Números anteriores: (ENGLISH)
Número 1 / 28 Sep, 2007
- ¿Cuál es la correcta posición de manejo? (1)
- Las diferencias usando transmisión automática
- Para qué sirve una política vehicular
Número 2 / 4 Oct, 2007
- ¿Cuál es la correcta posición de manejo? (2)
- Temperatura elevada en el motor
- Evaluar y capacitar conductores
Número 3 / 11 Oct, 2007
- ¿Cómo frenar correctamente? (1)
- Cómo distribuir el peso de las cargas
- El relevamiento de caminos
Número 4 / 18 Oct, 2007
- ¿Cómo frenar correctamente? (2)
- Cómo conservar la batería de su vehículo
- La Auditoria Vehicular
Número 5 / 25 Oct, 2007
- ¿Cómo frenar correctamente? (3)
- ¿Cómo mantenemos los neumáticos? Pesados
- Administrar el riesgo vehicular
Número 6 / 1 Nov, 2007
- ¿Cómo se ajustan los espejos?
- Prevenir el recalentamiento del motor
- El estudio de accidentes
Número 7 / 8 Nov, 2007
- Precauciones para manejar de noche
- Quinta Rueda y Perno Maestro (1)
- Plan de viajes, una herramienta integradora
Número 8 / 15 Nov, 2007
- Tiempos de frenado con frenos de aire
- Quinta Rueda y Perno Maestro (2)
- Los talleres y sus auditorias
Número 9 / 22 Nov, 2007
- La Maniobra de sobrepaso (1)
- Mantenimiento de los neumáticos (1)
- Registrar la conducción segura las 24 hs.
Número 10 / 29 Nov, 2007
- La Maniobra de sobrepaso (2)
- Mantenimiento de los neumáticos (2)
- Asumir el riesgo del manejo contratado
Número 11 / 6 Dic, 2007
- Manejo en lluvia
- Cómo leer un neumático
- Control de acceso
Número 12 / 13 Dic, 2007
- Manejo con frenos ABS
- Seguridad en los sistemas de enganche
- Valor y Cultura de la conducción segura
Número 13 / 20 Dic, 2007
- ¿Cuándo es preferible no manejar?
- Cadenas de seguridad en el acople
- Certificación y normas de la gestión
Número 14 / 27 Dic, 2007
- Sistema de frenos inerciales en remolques
- Mantenimiento del aire acondicionado
- Gestión Vehicular: Por dónde empezar
Número 15 / 14 May, 2008
- Definición de manejo
- Cuidados del embrague
Número 16 / 28 May, 2008
- La influencia de la actitud en el Manejo
- El aceite de la caja de cambios
Número 17 / 11 Jun, 2008
- La circulación en curvas
- Cómo elegir el mejor neumático
Número 18 / 25 Jun, 2008
- Efectos de la ansiedad al volante
- Amortiguadores en buen estado
Número 19 / 10 Jul, 2008
- Manejo en reversa
- Prepare su vehículo para el frío
Número 20 / 23 Jul, 2008
- Dormir bien para conducir mejor
- Diagnóstico del color del humo
Número 21 / 06 Ago, 2008
- Cómo subir y bajar rampas
- El sistema de refrigeración del motor
Número 22 / 20 Ago, 2008
- Creencias erróneas en el manejo de hombres y mujeres
- Carga segura en cisternas
Número 23 / 03 Sep, 2008
- El manejo en niebla - Primera entrega
- Iluminación segura
Número 24 / 17 Sep, 2008
- El manejo en niebla - Segunda entrega
- El mantenimiento seguro de los frenos hidráulicos (1)
Número 25 / 1 Oct, 2008
- Los malos hábitos y las conductas al manejar
- El mantenimiento seguro de los frenos hidráulicos (2)
Número 26 / 15 Oct, 2008
- Cómo aprendemos a manejar
- El "sangrado" de neumáticos
Número 27 / 29 Oct, 2008
- El cruce de intersecciones
- Reformas y modificaciones peligrosas en vehículos pesados
Número 28 / 12 Nov, 2008
- Distracción y manejo
- Fallas comunes en las transmisiones
Número 29 / 26 Nov, 2008
- Dos formas distintas de comprender el manejo
- Iluminación segura
Número 30 / 10 Dic, 2008
- Evitar distraerse al manejar
- Algunas fallas fáciles de detectar
Número 31 / 14 Ene, 2009
- Definamos el accidente
- El Control de Estabilidad
Número 32 / 28 Ene, 2009
- La fatiga, un enemigo al volante
- La dirección del vehículo
Número 33 / 11 Feb, 2009
- Ilusiones perceptivas
- Reglaje de la dirección
Número 34 / 25 Feb, 2009
- Automovilistas y ciclistas, una convivencia inteligente
- Avances en la dirección
Número 35 / 11 Mar, 2009
- El uso indebido de la bocina
- Funcionamiento del embrague
Número 36 / 25 Mar, 2009
- Manejo en nieve
- Mantenimiento del embrague
Número 37 / 8 Abr, 2009
- Comprendiendo las señales viales
- Las fechas de vencimiento
Número 38 / 22 Abr, 2009
- Controlar la ira
- La importancia del torque del motor durante el manejo (1)
Número 39 / 6 May, 2009
- ¿Podemos mejorar nuestra técnica de manejo?
