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Driver's Education
- Standard Area - 14.6: Influences Upon Driver Performance
- Content Expectation - 14.6.CE: Influences Upon Driver Performance Content Expectations
Know legal aspects of alcohol and other drug use. • Just saying “No” to alcoholic beverages and other drugs • Terms and meanings associated with drinking and driving • Penalties when intoxicated • Implied consent • Zero tolerance
Evaluate the factors that influence individuals to use alcohol and other drugs. • Advertising • Peer pressure • Social norms • Culture • Holidays
Define and analyze the problem of driving under the influence (DUI). • Significance of problem • Consequences • Solutions
Identify and analyze the physiological and psychological effects of alcohol on the driver. • Process of alcohol entering and exiting from the body • How alcohol affects people differently • Changes to the central nervous system
Identify and analyze the physiological and psychological effects of drugs. • Types (i.e., over-the-counter, prescription, controlled substances) • How drugs affect people differently • Changes to the central nervous system
Identify and analyze how alcohol and other drugs affect driving performance. • Impaired judgment and reasoning • Visual impairment • Slower motor skills • Increased response time • Loss of reality
Identify types of fatigue and how to combat their effects. • Mental and physical types (e.g., boredom, eye strain, drowsiness) • Symptoms (e.g., slowed response time, daydreaming, heavy eyes) • Methods to delay fatigue (e.g., exit and walk around the vehicle every two hours, pull over and take a nap, stop for a bathroom/snack break)