1. Change a tire on your family car under the supervision of one of your parents. If your not sure how to do it read your vehicles owners manual.Write a type 3 writeup. FCA's: 1.Describe the steps you used in changing your tire. 2.Describe the safety components involved in changing a tire.3. Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Post by Monday 7/30
First you have to make sure you're in a safe place to change the tire to avoid being killed. The next thing you have to do is get the jack, spare tire and wrench out of the trunk of the car. Then you take off the hub cab and loosen the lug nuts. As you loosen the lug nuts you're supposed to slowly loosen the lug nuts opposite from each other, only loosening them slightly. Next you need to find out where to put the jack, which you can look up in the owners manual. Jack the car up until the tire is off the ground, then you can remove the lug nuts and remove the tire completely. Then you have to put on the new tire and screw the lug nuts back in, still opposite from each other and carefully. Once they're on lower the car down and take the jack out, tighten the lug nuts even more, put the hubcap back on and then you're done.
2.Type 3 write up on insurance.FCA's: 1 Describe the following types of coverages: bodily injury liability, property damage liability, collision, comprehensive, uninsured and under insured bodily and property damage liability, and the term deductible and how it relates to collision and comprehensive coverages. 2.Describe what the state of Vermont requires for automobile insurance. 3Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation, Post by Monday, 7/30.
1.
Bodily injury liability: medical bills that you're responsible for
Property damage liability: things you're for for damaging
Collision: damage to the car due to a collision
Comprehensive: pays for repairing or replacement for damage that has happened to the car other than a collision
Uninsured and under insured bodily and property damage liability: if hit, this pays for you and other passengers (medical bills, courts fees, etc), but not for property damage
Deductible: if you get into a collision, then you have to your deductible then insurance will pay the rest. The higher the deductible, the lower the insurance bill
2. The law in Vermont is that the car that you drive has to be covered by liability insurance. It's called "Maintenance of financial responsibility". If someone dies or gets injured in a collision then insurance has to pay $25,000 for each person. Also you must have $10,000 for property damage insurance.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Crash Site Assignment Due 7/29
1. Watch the " Crash Cd ". Type 3 writing. FCA's: 1. give a complete summary of the four sites you visit in the cd( lawyer, police, doctor, school), 2.Tell who you turned out to be in the cd, 3.Give your view on the problems related to drinking/drugs and driving. Please post this by Sunday 7/29, 3:00 pm. If completed correctly this paper will take the place of your final exam.
The Lawyer had a lot to say and show about the costs of things when you get into a crash. You had to do an activity where you estimated the costs of things like, towing, restricted license fee, alcohol education programs, court costs and so on. After seeing what the 10 things you had to estimate the costs of really cost, I realized how much it was. Those 10 things all together cost over $14,000.
The police told a lot of statistics. They said that when teens are driving they are twice as likely to get into a crash with teen passengers. They also showed what to look for in drunk drivers. You should look for slow responding, lights off, turning abruptly, drifting, following too closely, weaving, swerving and wide turns. Also they explained how when you get pulled over for drunk driving there is no tolerance, even if the alcohol level is .01 or .02 you will still get arrested for DUI. They showed a small diagram or the process of getting arrested as well. The process was: get pulled over, field sobriety test, Miranda rights, breathalyzer, pay bail, arraignment, then a trial.
The doctor had a lot to say about head injuries, the brain, a little about drinking, pot and seat belts. A couple of facts that were stated were that seatbelts reduce the risk of dying in a crash by 60%, after drinking it only takes 10 minutes to start taking effect, and even if you get into a collision at 10mph, it can still cause significant damage if you hit your head. If you have a head injury you can forgot things, can't concentrate as well, have mood swings, lose taste and smell or have difficulty with motor skills. It depends on what part of the brain was effected. These are parts of the brain that can be effected if you drink, frontal lobe (makes you make bad decisions), hippocampus (memory fails), and medulla (can cause brain damage). If you smoke pot, these are the parts of your brain that can be effected, limbic system (missing danger skills), hippocampus (memory loss, reduced attention), and the cerebellum (bad coordination or road tracking).
The school talked a lot about how impaired drivers, victims and the victims friends and family can be effected and how to deal with someone who is about to drink and drive. There were short videos from an impaired driver, a victim and a victims family. Jeff, the impaired driver, talked about the accident and how horrible he felt for what he had caused and was convicted with negligent homicide. Sara, a victim, was hit by an impaired driver and suffered a lot of serious injuries that she still has to live with and remembers. Marilyn and Mike, a victims parents, talked about how hard it is to live with the death of their daughter after she was killed by an impaired driver. This section also told about how to deal with friends who wanted to drive somewhere under the influence. You could, take their keys, find someone else to drive them home, delay them until they're sober enough to make better decisions, use another angle (use other words, rephrase what you said before), or you could just let them go although that's not a good idea.
