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31. Establishing Good Habits

Establish Good Habits Through Practice

The facts on the previous pages demonstrate that teens do not do a good job of judging their skill level or the dangerousness of driving situations. It is important that you and the people who teach you how to drive analyze and identify the problem attitudes and behaviors you exhibit while driving. For example, do you tend to visually-search less often after you have been driving for a while than when you begin driving? You should constantly monitor yourself while you are driving to identify poor driving habits and attitudes.

Once you identify a poor driving habit or attitude, you should substitute the appropriate behavior or point of view. You must continuously practice that appropriate behavior or point of view until it becomes automatic. For example, if you recognize that you start to slack in your visual-scanning over time, you should remind yourself to do so continually during your driving, until it becomes something you automatically do all the time.

You need to repeatedly practice correct responses to hazards while learning how to drive. Remember that only training and practice can overcome poor driving habits and attitudes.




Lesson Summary


  

Lesson 3 Quiz


You will now answer 5 questions to test what you learned during this lesson. You must answer all questions correctly to receive completion credit for this lesson. You may answer the questions as many times as necessary to get them right.

You should review the lesson material if you don't do well on the quiz.

  1. When listening to your car radio, or other audio device:


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  2. A vehicles' "blind spots" are:


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  3. Your "Field of Vision" is:


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  4. The "P" in the SIPDE process stands for:


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  5. The colorless, odorless and poisonous gas from the exhaust is called:


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