Click on this url for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Your assignment is to do a type 3 writing. Your 3 FCA's are 1. Describe the point system in Vermont using the state statutes found this page, 2. Use the spell check,3.give your feeling about the law.
This law states that in the point system every time you break the law or do something wrong while driving, you are given points on your license. When you get enough points, you have your license suspended for a certain number of days. It can be suspended for as little as 10 days, but once you have 20 points and it's suspended for 90 days, every 5 points means another 30 days suspended.
I think that this is a reasonable law and a good idea. This way, the person is given a warning almost and they can correct themselves once they get their license back, but if they continue to be on bad behavior it'll only be suspended longer taking dangerous drivers off the road.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Assignment due 6/26
2) Click on this url for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Your assinment is to do a type 3 writing. Your 3 FCA's are 1. Describe the point system in Vermont using the state statutes found this page, 2. Use the spell check,3.give your feeling about the law.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/sections.cfm?Title=23&Chapter=025
This paper will need to be posted by Saturday 6/30 !!
3.Find a news article dealing with traffic safety and do a type 1 write reflecting your thoughts on the article. This will be do on 6/27, Wednesday!!
How ever that crash occurred was very stupid. For one thing, drivers should try to keep their distance from an ambulance in case of an emergency. The article didn't say exactly who caused the crash but either way it should've been avoided. Especially since it's an ambulance, if you drive an ambulance you're supposed to be responsible. But if it wasn't the paramedics fault, then the other person should've been a lot more careful and been a lot more cautious.
4.Explain the three types of roadway signs and how you can tell the difference between them. Give two examples of each sign. This will be due and posted on 6/26!!
Regulatory Sign: helps control and direct traffic, stop signs and speed limit signs
Warning Sign: lets you know about hazards or road conditions ahead, curvey roads ahead or construction sight ahead
Guide Sign: interstate and direction signs, exit signs and tourist sights
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/sections.cfm?Title=23&Chapter=025
This paper will need to be posted by Saturday 6/30 !!
3.Find a news article dealing with traffic safety and do a type 1 write reflecting your thoughts on the article. This will be do on 6/27, Wednesday!!
Newton Ambulance Crash Injures 3
(WBZ) NEWTON Two paramedics were injured after their ambulance crashed in Newton Tuesday afternoon.
It appears a Jeep, driven by a 21-year-old woman, collided with the ambulance at the intersection of Parker Street and Wheeler Road.
Both paramedics were taken to Beth Israel for treatment of their injuries. The driver of the SUV was taken to St. Elizabeth's in Brighton. All three are said to have non-life threatening injuries.
According to Newton Fire Chief Joe LaCroix, the passenger of the ambulance had to be cut out of the vehicle's cab. The impact of the crash pinned the woman in her seat.
Lt. Bruce Apotheker tells WBZ the ambulance was on its way to a 911 call on Redwood Road when the crash happened.
Officials say the cause of the crash is under investigation.
How ever that crash occurred was very stupid. For one thing, drivers should try to keep their distance from an ambulance in case of an emergency. The article didn't say exactly who caused the crash but either way it should've been avoided. Especially since it's an ambulance, if you drive an ambulance you're supposed to be responsible. But if it wasn't the paramedics fault, then the other person should've been a lot more careful and been a lot more cautious.
4.Explain the three types of roadway signs and how you can tell the difference between them. Give two examples of each sign. This will be due and posted on 6/26!!
Regulatory Sign: helps control and direct traffic, stop signs and speed limit signs
Warning Sign: lets you know about hazards or road conditions ahead, curvey roads ahead or construction sight ahead
Guide Sign: interstate and direction signs, exit signs and tourist sights
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Assignment due 6/25
Part Two: Explain in your own words what is meant by the terms Yaw, Roll and Pitch.
Yaw: to turn on a vertical axis or rotate
Roll: turn over sideways
Pitch: up and down movement of the front
Part Three: Explain what the three parts of your vision are and how you would use each part for driving.
Peripheral: Side vision, it helps you be more aware of your surroundings while driving
Central or Direct: Your main focus, usually watching the road or cars in front of you and also at signs and lights
Fringe: Behind your central vision, or the background, also helps you be more aware, maybe if you're looking for signs
Part Four: Explain what is meant by the terms Target Area and Target Path and give an example of how you would use these while driving.
Target area is what you're focusing on and want to get to. You use a target path to get there, the target path avoids all obstacles and leads you.
