Mod 1
Hour 1 Getting Ready to Drive: Your Controls Seat and Feet
- Driver Vehicle Readiness
- Orientation to Controls
- Moving, Stopping & Steering Smoothly
- Brake/Gas/Dead Pedal
- Reading Assignments
Hour 2 Getting Ready to Drive: Your Hands & Your Eye
- Entrance Exams 1 & 2
- What 9 Risk Factors?
- Orientation to Controls
- Moving, Stopping & Steering Smoothly
- Target and Vision Usage
- Transition Pegs
- Simulated Steering Activity
- Assignments
Hour 3 Uniting Driver and Vehicle
- Review concepts from Module 1
- Module 1 Exit Exam
- Home Assignments
Mod 2
Hour 4 Reading Signs, Signals and Vehicle Position
- Entrance Exam 3
- Signs Signals & Markings
- Speed Limits
- Reference Points
- Entering Traffic Flows Smoothly Safely
- Securing and Exiting the Vehicle
Hour 5 Reading Gauges & Entering Traffic
- Entrance Exam 4
- Activity Identify Vehicle Gauges & Warning Devices
- Entering, Crossing and Leaving Traffic Flow
Hour 6 Entering Traffic & Precision Turns
- Entering Traffic Flow from Curbside Model Roadway Activity
- Precision Turns, Stopped and Moving Model Roadway Activity
- Precision Turns
- Home Assignments
Hour 7 Knowing Where You Are
- Review concepts from Module 1
- Module 6 Exit Exam
Mod 3
Hour 8 Regulations, Risk Management & Accurate Tracking
- Entrance Exam 5
- Oregon Insurance Laws and Regulations
- Risk vs. Gain
- Eliminating & Managing Risks
- Control Tracking and Targeting Path
Hour 9 Curves, LOS-POT’s & Backing Maneuvers
- Entrance Exam 6
- Control of Tracking and Targeting Path: Model Roadway Activity
- Introduction to LOS POT’s
- Activity Brainstorm Neighborhood LOS POT’s
- Introduction to Backing: Model Roadway Activity
- Home Assignments
Hour 10 You Are in Control
- Review concepts from Module 3
- Module 3 Exit Exam
Mod 4
Hour 11 Searching with Accurate Perception
- Introduction to the Zone Control System
- Perception and Accurate Searching: PEP Activity
- The Three Searching Ranges: PEP Activity
- Judging Space in Seconds: PEP Activity
Hour 12 Safety Restraints and Parking Maneuvers
- Entrance Exam 8
- Restrain Systems
- Video: Seatbelts, They Work if You Wear Them
- Forward and Angle Parking Model Roadway Activity
- Home Assignments
Hour 13 Searching for LOS-POT’s
- Review concepts from Module 4
- Module 4 Exit Exam
Mod 5
Hour 14 Communication & Intersection Control
- Entrance Exam 9
- Sending and Receiving Communications
- You Control the Intersection
Hour 15 Rear zone Control and Stopping in Traffic
- Entrance Exam 10
- Video Clip 45 Degree Searches
- You Control the Intersection
- PEP Activity A: Fastest Computer on Earth.
- Rear Zone Condition Recognition
- Stopping in Traffic PONR
- Blind-spot Checks
- Home Assignments
Hour 16 You Control the Intersection
- Review concepts from Module5
- Module 5 Exit Exam
Mod 6
Hour 17 Timing Lights and Managing Space
- Traffic Lights Timing & Turning Left
- Highest risk of crash exposure
- Problem Solving Activity: Managing Time & Space
- Find, Solve & Control
- Backing Perpendicular Park
Hour 18 Changing Lanes, Parking & Begin the Deadly D’s
- Entrance Exam 10
- Precision Lane Changes: PEP Activity
- Lane Change with Precision: Model Roadway Activity
- Backing into Perpendicular Parking Spaces: Model Roadway Activity
- Drinking, Drugs & Driving: Demonstration: The affects of alcohol on vision and coordination.
- Home Assignments
Hour 19 Drinking, Drugs, Distractions & Driving
- Entrance Exam 11
- BAC Implied Consent Law, Open Container Law and MIP
- Drinking, Drugs & Driving PEP Activity
- Distractions: Brainstorm Activity
- Video Clip: Dialing and Driving
Hour 20 Managing Space, Drinking, Drugs & Distractions
- Review concepts from Module 6
- Module 6 Exit Exam
Mod 7
Hour 21 Rules of the Road Review, Curves and Hills
- Responding to Laws Activity
- Approaching Curves and Hill Crests
- Video Clips: Car in a Circle, Evaluating Drivelines
- Demonstration: Traction Grip Comparison
- Demonstration: How Speed, Vehicle and Load Affect Control
- Walking Car Performance Approaching Curves: PEP Activity
- Home Assignments
Hour 22 Rules of the Road, Following Other Traffic & LOS-POT’s
- Review Driver Manual Study Questions
- Following Time & Space
- Video Clips: Techniques with a Car in Front, Following Others Time &
- Space, Measuring Following Distance, New York City
- “When I say stop” PEP Activity
- Commentary Driving Practice Activity
Hour 23 Interacting With Others
- Review concepts from Module 7
- Module 7 Exit Exam
Mod 8
Hour 24 Timing Side Zone & Parallel Parking
- Entrance Exam 12
- Timing Side Zones: Best Separation Activity
- Parallel Parking PEP Activity
- Home Assignments
Hour 25 Winter Driving and Vehicle Control
- Small Group Problem-Solving: “8 Inches of Snow” PEP Activity
- “Gripometer” PEP Activity
- “Traction for Action” PEP Activity
- Demonstrations: Loss of Traction
- Demonstration: To Correct See Off-Target Condition
- Demonstration: The Widow of Opportunity
- Practice Targeting for Detection and Correction: PEP Activity
Hour 26 Interacting With Others Review concepts from Module 7
- Module 8 Exit Exam
Mod 9
Hour 27 Managing Risky Situations
- Night Driving Packets Due
- Home Assignments
Hour 28 Sharing the Road and Emergency Situations
- Entrance Exam 13 Score
- Demonstration & Discussion: Systematic Searches
- Discussion: Sharing the Road with Motorcycles, Bicycles and Trucks
- Evasive-Steering vs. Following Space Activity
Hour 29 Emergency Situations
- Emergency Maneuvers: PEP Activities
- Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Conservation
Hour 30 Managing Driver, Vehicle and Environmental Risk and Review concepts from Module 9
- Module 9 Exit Exam
- Home Assignments
Hour 31 Limited Access Highways & Licensing Requirements
- Discussion: HA 10.01 Diamond Interchange
- The Traffic Stop
- Video Clips: Traffic Stop 01, 10.04 Traffic Stop 02
Hour 32 Concept Review
- Model Habit Review: PEP Activity
- Turn in Driving Logs
Hour 33 Putting It All Together
- Final Exam Score
- Home Assignments
