✔Young, male drivers
Emily Charlene, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
,People who drive at work
What can distract attention for emergency service drivers - ✔✔Multitasking due to the
operational environment
How do you learn from experience - ✔✔Recognise accepting responsibility
Accept every near miss as a learning oppourtunity
What are the four levels of the driving task - ✔✔Human factors that affect your driving
The purpose and context of your journey
Traffic situations
Vehicle and vehicle control
What human factors can affect your driving? - ✔✔Attitude, emotions, mood, tiredness,
stress, impulsive personality, operational stress, competitiveness, financial problems
How can the journey affect your driving - ✔✔Preparation needed, best route, what
distractions, operational distractions, time pressure, peer pressure, red mist, fatigue
How can the traffic affect your driving - ✔✔Traffic creates hazards, situational
awareness is essential, risks include loss of concentration, failure to look properly or
weather
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, How does the vehicle affect your driving - ✔✔Need to know what your vehicle can and
cannot do, familiarise yourself, check lights, tyres, brakes, capabilities, safety features,
an unfamiliar vehicle increases risk
What are some human factor risks for emergency service drivers - ✔✔Distraction due to
multitasking and in vehicle technology
Driving stress
Operational stressors
Time pressure and the purpose of the journey
'Noble cause' risk taking
Red mist
Examples of operational stressors - ✔✔Anticipatory stress of a difficult job
Adrenaline rush
Stress related to aspects of the task
Stress of extreme hazards
Stress due to exposure of repeating incidents
Preoccupation with a previous error or judgement
Stress from other work factors eg shift work
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