Introduction
Session 1: It’s All About Choices
- Explain what it means to be a defensive driver.
- Define reasonable action and preventable collision.
- Determine your driving profile.
- List the three basic steps in the DDC Collision Prevention Formula.
- Explain the “What if?” strategy
Session 2: Ready For The Road
- List the factors you can control before you start to drive, including your own physical and emotional/mental conditions, as well as vehicle maintenance.
- Describe the varying physical, emotional, and mental conditions of other drivers on the road.
- Explain how to be alert and defensive when sharing the road with these drivers.
- Explain how to drive defensively in conditions beyond your control—such as light, weather, road conditions, and traffic mix.
Session 3: Don’t Add Insult To Injury
- Describe the characteristics of impaired, distracted, fatigued, and aggressive drivers.
- Identify actions you can take when you experience or encounter these characteristics on the road.
- Employ techniques to manage your emotions and behavior while driving.
Session 4: Success On The Road
- List the six most unsafe driving behaviors.
- Describe the hazards involved with each of the unsafe driving behaviors.
- List alternatives to speeding.
- Explain how to safely approach and proceed through intersections.
- Explain how to make safe and legal turns.
- Explain the steps needed to complete a safe pass.
- Determine a safe following distance.
Session 5: Collision Proofing
- Apply the DDC Collision Prevention Formula.
- Explain the “What If?” strategy.
- Recognize hazards in collision scenarios.
- Identify standard road sign colors and shapes.
- Identify reasonable steps that might have prevented real-life collisions.
Session 6: Driving For Life, you will learn how to:
- List the ten habits of defensive driving.
- Identify personal behaviors and decisions you will make in future driving situations to avoid collisions and violations.
