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First Tier of Instructor Training |
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To Prepare: In-Car Instructor to teach Modules 1-5 of the ten in-car modules of the National Institute’s Traffic Safety Education Curriculum.
Qualifications: Teacher candidate must meet current educational prerequisite standards.
Time Structure: This will be a 45-hour course, conducted in no less than 4 weeks.
Need Effective Habits - Acquire risk-prevention driving habits
- Demonstrate space-management skills
- Learn how to use and teach the Key Behavioral Patterns for the following five modules:
Course Content and Key Behavioral Patterns:
The teacher candidate must demonstrate knowledge and successful in-vehicle performance as a driver and as a teacher of the following: Module 1 Key Behavioral Patterns - Approach a vehicle with awareness
- Have key in hand
- Head restraint adjusted
- Butt in seat
- Safety belts on
- Windows up - Doors locked
- Headlights on during day
- Use of brake
- Use of acceleration
- Uses of shift - Use open palm shifting
- Use of steering wheel
- Use of central vision
- Use of fringe vision
- Driving for targets
- Recovery of steering
- Turn head before steering
Module 2 Key Behavioral Patterns - Use of reference points for visual judgement of vehicle positioning
- Side position reference points for turns
- Forward position reference points for turns
- Use of signal lights
- Legal stops
- Smooth stops
- Target usage for turns
- Search intersection’s left, front, right zones
- Look into turns before steering
- Steering and steering recovery
Module 3 Key Behavioral Patterns - Targeting Through Curves
- Searching to Target Area
- Evaluating Target Area
- Evaluating Target Path
- Identifying LOS’s
- Identifying POT’s
- Target Usage While Backing
- Vision Usage While Backing
- Steering While Backing
- Reference Points for Backing
- Use of Pivot Point
- VT Turns (intersection turnabouts) Risk assessment
Module 4 Key Behavioral Patterns - Evaluate LOS-POT in target area
- State if target is open/closed
- Evaluate targeting path
- Respond to LOS-POT conditions
- Search LOS-POT in 12-15 second range
- Re-evaluate 4-6 second range
- Develop central vision LOS-POT detection
- Develop fringe vision for monitoring
- Judging distance in seconds
- Identifying LOS-POT in front zone
- Identifying LOS-POT in left/right zone
- Identifying closed front zones
- Identifying closed side zones
- Know/apply three steps of Zone Control
- Know/apply speed control options
- Know/apply lane position
- Side position for angle parking
- Forward position for angle parking
- Target usage for angle parking
- Searching and steering while backing out of space
Module 5 Key Behavioral Patterns - Effective sending of communication
- Responding to communication
- Getting commitment from others
- Being courteous
- Seeing intersections in target area as zone changes
- Evaluating rear zone
- Select Best Course
- Searching Left/Front/Right while moving and while stopped
- Locate and apply PONR
- Apply appropriate stop staggered/legal/safety
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