Transcript Day 6 - Staff Web Pages

Section 4
(Day 6)
Information Processing:
Personal Factors
Bell Ringer - What Is Going On??
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Write a half page
red to red about
what you think is
going on in these
two pictures.
Save all bell ringers
to be turned in with
your test. Worth
10% of your grade.
Note: Video DVD 362.29 : Drug: Marijuana
Reminder
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Bring paper/pen/pencil and notebook
Electronics are for instructional use with permission
3. Did you do Section 4 Day 5 quiz??
4. No Excuses why you didn’t take Quizzes 1-6
before test day!! (Quizzes are worth 30% of grade)
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Attendance is MANDATORY!! (NO SLEEPING in class)
6. All notes can be found on Harrisonburg’s staff website:
http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~tbutler/
7. If you are NOT taking notes in class, please be quiet and
ask to use the restroom at the end of class.
“Green Card”
Your Name Here
Harrisonburg High School
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03/06/2012
This is what you are trying to get at the end of class..
Day 6 Objectives
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The students will be able to explain effects of alcohol on
the driving task and “searching”.
The students will be able to explain effects of alcohol on
the driving task and “evaluating”.
The students will be able to explain effects of alcohol on
the driving task and “executing”.
The students will be able to explain different vision
problems associated with drinking.
The students will be able to identify other types of drugs
that can affect the driving ability
Related SOL: DE.4, DE.5, DE.6, DE.7, and DE.12
Effects of Alcohol
on the Driving Task
NO Thanks
I’m Driving
What are the steps of the
Space Management System?
Remember
“SEEit”?
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Search
Evaluate
Execute it
Searching Problems
After drinking, a driver may tend to stare
at the center line.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Eye FocusAlcohol
delays the
process to
change
focus rapidly
from close to
far.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Double Vision- Each
eye must work in
conjunction with the
other. Alcohol impairs
this and may produce
a double image.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Distance JudgmentAlcohol reduces the
ability to judge
distance accurately.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Side Vision(peripheral vision)
is narrowed and
drivers must be
able to take in a
number of things to
each side of their
path of travel.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Night VisionHumans have
limited night sight
at best, and
alcohol reduces
this ability further.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Visual AcuityThis is sharpness
of vision. Alcohol
may make
images blur for
the driver.
Alcohol and Space Management
Searching Problems
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Color DistinctionIf alcohol is
impeding a driver’s
ability to determine
accurately the color
of a sign or traffic
light, problems will
occur.
Alcohol and Space Management
Alcohol and Space Management
Evaluating
•Alcohol
•impairs judgment
•diminishes the ability to process
multiple variables
•lessens the ability to concentrate
Driving involves risk and people that
have been drinking, disregard risk
Alcohol and Space Management
Executing
•Alcohol
•causes changes in coordination
•slows reaction time
•affects the ability to judge distance
•a drinking driver may perceive
something as further away than it
is
•affects ability to judge speed
• drinking driver may be unable to
judge speed of approaching traffic
Other Drugs on
the Driving Task
Marijuana
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2nd most often found drug in drivers
involved in crashes
Marijuana and Driving
The active ingredient THC (delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol) impairs
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memory and learning
perception (sight, sound, time, touch)
problem-solving ability
motor coordination
tracking ability
concentration
Other Types of Drugs and Driving
Any drug can affect driving. Over the Counter Medications
that affect driving abilities:
•Antihistamines
•Cold Medications
•Other
Prescription Medications
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Tranquilizers
Stimulants
Narcotics
Blood Pressure
Insulin
Please Don’t Drink or Drive
Jacqui Saburido Video
Class Work
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Read pages 58-62 in your drivers
education book.
Do Lesson Review Questions (1+2) on
page 62.
Save these to be turned in with your
test.
Don’t forget to take Section
4 Day 6 Quiz on Quia.com
The End!