CLASS EIGHT

VEHICLE REGISTRATION, EMISSION AND SAFETY INSPECTION

MANAGING TIME AND SPACE

1. Seeing What Is Critical - Whenever you are driving a motor vehicle, you need to know what is happening all around you, all the time. Look ahead, to the sides, and behind. Searching helps you see hazards early.

• Look ahead - looking far ahead gives you time to plan your path. The sooner you see a problem, the more time you have to react.
  
  
• Look to the sides - make sure other drivers will not cross your path.
  
  
• Look behind - you must be aware of traffic behind you. Check behind you when changing lanes by doing a head check, slowing down or stopping.

Duration: 13:28 minutes
Managing Time and Space  

 

 

2. Managing Speed - driving safely requires adjusting your speed for road and traffic conditions, keeping a safe following distance, and obeying speed limits.

 

3. Adjusting for Road Conditions

• Curves - always slow down before entering a curve.
  
  
• Slow more if traction is poor, when following other vehicles or if you cannot see the end of the curve.
  
  
• Hard braking in a curve can cause a skid.
  
  
• Slippery roads - reduce speed at the first sign of rain, snow, sleet or ice.
  
  
• When the roadway is slippery, it will take longer to stop and it will be harder to turn without skidding.
  
  
• Hydroplaning occurs when the tires start to ride up on pooled water like water skis.
  
  
• Avoid hydroplaning by slowing down in the rain or when the road is wet with puddles.
  
  
• Flooded roadways - do not drive through large bodies of standing water. If the roadway is flooded find another route.

 

4. Stopping Distance - total stopping distance is the distance from the time you realize you must stop until your vehicle is completely stopped. Several things affect stopping distance.

• Speed - the faster you are travelling, the more time and distance it takes to stop.
  
  
• Perception time - the time it takes you to recognize you must stop. The average perception time for an alert driver is 3/4 second to 1 second.
  
  
• Reaction time - the time it takes for you to react and move your foot to begin braking. The average driver has a reaction time of 3/4 second to 1 second.
  
  
• Braking distance - the distance it takes to stop your vehicle. At 50 mph on dry pavement with good brakes, it can take about 158 feet. Adding perception time and reaction time nearly doubles this distance.
  
  

5. Managing Space - the more space you allow between your vehicle and other roadway users, the more time you have to react. This is called a space cushion.

• Always try to maintain a safe space cushion around your vehicle.
  
  
• Following too close limits your view of the road.
  
  
• It does not allow enough reaction time to avoid a collision.
  
  
• Keep at least two seconds between your car and the vehicle in front.

6. Communicating - always let other roadway users know where you are and what you plan to do.

 

Duration: 3:35 minutes

Communication 

• Attract attention - turning on your headlights helps other roadway users see you.
  
  
• Anytime conditions keep you from seeing 1,000 feet ahead. These conditions include fog, stormy weather or dust.
  
  
• Headlights need to be turned on no later than half an hour after sunset and keep them on until half hour before sunrise, and when driving away from a rising or setting sun.
  
  
• Horn - use your horn when pedestrians or bicyclists appear to be moving into your lane of travel
  
  
• If a passing driver starts to turn into your lane of travel
  
  
• If a driver is not paying attention or has trouble seeing you.
  
  
• Signal - Always signal before you turn or change lane.
  
  
• Signal before turning gives others time to react.
  
  
• Signal when changing lanes, turning or when merging into traffic.

 

7. Following Distance - the distance between you and the vehicle ahead of you

• To determine proper following distance of two seconds, watch when the rear of the vehicle ahead passes a sign, pole, or any other fixed point.
  
  
• Count the seconds it takes you to reach the same point (one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two)
  
  
• You are following too close if you pass that point before counting two seconds.
  
  
• Slow down and check your new following interval. Repeat until you are following no closer than two seconds.
  