In the story I was the passenger in the car. In the car no one was wearing a seat belt, the passenger was ejected from the car, suffered memory loss, the driver was drunk, the passenger should have done something to stop the driver from driving, the driver was convicted of vehicular homicide and the biker that the car hit was killed.
My views on drinking and driving are that it's never ok. I think that if you do drink and drive, but you didn't get pulled over or get into an accident then you're extremely lucky. It doesn't seem worth it to me to drink or smoke pot then drive. You could kill someone then have to live with that for the rest of your life, or you could get arrested and have all of those consequences. It's easy to find someone else to drive you home or pick you up if you drink anyways, if it's that easy and there's a lot less risk, then you should do it instead of taking those chances.
The Lawyer had a lot to say and show about the costs of things when you get into a crash. You had to do an activity where you estimated the costs of things like, towing, restricted license fee, alcohol education programs, court costs and so on. After seeing what the 10 things you had to estimate the costs of really cost, I realized how much it was. Those 10 things all together cost over $14,000.
The police told a lot of statistics. They said that when teens are driving they are twice as likely to get into a crash with teen passengers. They also showed what to look for in drunk drivers. You should look for slow responding, lights off, turning abruptly, drifting, following too closely, weaving, swerving and wide turns. Also they explained how when you get pulled over for drunk driving there is no tolerance, even if the alcohol level is .01 or .02 you will still get arrested for DUI. They showed a small diagram or the process of getting arrested as well. The process was: get pulled over, field sobriety test, Miranda rights, breathalyzer, pay bail, arraignment, then a trial.
The doctor had a lot to say about head injuries, the brain, a little about drinking, pot and seat belts. A couple of facts that were stated were that seatbelts reduce the risk of dying in a crash by 60%, after drinking it only takes 10 minutes to start taking effect, and even if you get into a collision at 10mph, it can still cause significant damage if you hit your head. If you have a head injury you can forgot things, can't concentrate as well, have mood swings, lose taste and smell or have difficulty with motor skills. It depends on what part of the brain was effected. These are parts of the brain that can be effected if you drink, frontal lobe (makes you make bad decisions), hippocampus (memory fails), and medulla (can cause brain damage). If you smoke pot, these are the parts of your brain that can be effected, limbic system (missing danger skills), hippocampus (memory loss, reduced attention), and the cerebellum (bad coordination or road tracking).
The school talked a lot about how impaired drivers, victims and the victims friends and family can be effected and how to deal with someone who is about to drink and drive. There were short videos from an impaired driver, a victim and a victims family. Jeff, the impaired driver, talked about the accident and how horrible he felt for what he had caused and was convicted with negligent homicide. Sara, a victim, was hit by an impaired driver and suffered a lot of serious injuries that she still has to live with and remembers. Marilyn and Mike, a victims parents, talked about how hard it is to live with the death of their daughter after she was killed by an impaired driver. This section also told about how to deal with friends who wanted to drive somewhere under the influence. You could, take their keys, find someone else to drive them home, delay them until they're sober enough to make better decisions, use another angle (use other words, rephrase what you said before), or you could just let them go although that's not a good idea.
In the story I was the passenger in the car. In the car no one was wearing a seat belt, the passenger was ejected from the car, suffered memory loss, the driver was drunk, the passenger should have done something to stop the driver from driving, the driver was convicted of vehicular homicide and the biker that the car hit was killed.
My views on drinking and driving are that it's never ok. I think that if you do drink and drive, but you didn't get pulled over or get into an accident then you're extremely lucky. It doesn't seem worth it to me to drink or smoke pot then drive. You could kill someone then have to live with that for the rest of your life, or you could get arrested and have all of those consequences. It's easy to find someone else to drive you home or pick you up if you drink anyways, if it's that easy and there's a lot less risk, then you should do it instead of taking those chances.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Assignment Due 7/26
1. List 8 areas where it is illegal to pass another vehicle and give a reason why you think it is unsafe to pass in these areas. This is a type 2 writing.
Hills
Curves
One lane roads
No passing zone
Intersections
Railroad crossings
Bridges
On/off ramps
All of these places are unsafe places to pass for several reasons. Some, like hills and curves, you can't see far ahead enough to pass safely. Others may have other oncoming traffic or may not have enough space to allow a safe passing maneuver.
