Safety Margins
- Created by: Nicole Anna Morrison
- Created on: 01-02-19 21:01
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- Safety Margins
- Travelling downhill
- Selecting a lower gear, braking gently
- Don't coast- reduces control
- Weather Conditions
- Only travel if it's necessary
- Clear ice, snow from windows, lights, mirrors and plate
- Use highest gear you can, brake gently in plenty of time, windscreen must be clear
- FOGGY: More time for journey, slow down, increase gap
- Use dipped headlights if visibility is less than 100 metres- fog lights too
- If car is out of control on water/ice- ease off accelerator, don't break until steering feels normal
- If driven through deep water: test brakes- dry out by pressing lightly on foot pedal
- Hot weather: surface= soft= breaking/steering effected
- Pass wide In winds
- Contraflow system
- Close to oncoming traffic
- Reduce speed in good time, choose appropriate lane in good time, keep correct separation distance
- Close to oncoming traffic
- Travelling downhill
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