Part Five: Describe what transition Pegs are and explain what part of the car is used for transition pegs for right and left turns.
Transition pegs help keep the car in balance and helps when braking, accelerating and turning. When making right turns, use the rear view mirror, when making a left turn, use the drivers side corner post. Those help you now where you are in reference to your target area.
Yaw: to turn on a vertical axis or rotate
Roll: turn over sideways
Pitch: up and down movement of the front
Part Three: Explain what the three parts of your vision are and how you would use each part for driving.
Peripheral: Side vision, it helps you be more aware of your surroundings while driving
Central or Direct: Your main focus, usually watching the road or cars in front of you and also at signs and lights
Fringe: Behind your central vision, or the background, also helps you be more aware, maybe if you're looking for signs
Part Four: Explain what is meant by the terms Target Area and Target Path and give an example of how you would use these while driving.
Target area is what you're focusing on and want to get to. You use a target path to get there, the target path avoids all obstacles and leads you.
Part Five: Describe what transition Pegs are and explain what part of the car is used for transition pegs for right and left turns.
Transition pegs help keep the car in balance and helps when braking, accelerating and turning. When making right turns, use the rear view mirror, when making a left turn, use the drivers side corner post. Those help you now where you are in reference to your target area.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Assignment Due 6/22
Sarah Schreiber
Your first assignment for the next class will be to use the news feeds in this blog and find an article that pertains to traffic safety and post it to your blog and write a short reaction summary to the article. You will need to copy and paste your article to your post.
No arrest still after fatal hit-and-run
This week marks two months since a hit-and-run in downtown Rutland killed a pedestrian and police say there have still been no arrests or charges filed in the case, despite an alleged confession by a Proctor man that he was behind the wheel of the vehicle.
"We're kind of in a holding pattern waiting on a couple of things," Rutland City Police Detective Sgt. Kevin Stevens said Friday of the status of the investigation.
Asked what those items are police are "waiting" on, Stevens replied, "That's something we're not going to comment on."
"Believe me, we're working on it, we're just not going to talk about it all in the paper," the detective sergeant said. "I would like to see something happen soon here, but that's still to be decided … Hopefully, we'll have a resolution soon."
Authorities have said in prior interviews they were waiting for the results of laboratory tests on evidence gathered from a seized Jeep Wrangler, which they say was the vehicle that struck and killed Stewart Dickson on the night of April 26 as he walked downtown.
In addition, police have said they are working to determine if the driver of the vehicle intentionally struck Dickson.
According to court records filed last month in the case in support of a warrant to search the Jeep, Bryant M. Garrow, 20, of Proctor, told police he was the driver of the Jeep that struck and killed Dickson.
He said it was an accident. Initially, police said, he had denied he was the driver of the vehicle.
However, a witness also told police she saw Garrow's brother, Reid, 21, behind the wheel of the vehicle moments before it struck and killed Dickson.
I think that the person responsible for the hit and run should be put in jail or taken care of in some way. I don't understand why it's taking the police and the court over 2 months to do something about him. To me, he seems like a danger to society, whether the accident was intentional or not, if they don't do something about this guy soon, something similar might happen again.
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The second assignment is to choose 3 numbers between 1-62, then 3 numbers between 63-150 and 3 numbers between 150-223. Once you have the numbers chosen go to pages 52-54 in the your car is a monster book and find what risks are associated with your numbers. Post these 9 risks and describe your thoughts on whether a crash could occur while driving with these 9 risks. Could any of these risks been eliminated or minimized to avoid a collision?
I chose the numbers 5, 13, 20 - 84, 104, 116 - 167, 199, 222
5. Seat not adjusted properly - I don't know if a crash could occur, unless you couldn't reach the brake pedal, but it's not a good idea if you're maybe you're too close the steering wheel and got into a crash and hit the steering wheel.
13. Broken steering system - That could definitely result in a crash because you probably couldn't avoid hitting or getting hit from something as easily as if you actually had steering.
20. Flat tire - A flat tire could easily send you off the road because the car would be unbalanced, resulting in a crash.
84. Thinking about vacation plans - You could get easily distracted by daydreaming of your vacation plans and not realize you're going to fast or slow, going to hit someone, run a redlight or stop sign, etc.
104. Reading a map - The map could get in the way of your sight so maybe you could hit another car or you'd get confused or more interested in the map and forget you were driving.
116. Late for an appointment - If you're late you could be rushing yourself while you're driving, maybe causing you to be competitive or aggressive while driving also causing an accident.