2. Using the power point 9.02 I would like you to explain the time and space needs for passing another vehicle. You are traveling at 60 mph and the car you are about to pass is going 40 mph. you will need to multiply each speed by 1.5 in order to find the feet per second that each car is traveling. Please explain how long it will take you to pass the vehicle, the number of feet that you will travel in each of the three parts of the passing maneuver. the total feet and time it will take, and compare that to the length of a football field which is 300 feet long. This is a type 2 writing.
The car going 60 mph is going 90 feet per second, and the car going 40 mph is going 60 feet per second. With those speeds, the car going faster should be able to pass in about 12 seconds. When you first decide to pass you should check to make sure you can pull out into the other lane, signal, pull out, pass the other car and wait until you can see both headlights, signal and go to the other lane.
Hills
Curves
One lane roads
No passing zone
Intersections
Railroad crossings
Bridges
On/off ramps
All of these places are unsafe places to pass for several reasons. Some, like hills and curves, you can't see far ahead enough to pass safely. Others may have other oncoming traffic or may not have enough space to allow a safe passing maneuver.
2. Using the power point 9.02 I would like you to explain the time and space needs for passing another vehicle. You are traveling at 60 mph and the car you are about to pass is going 40 mph. you will need to multiply each speed by 1.5 in order to find the feet per second that each car is traveling. Please explain how long it will take you to pass the vehicle, the number of feet that you will travel in each of the three parts of the passing maneuver. the total feet and time it will take, and compare that to the length of a football field which is 300 feet long. This is a type 2 writing.
The car going 60 mph is going 90 feet per second, and the car going 40 mph is going 60 feet per second. With those speeds, the car going faster should be able to pass in about 12 seconds. When you first decide to pass you should check to make sure you can pull out into the other lane, signal, pull out, pass the other car and wait until you can see both headlights, signal and go to the other lane.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Assignment Due 7/20
1) Find 3 news articles and relate them to things we have read about and discussed in class. This is a type two writing and should contain factual details to respond to the news articles. Copy and paste the article and post the URL. These should be posted by Sunday 7/22.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13729530/detail.html
In this crash there were five cars involved, if some of those cars had had more reaction time after the first car hit then they could've survived or at least suffered less injuries or might still be alive. Also if people had searched the area better, for example, looking at other cars behavior, then some of this could've been avoided.
http://www.wptz.com/news/13701817/detail.html
In this the person who was driving definitely should have been more aware. The child was most likely in his blindspot and the driver couldn't even see him. He should have known that his kid was outside though and knew where he was.
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/NEWS01/707170360/1002/NEWS01
This accident wasn't all the bikers fault but if he had tapped his brakes or signaled then maybe the girl behind him would've been more aware and see him and stopped instead of hitting him.
2)Type 2 writing: Describe how to how to time your arrival to get to an intersection with a green light. Power point can be found in Module 6. Post assignment by Sunday, 7/22
To help time your arrival you should look ahead at your target. Look at the lights and observe what the color is, green, yellow or red. If you're far enough back and the light is red then it could turn green by the time you get there. If it's yellow then you should start slowing down since I'll be red soon. If it's green and has been green for awhile then it's a stale green light and could change soon so you might want to either slow down or keep a steady pace.
3.Type 2 writing: Explain the benefits of keeping a 4 second following distance. Use power point presentation 7.03 to help you with this assignment. Post assignment by Sunday ,7/22.
When you keep a 4 second following distance then you have a lot more reaction time. You could easily be away if they're going to stop, take a turn or pull over and you wouldn't have to worry about being too close and possibly rear ending them. Also if someone behind you wasn't keeping a safe 4 second following distance and was a lot closer, then you might get intimidated or kind of worried that they could rear end you and cause an accident very easily.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13729530/detail.html
In this crash there were five cars involved, if some of those cars had had more reaction time after the first car hit then they could've survived or at least suffered less injuries or might still be alive. Also if people had searched the area better, for example, looking at other cars behavior, then some of this could've been avoided.
http://www.wptz.com/news/13701817/detail.html
In this the person who was driving definitely should have been more aware. The child was most likely in his blindspot and the driver couldn't even see him. He should have known that his kid was outside though and knew where he was.
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/NEWS01/707170360/1002/NEWS01
This accident wasn't all the bikers fault but if he had tapped his brakes or signaled then maybe the girl behind him would've been more aware and see him and stopped instead of hitting him.
