文档介绍:North Carolina Driver Education Resource Guide
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Unit 6 Physical Aspects of Driving
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Components of the HTS
People
Machines
Environment they operate them in
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Cause for most motor vehicle crashes
90-95% of vehicle accidents are caused by people not vehicles or roadways.
Human errors are the problem in traffic accidents.
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Purpose of driver licensing.
The purpose of driver licensing is to make sure that no user of the HTS is an unreasonable risk to other users of the system or themselves.
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Importance of vision on driving
Most information used when using the HTS, is acquired visually.
Generally, it is accepted that 90% of driving information is received through the eyes.
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Things that may affect a person's vision
ics
Fatigue
Smoking
Alcohol or other drugs
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Things that may affect a person's vision
Age
Illness such as allergies or colds
If 90% of driving information is received visually, we must have reasonable vision.
NC requires 20/40 corrected vision.
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Field of vision.
Field of vision is all the area you need in front of you.
Normally people can see 180-210 degrees of the area to the front.
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Components of field of vision
Central vision is t