Handling Emergencies

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Handling Emergencies

• Vehicle Malfunctions

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Tire Failure
What is a Blowout?

• Which way will the car pull when you have a
  blowout?
• What should you do if you have a blowout?

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I know the spare tire is in here somewhere.
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Finding your spare tire
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Changing a Tire
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Brake Failure

• What do you do if the brakes go out????

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• Pump the brakes.
• Downshift to a lower gear
• Parking Brake
• Steer for something soft

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Brake Fade, Stuck Gas Pedal

• What is Bake Fade?
• The Brakes overheat because of continuous hard
  braking
• Driving thru water can also cause temporary brake
  failure.
• What do you do if the Gas Pedal sticks?
• Kick the side or under the pedal, apply the
  brakes, shift to neutral

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Overheated Engine
What do I do now?

• Turn off the air conditioner
• Turn on the heater
• During stops, shift to neutral
• If the warning light stays on, pull over turn
  off the car

Call Mr. Tang!
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Hood Flies Up
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Vehicle Fire

• Most Fires start under the hood Steer out of
  traffic, turn off engine, move away from the car,
  Call 911

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Cars Trains

• What should you do?

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Train crash
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Driver Errors

• Many one-car collisions result when a driver
  leaves the road and tries to pull back on
• Off Road Recovery

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Off Road Recovery
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Roadway Hazards
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• Potholes can damage your cars tires and alignment

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Deep Water

• Open your window, take a deep breath climb out

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Sinking Car
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Side Impact Collision

• Brake or speed up to lessen the effects of the
  collision

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Objects on road

• Scan 12 to 15 sec ahead to give yourself time to
  avoid objects.

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Collisions

• If a collision is about to occur, dont give up,
  keep control of the car.
• A change of speed or direction may lesson the
  impact.
• Steer for something soft.

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Head-on crash

• Has the greatest force of impact
• Brake hard (Dont lock up the wheels)
• Use horn and flash headlights
• Steer right

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Rear end collision

• Thirty percent of all intersection collisions are
  rear end collisions.

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