Driving
skills
skills
Average driving skills are __________ for driving a law enforcement vehicle.
What is inadequate?
The tendency to overestimate our knowledge and abilities in a certain area.
What is overconfidence?
A hormone that causes an increase in heart rate and redirect blood toward the muscles, causing a surge in energy or shaking limbs
What is adrenaline?
A condition that occurs if you don't get enough sleep.
What is sleep deprivation?
The following are human factors that can contribute to peace officers becoming involved in collisions?
What are Driving skills, Psychological factors, and Physiological factors?
Driving skills are ___________. Meaning they will fade over time without maintenance.
What is perishable?
The process by which members of the same social group influence other members to do things they may be resistant to do or wouldn't normally do.
What is peer pressure?
The feeling of the heart beating harder or more vigorously than usual.
What is rapid pulse?
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
What is an illness?
An unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger and accompanied by increased autonomic activity
What is fear?
Peace officers have had training and extensive driving experience, but they must never assume they are __________ from becoming involved in collisions which can lead to serious injury, disciplinary action, and lawsuits
What is immune?
Intolerance or irritability with anything that impedes or delays.
What is impatience?
Impairment of fine movements of the hands and feet, induced by a high stress situation.
What is temporary loss of fine motor skills?
A substance used for medical treatment, especially a medicine or drug.
What is medication?
Any type of difficulty that an individual has with one of their five senses.
What is loss of sensory perception?
Driving skills must be _______ and ___________.
What is learned and practiced?
A subject or matter that engrosses or takes someone's attention.
What is preoccupation?
A psychological phenomenon surrounding a person's ability or capacity to make sound and appropriate decisions. Could also be the inability to make any decision.
What is deterioration of decision-making ability
Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.
What is fatigue?
The feeling of incompetence or inadequacy.
What is lack of confidence?
Peace officers must learn to drive ________ in ______ and __________ situations while fulfilling their duties
What is safely, routine, and emergency?
Having a certainty, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
What is self-righteousness?
Defective sight in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the center of the field of view.
What is tunnel vision?
An excess or deficiency of dietary part, such as: proteins, fat, carbohydrates, fibres, vitamins, minerals
What is unbalanced nutrition or diet?
An unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger and accompanied by increased autonomic activity?
What is fear?