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SECTION 2 : DRIVING SAFETY

ONE-WAY or DIVIDED HIGHWAY TWO-WAY or UNDIVIDED HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTED VIEW

Figure 2.8 Figure 2.9 Figure 2.10

other drivers will have trouble seeing you. Turn Use Your Horn When Needed. Your horn can
on your lights. Use the headlights, not just the let others know you’re there. It can help to avoid
identification or clearance lights. Use the low a crash. Use your horn when needed. However,
beams; high beams can bother people in the it can startle others and could be dangerous
daytime as well as at night. when used unnecessarily.
When Parked at the Side of the Road. When
you pull off the road and stop, be sure to turn 2.6 – Controlling Speed
on the four-way emergency flashers. This is
important at night. Don’t trust the taillights to Driving too fast is a major cause of fatal
give warning. Drivers have crashed into the rear crashes. You must adjust your speed depending GeorGia’s Premier
of a parked vehicle because they thought it was on driving conditions. These include traction, chool
moving normally. curves, visibility, traffic and hills. House Bill 823
If you must stop on a road or the shoulder Daly’s Truck
of any road, you must put out your emergency 2.6.1 – Stopping Distance Driv in g
warning devices within ten minutes. Place your Perception Distance + Reaction Distance + HUMAN Trafficking
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warning devices at the following locations: dedicated to
Braking Distance = Total Stopping Distance helping our
• If you must stop on or by a one-way or di- Doesn't Pay!
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vided highway, place warning devices 10 feet, Perception distance. The distance your ve- find a secure
100 feet, and 200 feet toward the approaching hicle travels, in ideal conditions; from the time position in one of America’s highest
traffic. See Figure 2.8. your eyes see a hazard until your brain rec- House Bill 823, passed in 2020, is
ognizes it. Keep in mind certain mental and paying professions. Between our great
aimed at reducing the part the
• If you stop on a two-lane road carrying traffic physical conditions can affect your perception reputation and companies contacting
in both directions or on an undivided high- distance. It can be affected greatly depending us weekly looking for drivers, we are
transportation industry plays in
way, place warning devices within 10 feet of on visibility and the hazard itself. The average confident we can help you to maximize
the front or rear corners to mark the location perception time for an alert driver is 1¾ seconds. your employment opportunities after
human trafficking.
of the vehicle and 100 feet behind and ahead At 55 mph this accounts for 142 feet traveled. graduation. DDS Certification # 239
of the vehicle, on the shoulder or in the lane Reaction distance. The distance you will con-
you stopped in. See Figure 2.9. Daly’s has graduated over
tinue to travel, in ideal conditions; before you This legislation ensures anyone
Back beyond any hill, curve, or other obstruc- physically hit the brakes, in response to a hazard 10,000 students since we started
convicted of trafficking other
tion that prevents other drivers from seeing the seen ahead. The average driver has a reaction in 1992 in the Atlanta Area!
vehicle within 500 feet. If line of sight view is time of ¾ second to 1 second. At 55 mph this persons for labor or sexual
obstructed due to hill or curve, move the rear- accounts for 61 feet traveled.
servitude while using a commercial
most triangle to a point back down the road so class sizes are limiTeD - conTacT us now!
warning is provided. See Figure 2.10. Braking distance. The distance your vehicle motor vehicle will receive a lifetime
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your own safety. (So other drivers can see you.) brakes, it can take about 216 feet.
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