  
• Always increase your following distance on slick roads, when following large vehicles pulling a trailer, at night, in fog, in bad weather and when following
  vehicles that stop at railroad crossings (transit buses, school buses, or vehicles carrying dangerous materials.)

 

Duration: 0:20 seconds

Tailgating Responsible for 5 Car Crashes 

 

 

1.In Utah what Division handles the registration of Motor Vehicles?

Answer:  Division of Motor Vehicle (DMV)

2.What vehicles must be registered

Cars, Watercraft, trucks, off-highway vehicles, trailers, snowmobiles, campers, aircraft, motorcycles, low speed electric vehicles

3.What Division handles Utah Driver License and ID’s

Driver License Division (DLD)

4. Who must register their vehicles in Utah?

1. Utah residents
2. Non-residents using their watercraft in Utah for more than 60 days per year must be register in Utah

5. What are the items you need to register a vehicle in Utah?

1. Most recent registration
2. Title
3. Utah safety inspection certificate
4. Utah emission certificate
5. Serial number (VIN) Inspections       
6. Property Tax Clearance
7. Application for Registration/Title

6. After completion of the vehicle registration process, what will be issued to you?

1. Registration certificate
2. Plate Number
3. Decals

7. What must the owner of a vehicle do after selling his or her vehicle?

Answer:  Return the vehicle license plate to the DMV

8. How often are you required by law to renew your car registration?

Every 12 months

9. Vehicle registration renewals may be completed through a number of options, name them:

1. Mail
2. Internet
3. On the spot stations
4. DMV office

10. It is illegal to drive any vehicle which is in an unsafe condition or which does not have the equipment required by law.

11. You have the responsibility to maintain your vehicle in a safe operating condition

12. You must verify the safety of your vehicle once every two years if the vehicle model year is less than eight (8) years old

13. You must verify the safety of your vehicle once every year if the vehicle model is more than 8 years old.

14. What are Utah Safety and Emission Law?

1. The main purpose of the safety inspection program is to minimize or eliminate vehicle defects and prevent unsafe vehicles from operating on a Utah roads and highways.
2. The need for an annual inspection also increases your awareness of the steps which result in a quality inspection.

DOES MY VEHICLE NEED EMISSION AND INSPECTIONS?

Using the charts below, you may check to see if your vehicle is required or not for emission or inspection or both depending on the year of your vehicle

CURRENTLY

AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, 2012

STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2013

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CLASS VIDEOS\Safety and Emissions\Emissions and Smog Testing, Safety Inspections_ Hillside Tire Auto Repair Service Salt Lake What are the Inspection Checklist?

 

1. Brakes  - Visual and computerized plate brake inspection
2. Tires
3. Exhaust system
4. Steering
5. Headlights
6. Tail Lights, stop lights, and turn signals
7. Windshield and windows
8. Windshield wipers
9. Mirrors
10. Fuel system
11. Muffler
12. Safety glass

\CLAWhat is Property Tax Clearance?

1. All vehicles in Utah are subject to either an age-based fee or uniform fee of 1.5 or 1.0 percent of the fair market value of the vehicle.
2. The appropriate fee must be paid when you register your vehicle or watercraft

What must all registered vehicles carry in their car at all time?

Answer:  Proof of Insurance

What equipment are vehicles required to have in Utah?

1. White License plate light
2. Stop lights
3. Red tail lights
4. Safety belts
5. Emergency brake
6. Parking lights
7. Bumpers
8. Turn signals
9. Headlights
10. Horn
11. Windshield wipers
12. Safety glass
13. Mirrors
14. Brakes

• What are the equipment your vehicle must not have?

 

• Any red or blue light showing toward the front
• Any siren, bell, or whistle
• A muffler cutout
• More than two fog lights
• More than two extra driving lights
• More than two fender lights
• After-market sun screening devices are not approved for use in Utah
• Front window must allow no less than 43% light transmittance

 


Driving in Harzardous Conditions 7:02

 

 

 

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