Helpful Driving Information

NATURAL LAWS DETERMINE HOW AN AUTOMOBILE MAY BE OPERATED SAFELY

You may think you already know how to operate your car and read messages on your car dashboard, but there is something you should consider that is beyond your control.
Imagine you are driving down the road and suddenly a car pulls out right in front of you.

NATURAL LAWS DETERMINE HOW AN AUTOMOBILE MAY BE OPERATED SAFELY

What keeps you from stopping in a blink of an eye and avoiding a collision?
Inertia—one of the laws of physics.
You cannot change the laws of physics. However, knowing how they apply to the road situations will make you a better driver.

NATURAL LAWS ENFORCE THEMSELVES

It doesn’t matter what kind of vehicle you own or how skilled a driver you are, these forces affect your driving.
Learning to understand natural forces is the only way to be able to safely control a car during turns, stops, rounding curves and while driving in bad weather conditions. Being aware of these forces will help you be prepared for emergency situations and avoid collisions.

EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON THE MOVEMENT OF AUTOMOBILES

It doesn’t matter what kind of vehicle you own or how skilled a driver you are, these forces affect your driving.
Learning to understand natural forces is the only way to be able to safely control a car during turns, stops, rounding curves and while driving in bad weather conditions. Being aware of these forces will help you be prepared for emergency situations and avoid collisions.

EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON THE MOVEMENT OF AUTOMOBILES

It is important to understand the effect of gravity when parking your car on an incline. You already know that gravity will try to pull the parked vehicle down. So your goal is to park in manner that will prevent the vehicle from rolling away.

INERTIA’S EFFECTS

Inertia keeps your vehicle moving until some force slows it down or stops it. This force can be your own action of applying a brake, the conditions of the road, an object on the road like fallen tree or, if the driver isn’t paying enough attention, even another vehicle.

FACTORS DETERMINING FORCE OF IMPACT

Force of impact is the force generated when objects meet. The faster you drive, the greater the impact or striking power of your vehicle. The laws of physics determine that the force of impact increases with the square of the increase in speed. So, if you double the speed of a car, you increase its force of impact four times. If you triple the speed, the impact is nine times as great. So striking something at these speeds is like driving off a one, four, and nine story building respectively.

FACTORS DETERMINING FORCE OF IMPACT

When two vehicles moving at the same rate of speed are involved in a collision, the vehicle that weighs less will take the greater impact; the larger and heavier the vehicle, the greater the energy and momentum. The smaller and lighter vehicle will have greater deceleration and may even be pushed in the reverse direction of travel.

FACTORS DETERMINING FORCE OF IMPACT

Unbelted persons in a collision cannot protect themselves against the force of impact. Without the seat belt restraint system, they will hit the car interior or anything in their way with a tremendous amount of force.