Roadcraft chapter notes QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED
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1. Becoming a better driver - 1. Becoming a better driver
1.1. A safe and competent driver - Have a critical and honest self-awareness and understanding
of your personal characteristics, attitudes and behaviour, which are necessary for safe driving.
1.2. Take action - Take action to keep identified risks to a minimum.
1.3. Know your limitations - Have awareness of your own limitations and those of the vehicle
and the road.
1.4. Risk awareness - Be aware of the risks inherent in particular road and traffic situations.
1.5. Paying attention - Make full use of your powers of observation and concentration.
1.6. Direction, speed, conditions - Continuously match the vehicle's direction and speed to the
changing conditions.
1.7. Vehicle controls - Know the capabilities of your vehicle and its controls.
1.8. Competence - Have the knowledge, skills and understanding to assess your driving ability.
1.9. Situational awareness - Gather, interpret and use information to make sense of what is going
on around you and what is likely to happen next.
1.10. Common collision causes - Know what makes you vulnerable.
2. The system of car control - 2. The system of car control
2.1. The need for a system of car control - Use a system of car control. This aims to prevent
collisions by providing a systematic approach to hazards. It uses a decision-making process that
enables you to efficiently assess and act on information that is continuously changing as you
drive.
2.2. What is the system of car control? - Approach and negotiate hazards in a way that is
methodical, safe and leaves nothing to chance, using careful observation, early anticipation and
planning, and a systematic use of the controls to maintain your vehicle's stability in all situations.
It increases your safety in a constantly changing driving environment by giving you time to react
to hazards.
, 2.3. How the system works - The system of car control consists of processing information and
four phases - position, speed, gear and acceleration. Each phase develops out of the one before.
2.4. Importance of information - Take, use and give information to plan your driving - remember
TUG.
2.5. The system of car control - Use information to plan how to deal with the hazards you
identify and use the system to decide on your next action.
2.6. Use the system flexibly - Adapt the system to circumstances as they arise.
2.7. Applying the system - Do you take, use and give information throughout all phases? If not,
what can you do to improve?
2.8. Car control when turning - Know how to apply the system of car control when making right
and left-hand turns.
2.9. Car control at roundabouts - Know how to apply the system of car control when negotiating
roundabouts.
2.10. Braking and gear changing - Remember that individual phases of the system of car control
are almost always applied separately. The principle is that brakes are to slow, gears are to go.
3. Information, observation and anticipation - 3. Information, observation and anticipation
3.1. Processing complex information - To develop your driving to police operational standards,
you will need to expand your ability to process complex information.
3.2. How your brain processes information - To carry out safe driving, especially at speed, you
need to have the ability to judge a situation, grade risks and anticipate how things are likely to
unfold - remember: input, decision-making, output, feedback.
3.3. Observe and anticipate - Develop sophisticated anticipation skills to predict hazards
accurately when under pressure.
3.4. Plan ahead - Observe. Anticipate hazards, prioritise and decide what to do. Act.
3.5. What you can see - The road around you is made up of different zones of visibility. In some
areas you will have a good view and in others you will only be able to see what is directly in
front of you.
3.6. Know your limits - Understand how speed affects your perception and judgement, and
always stay within the limits of your competence.
3.7. Watch that speedometer - Always keep a check on your speedometer as underestimating
your speed means you will have less time to observe and anticipate hazards.
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1. Becoming a better driver - 1. Becoming a better driver
1.1. A safe and competent driver - Have a critical and honest self-awareness and understanding
of your personal characteristics, attitudes and behaviour, which are necessary for safe driving.
1.2. Take action - Take action to keep identified risks to a minimum.
1.3. Know your limitations - Have awareness of your own limitations and those of the vehicle
and the road.
1.4. Risk awareness - Be aware of the risks inherent in particular road and traffic situations.
1.5. Paying attention - Make full use of your powers of observation and concentration.
1.6. Direction, speed, conditions - Continuously match the vehicle's direction and speed to the
changing conditions.
1.7. Vehicle controls - Know the capabilities of your vehicle and its controls.
1.8. Competence - Have the knowledge, skills and understanding to assess your driving ability.
1.9. Situational awareness - Gather, interpret and use information to make sense of what is going
on around you and what is likely to happen next.
1.10. Common collision causes - Know what makes you vulnerable.
2. The system of car control - 2. The system of car control
2.1. The need for a system of car control - Use a system of car control. This aims to prevent
collisions by providing a systematic approach to hazards. It uses a decision-making process that
enables you to efficiently assess and act on information that is continuously changing as you
drive.
2.2. What is the system of car control? - Approach and negotiate hazards in a way that is
methodical, safe and leaves nothing to chance, using careful observation, early anticipation and
planning, and a systematic use of the controls to maintain your vehicle's stability in all situations.
It increases your safety in a constantly changing driving environment by giving you time to react
to hazards.
, 2.3. How the system works - The system of car control consists of processing information and
four phases - position, speed, gear and acceleration. Each phase develops out of the one before.
2.4. Importance of information - Take, use and give information to plan your driving - remember
TUG.
2.5. The system of car control - Use information to plan how to deal with the hazards you
identify and use the system to decide on your next action.
2.6. Use the system flexibly - Adapt the system to circumstances as they arise.
2.7. Applying the system - Do you take, use and give information throughout all phases? If not,
what can you do to improve?
2.8. Car control when turning - Know how to apply the system of car control when making right
and left-hand turns.
2.9. Car control at roundabouts - Know how to apply the system of car control when negotiating
roundabouts.
2.10. Braking and gear changing - Remember that individual phases of the system of car control
are almost always applied separately. The principle is that brakes are to slow, gears are to go.
3. Information, observation and anticipation - 3. Information, observation and anticipation
3.1. Processing complex information - To develop your driving to police operational standards,
you will need to expand your ability to process complex information.
3.2. How your brain processes information - To carry out safe driving, especially at speed, you
need to have the ability to judge a situation, grade risks and anticipate how things are likely to
unfold - remember: input, decision-making, output, feedback.
3.3. Observe and anticipate - Develop sophisticated anticipation skills to predict hazards
accurately when under pressure.
3.4. Plan ahead - Observe. Anticipate hazards, prioritise and decide what to do. Act.
3.5. What you can see - The road around you is made up of different zones of visibility. In some
areas you will have a good view and in others you will only be able to see what is directly in
front of you.
3.6. Know your limits - Understand how speed affects your perception and judgement, and
always stay within the limits of your competence.
3.7. Watch that speedometer - Always keep a check on your speedometer as underestimating
your speed means you will have less time to observe and anticipate hazards.
