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5GlossaryAdjacent direction – coming from the left or right across your path.Arterial road – a main road that carries a lot of traffic between suburbs or withincities or towns.Blind spot – area where your vision to the front, side or rear is blocked whendriving.Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) – The proportion or percentage of alcoholin the bloodstream (eg the BAC limit for full licence holders in NSW is 0.05which means 0.05 per cent alcohol or .05 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitresof blood ie. 0.05g/100ml).Covering the brake – Where your right foot is off the accelerator and over thebrake pedal without activating the brake (see also ‘setting up the brake’).Driver Qualification Test (DQT) – A combination of an advanced hazardperception test, and a test of road rules and safe driving. This test must bepassed to progress from P2 stage to full licence status.Fatigue – The experience of feeling ‘sleepy’, ‘tired’ or ‘exhausted’. Fatigue affectsboth your body and your ability to drive safely.Field of vision – What you can see without moving your eyes or head.Following distance – the distance between your vehicle and the vehicle travellingahead of you in the same direction.Full Licence – licence issued to P2 drivers who have held that licence for at least24 months, have passed the Driver Qualification Test (DQT).Hazard – any possible danger that might lead to an accident.Hazard perception – ability to recognise and respond to potentially dangeroussituations and react appropriately.Hazard Perception Test (HPT) – a touch-screen computer test which measuresyour ability to recognise and respond to potentially dangerous situations andreact appropriately when driving. Provisional drivers must pass this test toprogress from the P1 to P2 licence stage.Head check – looking over your shoulder to the left or right to make sure thatthere’s nothing in your blind spot. Also known as shoulder check.High alcohol hours – Periods of time during the week when alcohol relatedcrashes mostly occur – mostly weeknights and weekends. About 30 per cent offatal crashes are alcohol related during these hours.108Driver qualification handbook
5Low alcohol hours – Periods of time during the week when alcohol-relatedcrashes least occur – mostly daylight hours, on weekdays and portions ofSaturday and Sundays. Less than 10 per cent of fatal crashes are alcohol relatedduring these hours.Microsleeps – Brief, unintended periods of loss of attention associated withevents such as blank stare, head snapping, prolonged eye closure, etc, whichmay occur when a person is fatigued but trying to stay awake to perform amonotonous task like driving a car or watching a computer screen.Multi-Laned road – A road with more than one lane in each direction. Theseroads sometimes have a median strip dividing traffic travelling in each direction.P1 Licence – provisional licence - Stage 1. This is the first provisional licenceissued to new solo drivers in NSW after 1 July 2000. It must be held for aminimum of 12 months before one becomes eligible to progress to Stage 2. P1drivers must display a red P plate (red P on a white background).P2 Licence – provisional licence - Stage 2. This is the second licence issuedto new solo drivers in NSW after 1 July 2000. It is issued for 30 months todrivers who have held a P1 licence for at least 12 months and have passedthe Hazard Perception test (HPT). A P2 licence must be held for a minimumof 24 months. P2 drivers must display a green P plate (green P on a whitebackground). A P2 licence has fewer restrictions than a P1 licence.Road rage – A range of anti-social or aggressive behaviour by drivers.Safe gap – a gap in traffic that enables you to turn, overtake or cross anintersection without being involved in a collision or endangering other roadusers. This means that no other road users should need to take evasive actionto avoid your vehicle.Scanning – constantly moving your eyes and/or your head when driving so thatyou can detect hazards that may arise ahead, to the sides and behind yourvehicle. Scanning means taking in the whole scene 360 degrees around your car.Setting up the brake – where your right foot is off the accelerator and lightlyactivating the brake.Sleep debt – The difference between the hours of sleep a person needs and theactual hours of sleep they get.Space cushion – A ‘buffer zone’ around your vehicle (to the front, sides and rear)between you and other vehicles and road users that gives you time to spot andreact to hazards that may arise.Driver qualification handbook 109
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1Why the DQT?The aim of the DQT is
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1Crash patterns for provisionaland
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1Full licence holders in their firs
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1Part 1 The actual testOnce you pro
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1Typical scene from the DQT.You can
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2Understanding driving riskRisk in
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2in NSW in 2007 to 2009757065605550
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2The consequences of road crashesAl
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2Risk management -Who you are as a
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2How good a driverdo you think you
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2Drivers are people and people make
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2Motivation and driving behaviourYo
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2Risk taking and drivingRisk and se
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2High risk driving behaviourOne of
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2Key points summary: Alcohol and dr
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2Fatigue and crashesMost fatigue-re
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Page 68 and 69: 2PedestriansPedestrians can be foun
Page 70 and 71: 2Motorcyclists can be hidden by lar
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Page 74 and 75: 3The HPT section of RMS website als
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Page 83 and 84: 3Reducing the risk of speed-related
Page 85 and 86: 3Keeping a safe following distance:
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Page 91 and 92: 3Selecting safe gaps: RevisionWhat
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Page 116: For further enquiries:www.rms.nsw.g
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