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COSEVI Driving Theory study plan

COSEVI Driving Theory · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Ley de Tránsito and traffic regulations (Ley 9078)

  • Map the structure of Ley 9078 (títulos, capítulos, artículos clave) and summarize the obligations it imposes on drivers, passengers, and pedestrians

  • Memorize the documentary and vehicle requirements for lawful circulation (licencia, revisión técnica, seguro obligatorio, placas) and the conditions that void them

  • Explain the hierarchy of authority between Ley 9078, its reglamento, and municipal ordinances, and identify which rule prevails in a conflict

  • Define the most-tested legal terms in the law (vía pública, conductor, peatón, vehículo automotor, infracción) using your own wording

Your checkpoint

A one-page legal cheat sheet listing 20 key articles with a one-line plain-language summary of each, self-quizzed to 90% recall

Week 2

Ley de Tránsito and traffic regulations (Ley 9078) & Penalties, sanctions, and points system (sanciones y puntos)

  • Distinguish the categories of infractions in Ley 9078 (leves, graves, muy graves) and match each category to its consequence

  • Connect the points system to specific infractions and calculate when a license reaches suspension

  • Outline the administrative procedure after an infraction: boleta, notificación, plazo de descargo, sanción firme

  • Identify which sanctions include license suspension, cancellation, or vehicle retention and under what conditions

Your checkpoint

A decision table of 15 infractions showing category, points, fine range, and secondary sanction, verified against your notes without looking

Week 3

Road signs and signals (señalización vial)

  • Classify every sign family (reglamentarias, preventivas, informativas) and state the legal obligation each family creates

  • Decode sign geometry and color logic so you can infer an unfamiliar sign's meaning from its shape and palette

  • Interpret road markings (líneas continuas, discontinuas, amarillas, blancas, flechas, zebras) and their interaction with signs

  • Read traffic-light phases including flashing modes and arrow signals, and rank signals by precedence when a sign, light, and officer conflict

Your checkpoint

A self-made flashcard deck of 60 signs and markings with shape, color, meaning, and required driver action, scored at 85% or better in one timed run

Week 4

Traffic rules and right-of-way (reglas de circulación y prioridad)

  • Apply the general right-of-way rules at uncontrolled intersections, roundabouts, and T-junctions in the correct order

  • Resolve priority scenarios involving pedestrians, cyclists, emergency vehicles, and public transport

  • Execute the correct signaling and positioning sequence for lane changes, turns, overtaking, and entering/exiting highways

  • State speed limits by road type and zone and the conditions that require reducing below the posted limit

Your checkpoint

A written walkthrough of 12 priority and maneuvering scenarios, each with the rule cited and the correct action, scoring 10 of 12 correct

Week 5

Safe driving and defensive driving (conducción segura y defensiva)

  • Build a hazard-perception routine (mirrors, scan pattern, following distance in seconds) and apply it to urban and highway examples

  • Explain how speed, surface, weather, and load change braking distance and adjust your following distance accordingly

  • Identify the main crash causes and the defensive countermeasure for each (distraction, tailgating, blind spots, fatigue)

  • Describe correct behavior in a skid, hydroplaning, brake failure, and tire blowout, step by step

Your checkpoint

A defensive-driving checklist of 15 habits with the risk each one neutralizes, plus a written response to 5 emergency scenarios graded against your own rubric

Week 6

Alcohol, drugs, and distracted driving & Vehicle mechanical and safety knowledge (conocimientos mecánicos y de seguridad)

  • State the legal alcohol limits, the tests used to detect impairment, and the sanctions that escalate with repeat offenses

  • Explain how alcohol, drugs, medication, and fatigue degrade reaction time, vision, and judgment, with concrete numbers where the law sets them

  • Identify the function and warning signs of the braking, steering, suspension, lighting, and tire systems

  • List the pre-trip inspection items a driver is legally and practically responsible for checking, and the legal tread and equipment minimums

Your checkpoint

A two-part reference sheet: impairment limits and sanctions on one side, a 15-point pre-trip inspection checklist on the other, both recalled from memory

Week 7

First aid and emergency response at the scene (primeros auxilios) & Environmental awareness and eco-driving (conducción eficiente)

  • Sequence the emergency response: secure the scene, alert services, assess, and assist within your competence

  • Apply first-aid actions for bleeding, unconscious but breathing casualties, burns, fractures, and suspected spinal injury, and name what you must not do

  • Describe eco-driving techniques (gear use, anticipation, tire pressure, load, idling) and their effect on fuel and emissions

  • Explain how vehicle maintenance and driving style affect air quality and noise, and the legal limits on emissions and noise

Your checkpoint

A one-page emergency protocol card plus a 10-tip eco-driving list, each tip tied to a measurable saving or emission effect

Week 8

Ley de Tránsito and traffic regulations (Ley 9078) & Road signs and signals (señalización vial) & Traffic rules and right-of-way (reglas de circulación y prioridad) & Safe driving and defensive driving (conducción segura y defensiva) & Alcohol, drugs, and distracted driving & Vehicle mechanical and safety knowledge (conocimientos mecánicos y de seguridad) & First aid and emergency response at the scene (primeros auxilios) & Environmental awareness and eco-driving (conducción eficiente) & Penalties, sanctions, and points system (sanciones y puntos)

  • Take three full-length timed mock exams and log every wrong answer by domain

  • Re-study only your two weakest domains using the notes and cards you already built

  • Rehearse the highest-frequency trap questions: signal precedence, right-of-way order, and points-to-suspension math

  • Simulate exam-day conditions (timing, no notes, single pass then review) to confirm pacing

Your checkpoint

Three mock exams scored at 90% or above, with a written list of residual weak points and a plan to review them

Milestones

Week 2: Without notes, state the infraction categories, the points threshold that triggers suspension, and the steps of the sanction procedure

Week 4: Score 85% or higher on a 40-question mixed quiz covering domains 1, 2, 3, and 9

Week 6: Recite alcohol limits, the pre-trip inspection list, and the top five crash causes with their countermeasures, unaided

Week 8: Achieve 90% or higher on three consecutive timed mock exams, with no domain below 80%