Capacity, Distribution and Stability
Apply passenger capacity, vehicle mass, distribution, centre-of-gravity and stability information.
How to prepare for Part 2 case studies
Combine passenger, accessibility, vehicle, route, service, time, document and operator facts before selecting the safest lawful action; carry each decision forward through the rest of the narrative.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Apply passenger capacity, vehicle mass, distribution, centre-of-gravity and stability information.
Exam cue: Read the complete case narrative before choosing the rule or action.
Concept 2
Prevent overloading and manage passenger placement or movement where the vehicle design and service allow.
Exam cue: Prevent overloading and manage passenger placement or movement where the vehicle design and service allow.
Concept 3
A schedule or ticket sale cannot authorise carrying beyond the vehicle's permitted capacity.
Exam cue: Check how the decision affects passengers, driver, vehicle, route, service and records.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Counting available floor space instead of using the vehicle's permitted passenger capacity.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring passenger, accessibility or service facts in the linked narrative.
Answering from one remembered rule before checking all supplied facts.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring passenger, accessibility or service facts in the linked narrative.
Treating the internal study allocation as an official topic weighting.
Guardrail: Do not answer from one familiar phrase while ignoring passenger, accessibility or service facts in the linked narrative.
Memory anchors
Capacity Is a Limit
Permitted numbers and mass cannot be negotiated away.
People Move, Stability Changes
Consider passenger distribution during boarding and travel.
Capacity, Distribution and Stability: Read the Case
Use every relevant passenger, vehicle, route, time and service fact before deciding.
Capacity, Distribution and Stability: Carry It Forward
Check how the decision changes safety, legality and the remaining journey.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
In the NightLink case, 53 passenger seats are available and 47 are occupied. How many seats remain?
NightLink has heavy luggage concentrated in one locker. What should Marcus do?
Answer all questions to submit.
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