2)Type 2 writing: Describe how to how to time your arrival to get to an intersection with a green light. Power point can be found in Module 6. Post assignment by Sunday, 7/22
To help time your arrival you should look ahead at your target. Look at the lights and observe what the color is, green, yellow or red. If you're far enough back and the light is red then it could turn green by the time you get there. If it's yellow then you should start slowing down since I'll be red soon. If it's green and has been green for awhile then it's a stale green light and could change soon so you might want to either slow down or keep a steady pace.
3.Type 2 writing: Explain the benefits of keeping a 4 second following distance. Use power point presentation 7.03 to help you with this assignment. Post assignment by Sunday ,7/22.
When you keep a 4 second following distance then you have a lot more reaction time. You could easily be away if they're going to stop, take a turn or pull over and you wouldn't have to worry about being too close and possibly rear ending them. Also if someone behind you wasn't keeping a safe 4 second following distance and was a lot closer, then you might get intimidated or kind of worried that they could rear end you and cause an accident very easily.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Assignment Due 7/11
Your assignment is to write a type 3 paper on "Graduated Licensing". Your FCA's are: 1) explain what the Vermont Graduated License Law is all about, 2) Express in your own words how you feel about the law and would you suggest any changes to the law, 3) correct spelling and grammar. Click on the link below and use the site to do your paper. This paper should be posted by Wednesday, 7/11/07.
This law is about keeping certain types of driving under control. As you get older you gain experience and when people think you've gained enough experience and you've passed certain tests then you can graduate on to another type of license that will allow you to do certain things that you couldn't do before with all the privileges you had with the previous licenses.
I think that this law is very reasonable and a good idea. There are definitely certain vehicles and types of driving that maybe a 16 year old shouldn't do. I think that if we didn't have this law and anyone could drive anything then there would be a lot more accidents and most likely more deaths as well because the person driving wouldn't have the experience in that type of driving.
This law is about keeping certain types of driving under control. As you get older you gain experience and when people think you've gained enough experience and you've passed certain tests then you can graduate on to another type of license that will allow you to do certain things that you couldn't do before with all the privileges you had with the previous licenses.
I think that this law is very reasonable and a good idea. There are definitely certain vehicles and types of driving that maybe a 16 year old shouldn't do. I think that if we didn't have this law and anyone could drive anything then there would be a lot more accidents and most likely more deaths as well because the person driving wouldn't have the experience in that type of driving.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Assignment Due 7/7
1. List and describe 5 ways to effectively communicate with other drivers. This is a type 2 writing. Please post this by Saturday, 7/7.
1. Waving - you can wave your hand to show the other person that they can go first or something similar.
2. Lights - you can flash your lights to alert the other person that maybe their blinker is on, they should start moving, etc.
3. Horn - you can also use your horn to alert people to go or something.
4. Break Lights - you can tap the breaks to let the driver behind know that you're slowing down, stopping or parking.
5. Blinkers - when you use the blinkers then that warns the person behind or maybe vehicles that are pulling out that you're slowing down and making a turn.
1. Waving - you can wave your hand to show the other person that they can go first or something similar.
2. Lights - you can flash your lights to alert the other person that maybe their blinker is on, they should start moving, etc.
3. Horn - you can also use your horn to alert people to go or something.
4. Break Lights - you can tap the breaks to let the driver behind know that you're slowing down, stopping or parking.
5. Blinkers - when you use the blinkers then that warns the person behind or maybe vehicles that are pulling out that you're slowing down and making a turn.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Assignment Due 7/5
Assignment for module 5 is a type 2 writing. Explain what is meant by legal stops, safety stops, and staggered stops. Also describe what is meant by point of no return. You should use your readings material and power point presentations in the wiki to do the assignment. This should be posted by 7/5.
Legal stops are stop in which you have to stop. For example, at a stop sign or a red light, you have to stop for those.
Safety Stops are stops that you choose to make for you own safety. If you're pulling out of a driveway or parking lot with no stop sign, you might want to make a safety stop to make sure it's ok to go and yield to oncoming traffic.
Staggered stop is preparing to stop and stopping when coming to a place where you need to stop.
Point of no return is when you're coming to a place where you need to stop but you're going to fast and you're going to go beyond the point where you should be.
Legal stops are stop in which you have to stop. For example, at a stop sign or a red light, you have to stop for those.
Safety Stops are stops that you choose to make for you own safety. If you're pulling out of a driveway or parking lot with no stop sign, you might want to make a safety stop to make sure it's ok to go and yield to oncoming traffic.
Staggered stop is preparing to stop and stopping when coming to a place where you need to stop.
Point of no return is when you're coming to a place where you need to stop but you're going to fast and you're going to go beyond the point where you should be.
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