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Previous issues: (ESPAÑOL)

Number 1 / Sep 28, 2007
  - Which is the proper driving position? (1)
  - Using automatic transmissions
  - What is a vehicle policy good for?
Number 2 / Oct 4, 2007
  - Which is the proper driving position? (2)
  - What to do when the engine overheats
  - Evaluate and train drivers
Number 3 / Oct 11, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (1)
  - How to distribute load in trucks
  - The reasons why road research is necessary
Number 4 / Oct 18, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (2)
  - Tips to conserve the battery
  - Auditing vehicles
Number 5 / Oct 25, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (3)
  - How to maintain tires in good conditions?
  - Managing vehicle risk
Number 6 / Nov 1, 2007
  - How we adjust car mirrors?
  - How to prevent the engine from overheating?
  - Accidents study
Number 7 / Nov 8, 2007
  - Precautions when driving at night
  - Fifth Wheel and King Pin (1)
  - Trip planning, a combining tool
Number 8 / Nov 15, 2007
  - Braking with air brakes
  - Fifth Wheel and King Pin (2)
  - Repair shop audits
Number 9 / Nov 22, 2007
  - The overtake manoeuvre (1)
  - Tire maintenance (1)
  - 24hs driving safely recording
Number 10 / Nov 29, 2007
  - The overtake manoeuvre (2)
  - Tire maintenance (2)
  - Taking responsibility for the hired driving
Number 11 / Dec 6, 2007
  - Driving when it rains
  - Understanding tire markings
  - Access control
Number 12 / Dec 13, 2007
  - Driving with Anti Lock Braking System
  - Coupling system safety
  - Safe driving, Values and Culture
Number 13 / Dec 21, 2007
  - When it's better to avoid driving?
  - Safety chains for coupling systems
  - Management rules and certification
Number 14 / Dec 27, 2007
  - Overspeed brakes' trailers
  - Air conditioning maintenance
  - Where to start from
Number 15 / May 14, 2008
  - Driving Definition
  - Clutch maintenance
Number 16 / May 28, 2008
  - The Attitude's influence when driving
  - Gear box oil
Number 17 / Jun 11, 2008
  - Driving through curves
  - How to choose the best tires
Number 18 / Jun 25, 2008
  - Anxiety effects in driving
  - Maintained shock absorbers, safety vehicles
Number 19 / Jul 10, 2008
  - Driving backwards
  - Prepare your vehicle for cold weather
Number 20 / Jul 23, 2008
  - Sleeping well, better driving
  - Exhaust fumes colour diagnosis
Number 21 / Aug 6, 2008
  - How to ascend and descend slopes safely
  - The engine cooling system
Number 22 / Aug 20, 2008
  - Dysfunctional beliefs in women and men driving
  - Safe Load in Tank Trucks
Number 23 / Sep 3, 2008
  - Driving in the fog
  - Safe lights
Number 24 / Sep 17, 2008
  - Driving in the fog - Second part
  - Hydraulic brakes safe maintenance (1)
Number 25 / Oct 1, 2008
  - Bad habits and their influence in behaviour
  - Hydraulic brakes safe maintenance (2)
Number 26 / Oct 15, 2008
  - How we learn to drive
  - Reducing tire air pressure
Number 27 / Oct 29, 2008
  - Crossing junctions
  - Dangerous alterations and modifications on heavy vehicles
Number 28 / Nov 12, 2008
  - Driving and distraction
  - Common transmission failures
Number 29 / Nov 26, 2008
  - Two different ways of understanding "Driving"
  - Safe lights
Number 30 / Dec 10, 2008
  - Preventing distractions
  - Failures easy to be detected
Number 31 / Jan 14, 2009
  - "Accident", its definition
  - Electronic Stability Control
Number 32 / Jan 28, 2009
  - Fatigue, the driving enemy
  - The steering on vehicles
Number 33 / Feb 11, 2009
  - Perceptual phenomena
  - Steering regulation
Number 34 / Feb 25, 2009
  - Car drivers and bikers, an intelligent coexistence
  - Progress in steering systems
Number 35 / Mar 11, 2009
  - Wrong horn usage
  - How the clutch works
Number 36 / 25 Mar, 2009
  - Driving in snowy roads
  - Clutch maintenance
Number 37 / 8 Abr, 2009
  - Understanding signposting
  - Expiring dates
Number 38 / 22 Abr, 2009
  - Rage control
  - The importance of the engine's torque when driving (1)
Number 39 / 6 May, 2009
  - Can we improve our driving techniques?
  - The importance of the engine's torque when driving (2)
Number 40 / 20 May, 2009
  - Driving and antidepressants, a dangerous combination
  - Correct 4x4 transmissions usage
Number 41 / 3 Jun, 2009
  - The attention degree can be improved
  - Maintenance: the key to extend the engine's service life

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	May 28, 2008 number 16
We are sending you the 16th INFO MANEJO's issue, where you will learn the attitude influence when driving and advice on how to maintain the gear box. We also invite you to visit our web site where you will find previous INFO MANEJO, issues, in their Spanish and English versions.

The Attitude's influence when driving
Driving psychology is a new discipline that comes to answer the society's necessity of controlling the consequences of the growing number of vehicles. The increasing traffic accidents and all kinds of costs are to be prevented. Driving Psychology, from a cognitive-behavioural angle, contributes to revert accidents. Driving a vehicle is a complex activity linked to the emotional area, between others. That is why the drive experiences a series of reactions to any unexpected event -anger, frustration, violence, rage, anxiety-. Different studies have identified negative attitudes in drivers involved in accidents. These attitudes turn into behaviour, emotions and thoughts that will have a determinant effect when driving a vehicle. For example, a person with a negative attitude towards women drivers thinks "what a mess, women drive awfully", negative behaviours, like making them notice a mistake by braking abruptly, and emotions such as frustration and aggression. This answer, which acts in chain reaction, increases the own and others risk of causing an accident. Intelligent Driving, thanks to Driving Psychology, helps the drivers to modify attitudes and aims to control the emotions, thoughts and behaviours that influence negatively in driving. The used techniques are effective and can be learned easily. The intelligent driver is a driver emotionally trained to answer positively and effectively to growing traffic obstacles nowadays.
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Gear box oil
In mechanisms such as gear box, failures are almost always caused by incorrect maintenance. A common error is that the appropriate oil replacements are not done nor the oil levels checked. There is a popular belief that says that the gear box oil shouldn't be replaced, and if the level is low, only the missing oil should be refilled. However, these beliefs are mistaken. Firstly, although the gearbox oil may not present a noticeable contamination -as in the engine oil-, it wears out. When it loses its conditions due to the friction, its aspect might be good but is far from being an effective lubricant. Plus, but only in automatic gearboxes, is possible to measure the oil level simple by turning the engine on, pressing the brake while passing the lever from P to 1 and then going back to P. With the engine still on, we can remove the oil measure stick and check the level. Therefore, the lubricants classifications and the replacement periods recommended in the manual must be followed. IMPORTANT:* If we transit through flooded areas we must control immediately the oil level, because contamination with water is very common in these situations, and it ruins the system. * Only in automatic gearboxes.
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