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Page 1: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Speed ControlNJ Seatbelt Laws

Page 2: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Do Now…..*Take and complete the

handout.

*Name each sign

*Name the colors

*Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

Page 3: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Speed Control

*What is the sequence of speed control?

*A motorist should start slowly, gradually increase speed within the legal speed limit and flow of traffic.

Page 4: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Speed Control

*Business/Residential/School 25 mph

*Suburban Business/Residential 35 mph

*All other roadways 50 mph

*Certain state highways 55 mph

*Certain highways (as posted) 65 mph

*If you are stopped by an officer for speeding in a 65 mph speed limit zones, your fines will be DOUBLED!!

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*SLOW DOWN!!!!!!

*You will need to slow down during the following special driving conditions:

*Narrow, winding roads

* Intersections

*Hills

*Sharp or blind curves

*Pedestrians or hazards present

*Wet/slippery roads

*School zones

Page 6: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Following Distance*One Car Length Rule

*One car length should be left between you and the vehicle in front of you for each 10 mph of speed

*Example:50 mph = 5 car lengths

*Three Seconds Rule

*Pick a fixed object on the roadway; 3 seconds should pass from the time the car in front of you passes that object to the time that your car passes the object.

Why 3 seconds??

Page 7: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Seat Belts*All front seat occupants must wear a seat belt.

*The driver is responsible for passengers under the age of 18.

*Front seat passengers 18 and older are responsible for themselves.

*Seat belts help to:

*Keep a motorist from being thrown from the vehicle.

*Slows the body down.

*Keeps the body from sliding during sudden stops and turns.

But I don't need to wear my seatbelt (JUST WATCH)

Page 8: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Car Seats*Child car seats should be placed in the back of the

vehicle when possible.

* An infant seat should face the rear of the vehicle.

*A child must be at least 17 pounds to face forward in the car seat.

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*Child Restraint Law*Children up to age 8 years of age or less than 80

pounds must ride in a safety or booster seat in the rear of the vehicle.

*Children under age 8 and children that weigh over 80 pounds must be secured in a rear seat and use a seat belt.

*If there is no rear seat, the child must be properly belted in the front seat.

Page 10: * Take and complete the handout. * Name each sign * Name the colors * Name the category of each sign (warning, regulatory, or guidance)

*Air bags*Air bags are designed to supplement safety belts.

*You can tell if your vehicle has an air bag by:*Airbag

*SRS (Supplemental Restraint System)

*SIR (Supplemental Inflatable System)

How do these things work?