DAY 10: Handling Dangerous Conditions & Emergencies
1. Attention Grabber: “Tire Change Rap” video.
2. Roll Call
3. Extra Credit?
4. Driver Ed Stories? (Students share experiences in the driver ed. car)
5. Quiz #9 Discuss while grading in-class.
6. New Material
8. Homework
1. Attention Grabber: “Tire Change Rap” video.
2. Roll Call
3. Extra Credit?
4. Driver Ed Stories? (Students share experiences in the driver ed. car)
5. Quiz #9 Discuss while grading in-class.
6. New Material
- Presentation Notes No.10
- Presentation No.10: Handling Dangerous Conditions & Emergencies
- Activity: Assign a different problem to groups of 4 or 5 students. Give them time to discuss and come up with a solution or action before presenting to the class. Problems might include:
- You are driving with a group of friends. It has recently snowed and the roads have been plowed and sanded. You are out of windshield washer fluid and are having a difficult time seeing out your dirty windshield. There are no stores nearby. What should you do?
- On a road trip you and your friends are staying in a hotel near the Canadian border. Your plan is to make it into Canada today but have wakened to find it has snowed nearly 8” overnight. How will you prepare to drive the remaining 200 miles today?
- While driving from Idaho into Jackpot, Nevada for a golf tournament, only 50 miles from your destination your vehicle suddenly begins steaming from beneath the hood and your temperature gauge is in the RED zone. What should you do?
- After pulling a trailer for a family friend for nearly three hours you feel the trailer “get loose” a little bit and see pieces of rubber flipping upward in your side mirror. What do you do?
- Your friend is driving on a winter day and you and another friend are also in the car. The temperature is below freezing but the roads appear clear of snow or ice. You know the shaded corners will likely be ice-covered. What do you say or do?
- While driving on a long trip you continue to have vehicles flash their lights at you as they go by. What do you do?
8. Homework
- Complete Homework Packet No.10
- Read chapter 6 in the Idaho Driver’s Manual.
- Quiz tomorrow!