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Perfect Practice Makes Drivers Better
tips taken from the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia 

Mistakes New Drivers Make
  • inability to scan, identify, and react to hazards
  • difficulty managing speed on different types of roads and conditions
  • difficulty managing distractions, both inside and outside the car
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Overall Common Errors: 
  • Abrupt stops and accelerations
  • Turns that are too tight or wide
  • Turning before looking in the direction of the turn
  • Too tight of a grip on the steering wheel
 Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Operates the car movement smoothly with control

Residential Driving

1 Common Errors:
  • Speed may fluctuate greatly at first
  • New driver may fixate on the speedometer
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Maintains an appropriate and steady speed

2 Common Errors:
  • Failing to scan and observe potential hazards
  • Not slowing down prior to the intersections
  • Not turning from or to the appropriate lane
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Shows a solid understanding of right-of-way procedures and turns into the appropriate legal lanes

3 Common Errors:
  • Entering a turn too fast
  • Over steering or under steering
  • Being in the wrong lane or lane position, before or after a turn
  • Not knowing the rules of right-of-way or crossing intersections(Please review those lessons prior to performing this activity.)
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Controls vehicle while turning and observes right-of-way procedures

4 Common Errors:
  • Failing to scan and observe potential hazards
  • Not slowing down prior to the intersections
  • Not turning from or to the appropriate lane
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Can safely manage intersections and identify potential hazards

5 Common Errors:
Driving too close to the curb or center lane
  • Swerving back and forth
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Maintains position in the lane - no tick toc in lane

Common Errors:
  • Failing to recognize potential hazard
  • Not being prepared to react appropriately to hazards
  • Not knowing the appropriate reaction to an anticipated danger
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Recognizes and anticipates hazards well in advance and uses caution around him or her.

Parking Lots
1. Common Errors: 
  • Abrupt stops and accelerations
  • Turns that are too tight or wide
  • Turning before looking in the direction of the turn
  • Too tight of a grip on the steering wheel
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Operates the car smoothly with control up and down aisles

2. Common Errors:
  • Not doing a 360 degree search prior to backing up
  • Failing to look back during the whole maneuver, until the car is stopped
  • Driving at too high a speed
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Backs up slowly and with control, knowing what’s around the vehicle at all times

3. Common Errors: 
  • Forgetting to scan
  • Concentrating too much on scanning and failing to look ahead
  • Turns steering wheel when head moves to scan
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Develops a scanning routine and uses it consistently

4. Common Errors:
  • Too tight of a grip on the steering wheel
  • Fixating too much on the line and not watching up ahead
Sign Learner Gets It:
  • Can easily follow a line and keep the car steady


Highway Environment

1. Common Errors:
  • Not aware of cars ahead in the acceleration lane
  • May stay in acceleration lane too long
  • Sometimes not comfortable checking blind spots with a head check
  • May signal too late when exiting
Signs Learner Gets It
  • Consistently checks traffic to evaluate whether the gap is sufficient and his or her speed has matched the traffic
  • Yields right-of-way to through traffic
  • Plans ahead for the exit
  • Is comfortable waiting for the next exit if missed opportunity

2. Common Errors:
  • Sometimes does not understand what some signs mean and becomes distracted
  • Takes eyes off of road for too long
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Understands what signs mean
  • Reacts appropriately to highway signs
  • Does not divert attention from traffic while reading signs at high speeds

3. Common Errors:
  • Thinks blind spots can be seen by only using the mirrors
  • May not recognize blind spots on both sides of the car
  • May not realize blind spots vary by vehicle
  • Does not know a blind spot can appear in front when view is obstructed by a truck ahead
  • Sometimes forgets to do head checks
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Checks mirrors every 20 to 30 seconds, or more if the highway is crowded
  • Does head checks for blind spots
  • Leaves extra space in front when following a truck 
4. Common Errors:
  • May follow too closely
  • May not realize he or she is tailgating
  • Reponds too much to the car behind
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Uses the six second rule to maintain space cushion
  • Adjusts speed according to traffic density
  • Does not tailgate

5. Common Errors:
  • May not realize the need to lower speed at the appropriate time
  • May not realize the need to merge, or may try to race ahead of other cars
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Identifies changes in traffic and adjusts accordingly
  • Is aware of how other drivers react to traffic disruptions
6. Common Errors:
  • May not identify or recognize aggressive drivers
  • May not be watching side mirrors for fast cars
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Assumes the worst of other drivers; other drivers can act unexpectedly
  • Is aware of aggressive drivers well in advance and increases space cushion

7. Common Errors:
  • May automatically take foot off the gas when changing lanes
  • May be nervous when passing vehicles, especially large trucks
  • May hesitate to make a lane change
  • Focuses too much on the cars in the lane
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Correctly judges distance necessary to pass
  • Changes lanes and passes other vehicles appropriately
  •  Allows other vehicles to pass or change lanes safely by adjusting the space cushion

8. Common Errors:
  • Follows cars too closely
  • Has trouble keeping speed consistent
  • May speed up if car is following too closely
Signs Learner Gets It:
  • Maintains or adjusts speed as needed
  • Is not intimidated by tailgaters to speed
  • Makes the necessary speed adjustments to accommodate varying road conditions









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