Roadcraft QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
Competency: Multi-tasking - Being able to carry out several complex driving tasks at the same
time and with equal accuracy and efficiency
Competency: Alertness - Being vigilant and remaining focused so as to spot potential hazards
early and leave nothing to chance
Competency: Attention distribution - Splitting your attention across all aspects of a driving task
Competency: Situational awareness - Your ability to "read the road": using all your senses to
build up an accurate mental picture of the operational environment
Competency: Anticipation - Using your observational skills and driving experience to spot actual
and potential hazards and predict how the situation is likely to unfold
Competency: Planning - Planning precisely and making rapid and accurate decisions throughout
the task
Competency: making judgements - Judging situations accurately and taking safe and appropriate
action
How to learn from driving experience - 1. Recognise the resistance in ourselves to accepting
responsibility
2. Accept every near miss and collision as a learning opportunity
Anticipatory stress - The stress associated with facing a difficult or demanding task (e.g. anxiety
about what you will find on arrival at an incident)
Practical ways to combat driving stress - 1. Ensure the car seat is adjusted comfortably
2. Use the System and practice it continually
3. Maintain a calm approach to driving
4. Learn techniques to maintain focus on driving
5. Avoid dwelling on past mistakes
Aims of the system of car control - To prevent collisions by providing a systematic approach to
hazards.
To be a decision-making process that enables you to efficiently assess and act on information
that is continuously changing as you drive
The system: human factors - Consider personal factors and attitudes and the goals of the journey
that might influence your driving behaviour
, The system: traffic - Scan the environment, recognise, anticipate and prioritise hazards, and form
an achievable driving plan
The system: vehicle control - Translate intentions and thoughts into physical action - manoeuvre
your vehicle accurately and smoothly
"Hazard" - A hazard is anything that is an actual or potential danger
The five phases of the system - Information, Position, Speed, Gear, Acceleration
The System: the "Information" phase - - Underpins the system and runs throughout
- TUG: Take and Use information so you can plan, and Give information that could benefit other
road users
The System: the "Position" phase - Position yourself so that you can negotiate the hazard(s)
safely and smoothly
The System: the "Speed" phase - Using acceleration sense, smoothly and steadily adjust your
speed using the accelerator or brake to give you the correct speed to complete the manoeuvre
safely
The System: the "Gear" phase - Once you have the correct speed for the circumstances, engage
the appropriate gear for that speed
The System: the "Acceleration" phase - Choose an appropriate point to apply the correct degree
of acceleration needed to leave the hazard safely and smoothly
Brake/gear overlap - Braking normally but changing the gear towards the end of braking (before
releasing the brake)
The system is... -
The main limitations on how much information a driver can process - - Reaction time
- Errors of perception
- Attention span
- Memory storage
Reaction time - The time between gathering new information about a hazard and responding to it
Decision time - The time between observing a hazard and deciding what action to take
Response time - The time between deciding what action to take, and physically taking it
Common errors of perception - - Errors of judgement: like perceiving a bend as being less sharp
than it actually is
Competency: Multi-tasking - Being able to carry out several complex driving tasks at the same
time and with equal accuracy and efficiency
Competency: Alertness - Being vigilant and remaining focused so as to spot potential hazards
early and leave nothing to chance
Competency: Attention distribution - Splitting your attention across all aspects of a driving task
Competency: Situational awareness - Your ability to "read the road": using all your senses to
build up an accurate mental picture of the operational environment
Competency: Anticipation - Using your observational skills and driving experience to spot actual
and potential hazards and predict how the situation is likely to unfold
Competency: Planning - Planning precisely and making rapid and accurate decisions throughout
the task
Competency: making judgements - Judging situations accurately and taking safe and appropriate
action
How to learn from driving experience - 1. Recognise the resistance in ourselves to accepting
responsibility
2. Accept every near miss and collision as a learning opportunity
Anticipatory stress - The stress associated with facing a difficult or demanding task (e.g. anxiety
about what you will find on arrival at an incident)
Practical ways to combat driving stress - 1. Ensure the car seat is adjusted comfortably
2. Use the System and practice it continually
3. Maintain a calm approach to driving
4. Learn techniques to maintain focus on driving
5. Avoid dwelling on past mistakes
Aims of the system of car control - To prevent collisions by providing a systematic approach to
hazards.
To be a decision-making process that enables you to efficiently assess and act on information
that is continuously changing as you drive
The system: human factors - Consider personal factors and attitudes and the goals of the journey
that might influence your driving behaviour
, The system: traffic - Scan the environment, recognise, anticipate and prioritise hazards, and form
an achievable driving plan
The system: vehicle control - Translate intentions and thoughts into physical action - manoeuvre
your vehicle accurately and smoothly
"Hazard" - A hazard is anything that is an actual or potential danger
The five phases of the system - Information, Position, Speed, Gear, Acceleration
The System: the "Information" phase - - Underpins the system and runs throughout
- TUG: Take and Use information so you can plan, and Give information that could benefit other
road users
The System: the "Position" phase - Position yourself so that you can negotiate the hazard(s)
safely and smoothly
The System: the "Speed" phase - Using acceleration sense, smoothly and steadily adjust your
speed using the accelerator or brake to give you the correct speed to complete the manoeuvre
safely
The System: the "Gear" phase - Once you have the correct speed for the circumstances, engage
the appropriate gear for that speed
The System: the "Acceleration" phase - Choose an appropriate point to apply the correct degree
of acceleration needed to leave the hazard safely and smoothly
Brake/gear overlap - Braking normally but changing the gear towards the end of braking (before
releasing the brake)
The system is... -
The main limitations on how much information a driver can process - - Reaction time
- Errors of perception
- Attention span
- Memory storage
Reaction time - The time between gathering new information about a hazard and responding to it
Decision time - The time between observing a hazard and deciding what action to take
Response time - The time between deciding what action to take, and physically taking it
Common errors of perception - - Errors of judgement: like perceiving a bend as being less sharp
than it actually is