- La importancia del torque del motor durante el manejo (2)
Número 40 / 20 May, 2009
- Manejo y antidepresivos, una combinación peligrosa
- Uso correcto de la transmisión en vehículos 4x4
Número 41 / 3 Jun, 2009
- El grado de atención se puede mejorar
- Mantenimiento: la clave para prolongar la vida útil del motor
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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June 25, 2008
number 18
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We are sending you the 18th INFO MANEJO's issue, where you will learn the influence of anxiety in driving and about how to realise if the shock absorbers are deteriorated.
We also invite you to visit our web site where you will find previous INFO MANEJO issues, in their Spanish and English versions.
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 Anxiety effects in driving
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Anxiety is a normal reaction to stressful situations that help us to stay focused or react cautiously in scenarios that demand us to be alert. When anxiety is excessive, whether it's caused by internal or external factors, it inhibits us instead of benefiting.
Driving today in our streets implies being exposed to an endless number of situations that challenges our capacity to face stressful situations. Some drivers have bad habits, or do not comply with traffic laws, the increasing number of vehicles, plus personal problems, might cause our anxiety levels to overwhelm us. This has negative consequences, because our responses will be de-adaptive, and could result in a dramatic reduction of our productivity and interfering in our quality of life.
Anxiety affects our way of driving. It is showed through irritability in front of any scenario, groundless fears of a disgrace, panic, among others. Our body reacts by not being able to relax, palpitations, nausea and breathing difficulties.
It's important to learn to identify what the symptoms of an anxiety state are because it's possible to control it, and therefore, prepare ourselves to start the trip with no complications whatsoever. Anxiety coping techniques are easy to learn and very useful, they can be used before or during a trip. For example, relaxation techniques, proper breathing, and challenging negative thoughts, to name just a few.
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light / heavy vehicles
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Maintained shock absorbers, safety vehicles
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It is important to learn the shock absorbers functioning and some tips of their maintenance, as they are a vehicle safety element. The shock absorbers integrate the light and heavy vehicle's suspension system. They work cushioning the subsequent bounces after passing over irregular surfaces.
How they function?
They are hydraulic devices with a piston that slides inside a cylinder filled with oil. Some holes with their valves allow the fluids to circulate through both parts of the cylinder, cushioning the oscillation produced by the suspension springs or elastics.
The worn out
Time or fatigue caused by the accumulation of kilometres of work may influence in the shock absorbers' performance: the parts in friction wear out and the oil loses its quality density and viscosity. One inconvenient is that water, salt or dust might enter where the oil is and could cause leak of hydraulic fluid.
Drivers adapt their way of driving to the progressive shock absorbers wear and to the lack of stability that this implies. Generally, we are not aware of the fact that we drive with the shock absorbers in bad shape, but this increases the wear of the vehicle's different mechanic parts.
Worn out shock absorbers generate:
+ More distance to brake
+ ABS reduces its effectiveness
+ Less grip when turning, specially in wet floor
+ acquaplanning at a lower speed
+ Less tyre and other suspension elements wear
+ Comfort and sickness diminishment
+ More probable to lose control if carrying a trailer
How to realise
We should be alert to different signs that might indicate a deterioration of the shock absorbers:
+ The car's front part bends when braking and the bodywork balancing
+ Lights oscillate in night driving (only in light vehicles)
+ Irregular tyre wear
+ The car oscillates more than once if we push down the vehicle
+ Shock absorbers deformed, with dents and oil leaks
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