167. No painted lane lines - Without lines you don't know exactly where you should be on the road, and it's possible that another oncoming car on the road doesn't know their place on the road either and the two cars could collide.
199. Car backing out of parking space - An oncoming car may not see or be paying attention to the car backing out, for example, maybe they saw lights but didn't realize they were white lights instead of brake lights, and the car backing out didn't see the oncoming car and there could be a crash.
222. Skateboarder falls on the side of the road - A car in front of you might suddenly stop for them and you maybe weren't given enough warning and rear-end the car in front of you. Also if you don't stop for the person, you'd have to avoid hitting them and also avoid hitting other oncoming traffic if there is any.
Your first assignment for the next class will be to use the news feeds in this blog and find an article that pertains to traffic safety and post it to your blog and write a short reaction summary to the article. You will need to copy and paste your article to your post.
No arrest still after fatal hit-and-run
This week marks two months since a hit-and-run in downtown Rutland killed a pedestrian and police say there have still been no arrests or charges filed in the case, despite an alleged confession by a Proctor man that he was behind the wheel of the vehicle.
"We're kind of in a holding pattern waiting on a couple of things," Rutland City Police Detective Sgt. Kevin Stevens said Friday of the status of the investigation.
Asked what those items are police are "waiting" on, Stevens replied, "That's something we're not going to comment on."
"Believe me, we're working on it, we're just not going to talk about it all in the paper," the detective sergeant said. "I would like to see something happen soon here, but that's still to be decided … Hopefully, we'll have a resolution soon."
Authorities have said in prior interviews they were waiting for the results of laboratory tests on evidence gathered from a seized Jeep Wrangler, which they say was the vehicle that struck and killed Stewart Dickson on the night of April 26 as he walked downtown.
In addition, police have said they are working to determine if the driver of the vehicle intentionally struck Dickson.
According to court records filed last month in the case in support of a warrant to search the Jeep, Bryant M. Garrow, 20, of Proctor, told police he was the driver of the Jeep that struck and killed Dickson.
He said it was an accident. Initially, police said, he had denied he was the driver of the vehicle.
However, a witness also told police she saw Garrow's brother, Reid, 21, behind the wheel of the vehicle moments before it struck and killed Dickson.
I think that the person responsible for the hit and run should be put in jail or taken care of in some way. I don't understand why it's taking the police and the court over 2 months to do something about him. To me, he seems like a danger to society, whether the accident was intentional or not, if they don't do something about this guy soon, something similar might happen again.
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The second assignment is to choose 3 numbers between 1-62, then 3 numbers between 63-150 and 3 numbers between 150-223. Once you have the numbers chosen go to pages 52-54 in the your car is a monster book and find what risks are associated with your numbers. Post these 9 risks and describe your thoughts on whether a crash could occur while driving with these 9 risks. Could any of these risks been eliminated or minimized to avoid a collision?
I chose the numbers 5, 13, 20 - 84, 104, 116 - 167, 199, 222
5. Seat not adjusted properly - I don't know if a crash could occur, unless you couldn't reach the brake pedal, but it's not a good idea if you're maybe you're too close the steering wheel and got into a crash and hit the steering wheel.
13. Broken steering system - That could definitely result in a crash because you probably couldn't avoid hitting or getting hit from something as easily as if you actually had steering.
20. Flat tire - A flat tire could easily send you off the road because the car would be unbalanced, resulting in a crash.
84. Thinking about vacation plans - You could get easily distracted by daydreaming of your vacation plans and not realize you're going to fast or slow, going to hit someone, run a redlight or stop sign, etc.
104. Reading a map - The map could get in the way of your sight so maybe you could hit another car or you'd get confused or more interested in the map and forget you were driving.
116. Late for an appointment - If you're late you could be rushing yourself while you're driving, maybe causing you to be competitive or aggressive while driving also causing an accident.
167. No painted lane lines - Without lines you don't know exactly where you should be on the road, and it's possible that another oncoming car on the road doesn't know their place on the road either and the two cars could collide.
199. Car backing out of parking space - An oncoming car may not see or be paying attention to the car backing out, for example, maybe they saw lights but didn't realize they were white lights instead of brake lights, and the car backing out didn't see the oncoming car and there could be a crash.
222. Skateboarder falls on the side of the road - A car in front of you might suddenly stop for them and you maybe weren't given enough warning and rear-end the car in front of you. Also if you don't stop for the person, you'd have to avoid hitting them and also avoid hitting other oncoming traffic if there is any.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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