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    Defensive driving involves recognizing hazards, understanding how to prevent collisions, and acting correctly and in a timely manner to avoid accidents. It is the responsibility of all drivers to drive safely and avoid distractions or impairment. Defensive driving techniques include scanning the road, maintaining following distances, and following all traffic laws.

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    Powerpoint Defensive Driving

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    Defensive driving involves recognizing hazards, understanding how to prevent collisions, and acting correctly and in a timely manner to avoid accidents. It is the responsibility of all drivers to drive safely and avoid distractions or impairment. Defensive driving techniques include scanning the road, maintaining following distances, and following all traffic laws.

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    Defensive driving involves recognizing hazards, understanding how to prevent collisions, and acting correctly and in a timely manner to avoid accidents. It is the responsibility of all drivers to drive safely and avoid distractions or impairment. Defensive driving techniques include scanning the road, maintaining following distances, and following all traffic laws.

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    Powerpoint Defensive Driving

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    Defensive driving involves recognizing hazards, understanding how to prevent collisions, and acting correctly and in a timely manner to avoid accidents. It is the responsibility of all drivers to drive safely and avoid distractions or impairment. Defensive driving techniques include scanning the road, maintaining following distances, and following all traffic laws.

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    Defensive Driving

    Defensive Driving

    • Defensive driving is driving to save lives, time


    and money, in spite of the conditions around you
    and the actions of others.
    • Defensive driving is the responsibility of
    everyone who operates a vehicle in our roadway
    community.

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    The DDC Collision
    Prevention Formula:

    • Recognize the hazard


    – Scan ahead and around your vehicle
    – Check mirrors every 3-5 seconds
    – Always stay alert
    – Use the “what if” strategy to keep you alert

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Understand the Defense

    • Know what to do to prevent a traffic hazard from


    becoming a collision
    • Know the consequences of your driving choices
    • Know the basic defenses of:
    – Scanning in all directions
    – SLOW DOWN
    – Use a safe following distance

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Act Correctly – Act In Time

    • Choose the safest driving maneuver to prevent a


    collision
    • Remember ---- Other drivers may act in time, but
    they may act incorrectly.

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Preventable Collision
    • A PREVENTABLE COLLISION is a collision which
    the driver fails to do everything REASONABLE to
    avoid the accident.

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    What Are Your
    Driving Behaviors?
    • Do you drive the posted speed limit regardless of what the
    traffic is doing and how fast it is going?
    • Do you plan ahead for weather conditions and construction
    hazards when planning your daily routes?
    • Do you alert other drivers to your actions using your turn
    signals?
    • Do you wear a safety belt and require all passengers to do
    the same while in a vehicle?
    • Do you practice safe driving behavior by not talking on the
    cell phone or texting?

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Distracted and
    Impaired Driving

    • What examples do you have?

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Distracted and
    Impaired Driving

    • Eating in the car • Reaching for other things in


    • Talking on the phone the car
    • Texting • Reading a map
    • Putting on make-up • Cleaning the inside of the
    • Shaving window
    • Reading the paper • Changing clothes
    • Thinking about things other
    than driving

    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Responsibilities of Drivers

    • Register and license your vehicle


    • Vehicle maintenance
    • Hold an appropriate driver’s license
    • Automobile insurance availability
    • Refrain from driving if you have any type of disability or
    impairment that would affect driving
    • Wear appropriate eyewear
    • Understand and follow the rules of the road
    • Operate a vehicle safely
    • When involved in a collision - stop at the scene and follow your
    organizations reporting rules

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    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Conditions In Roadway

    • Work zones • Trains


    • Light and weather • Slow-moving vehicles
    • Traffic • Pedestrians
    • Blind spots of semis • Motorcycles
    • Emergency vehicles • Bicyclists
    • Mover over law • Animals
    • School buses

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    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Fatal Four Driving Behaviors

    • Speeding

    • Right of Way

    • Driving left of center

    • Tailgating/following too closely

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    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    The Three Second-Plus Rule

    • For every poor condition, add 1 more second


    of following distance to the baseline of 3
    seconds.
    • For rain or ice - add 2+ seconds

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    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


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    Remember Your World
    and Our Roadway
    Community

    • No one wants to lose someone important to them


    • YOUR driving choices - including a choice to be a
    defensive driver - will have lifelong consequences
    for you, your loved ones and those around you!!!!

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    © 2017 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. | AJG.COM


    17GGB______

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