Assignment 6/21, Due 6/25

Part 1:
Hundreds Attend Crash Victim Wake; Driver Now Charged
POSTED: 4:56 pm EDT June 22, 2007
HAVERHILL, Mass. -- A woman who police said was behind the wheel of a car when it hit and killed a mother from Danville, N.H., has been charged in connection with the crash.
Marie Pigaga, 46, of Plaistow, N.H., was charged Friday with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, speeding and lane violations.
Police said her car jumped a curb in Haverhill on Monday, careened into a car wash parking lot and struck Robin Young, 43, who was drying off her vehicle.Young died of her injuries later that day.
Hours after Pigaga's arrest on Friday, hundreds of Young's friends and loved ones lined up outside Stockbridge Funeral Home in Exeter to pay respects at her memorial.
A line dozens-deep stretched out the door of the funeral home and calling hours were extended by two hours to accommodate the crowd.
Young's family called the crash a tragedy, not only for them, but also for Pigaga.

This driver did two of the 11 top driving errors. She did not attend to her path of travel by making inappopriate lane changes. She was also speeding which could be considered as driving 5mph faster. Pigaga probably didn't use the IPDE process either. She should of identified that there was a curb, predict that she would go over the curb because she was speeding, decide to avoid the curb and slow her speeds and execute the right actions by slowing down.

Part 2:
Yaw- Balance is on side wheels.
Roll- Balance is on all wheels.
Pitch- Balance is on front wheels.

Part 3:
1) Your central vision is the cone shaped area that is up to 5 degrees of you vision. This is used to see things clearly while looking straight ahead at your target area in driving.

2) Your peripheral vision is the vision that is left and right of your central vision. This is used to see things on either side of your car that aren't in your blind spots.

3) Your fringe vision is vision that surrounds your central vision. Side fringe vision helps you monitor zone conditions. Upper fringe vision is for detecting what is going on behind by using your rear view mirrors. Lower fringe vision is to use reference points.

Part 4:
A target area is the part of the roadway to the left and right of your target as well as your target. A target path is the space that you drive in towards your target area. You use these to keep your head up and to look for conflicts with your path of travel.

Part 5:
A transition peg shows you where your vehicle while a turn is being made towards your target area. The center of the rearview mirror lined up with your target area is to make your right and left turns.