Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) 4.6 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Reduce the number of crashes police oflcers are in-
volved in.
2. Reduce the severity of crashes that do occur.
3. Increase your eflciency as a driver, thereby increasing
List the goals of the Emergency Vehicle Operations
your eflciency
Course:
as an oflcer.
4. Impress upon the oflcer the responsibility, liability, and
personal risk
associated with emergency vehicle operation.
• More injuries and deaths usually occur each year from
law enforcement related traflc accidents, than from police
shootouts. Thus, it should be immediately clear how much
of an ethical responsibility you have to not make driving
mistakes, especially during emergencies. This is easier
said than done. Operating an emergency vehicle during
a true emergency demands a total command of all the
Define the importance of a mature judgment process for
skills that will be presented during this course. You cannot
a driver:
afford to view this course simply as it is fun to do. This is a
serious business. 2 causes of vehicle accidents: Misuse or
Overuse of Steering and Brakes.
• A mature driver uses prior experiences and skill to avoid
potentially dangerous situations. Attitude is critical to a
mature judgment process. Knowledge of personal and
vehicle limits is critical.
• Professional Police Driving: Judgment, Attitude, Environ-
ment, Vehicle, and Pro-active. Attitude has the greatest in-
fluence on an oflcer's driving performance and judgment
Identify the importance of the driver's attitude in relation
process!! We must be courteous drivers, we must set an
to the ability to operate a motor vehicle:
example for others, above all we must be professional,
and the public has a right to expect this from us. Self-Dis-
, cipline, and it takes desire and work.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Reduce the number of crashes police oflcers are in-
volved in.
2. Reduce the severity of crashes that do occur.
3. Increase your eflciency as a driver, thereby increasing
List the goals of the Emergency Vehicle Operations
your eflciency
Course:
as an oflcer.
4. Impress upon the oflcer the responsibility, liability, and
personal risk
associated with emergency vehicle operation.
• More injuries and deaths usually occur each year from
law enforcement related traflc accidents, than from police
shootouts. Thus, it should be immediately clear how much
of an ethical responsibility you have to not make driving
mistakes, especially during emergencies. This is easier
said than done. Operating an emergency vehicle during
a true emergency demands a total command of all the
Define the importance of a mature judgment process for
skills that will be presented during this course. You cannot
a driver:
afford to view this course simply as it is fun to do. This is a
serious business. 2 causes of vehicle accidents: Misuse or
Overuse of Steering and Brakes.
• A mature driver uses prior experiences and skill to avoid
potentially dangerous situations. Attitude is critical to a
mature judgment process. Knowledge of personal and
vehicle limits is critical.
• Professional Police Driving: Judgment, Attitude, Environ-
ment, Vehicle, and Pro-active. Attitude has the greatest in-
fluence on an oflcer's driving performance and judgment
Identify the importance of the driver's attitude in relation
process!! We must be courteous drivers, we must set an
to the ability to operate a motor vehicle:
example for others, above all we must be professional,
and the public has a right to expect this from us. Self-Dis-
, cipline, and it takes desire and work.
