Solutions
What are competencies required for Police driving? The knowledge and skills to drive
safely.
An understanding of factors that increase your risk of collision.
The ability to accuratley assess your driving behaviour.
What are the task specific competency's for Police driving? Multi-tasking
Alertness
Attention distribution
Situational awareness
Anticipation
Planning
Making judgements
What are the most common causes of a collision? Driver error or reaction (3/4).
Action based on poor judgement (1/6).
Being careless, reckless or in a hurry (1/6).
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Who is most likely to be involved in a collision? Young drivers (1/7).
People who drive as part of their work.
What are the four levels of the driving task? Human factors that effect your driving.
The purpose and context of your journey.
Traffic situations.
Vehicle and vehicle control.
Identify the human factors which may increase your vulnerability as a driver. Personal
tendencies, motives or actions that might affect your driving. For example: Risk taking or
impulsive personality, operational stress, competitiveness, overconfidence, justifying risk taking
for a noble cause, distraction caused by deeper stress (stress at home).
What are the human factor risks for emergency drivers? Distraction due to multi tasking
Driving stress
Operational stressors
Time pressure and purpose of the journey