1. Define risk:
Risk is the chance of injury, damage, or loss. Driver inattention is a major contributor to increased risk.
2. Name the six characteristics of risk:
A) Always Present - Other highway users, the roadway and the vehicle you are driving.B) Perceived Differs From Actual - People do not identify risk when it is actually there. C) Is Shared - It is shared by drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists.D) Can Be Changed - Based on our perception of risk, what we see and the decisions we make on what to do with our vehicle.E) Can Be Analyzed - Some situations present more risk than others. Drivers must evaluate risk and consequences. F) Can Be Altered - Some situations present more risk than others. Drivers must evaluate risk and consequences.
3. Define risk perception:
Space needs of the vehicle and/or the maneuver to be made. Speed and time intervals - to reduce the current risk. Roadway conditions - flat or crowned, type of surface, good shoulders, etc. Other roadway user actions - hardest to evaluate. Evaluation of risk present at the time the maneuver is made.
4. Define risk management:
Increase time to respond to threats though position and speed adjustments. Increase vehicle control through position and speed adjustments. Separate the elements involved through speed and/or position adjustment. Combinations can influence the level of risk. Risk can be altered by adjustments to these elements.
5. Each time you drive, make a routine pre-driving check of:
Tires, gauges, and mirrors
6. In a multiple lane roundabout, you should change lanes before or after entering?
Before
7. Your seat should be adjusted so that your right foot can reach the accelerator pedal with the knee bent at an angle of approximately:
45 Degrees
8. When should you adjust your mirrors?
After you adjust the seat.
9. When both the inside rearview mirror and the outside rearview mirrors are adjusted properly, the right blind spot and the smaller blind spot to the left will ______.
Still be there
10. If the head restraint is adjusted properly, it should be behind the middle of the persons head. True or False
True
11. Head restraints, when properly adjusted, provide the most protection when a vehicle is struck from the:
Rear
12. The top of the steering wheel be no higher than:
Your chin
13. When a vehicle is equipped with air bags, the safest position for any child restraint is in the middle of the:
Rear seat
14. If there is an air bag in your vehicle's steering wheel, keep your hands at the ______ o' clock positions.
9 and 3
15. If the temperature light comes on while driving, you should:
Pull over, turn the motor off, and check the fluid level.
16. Inertia is the primary reason that safety belts are important to a driver in a crash. True or False
True
17. Children under the age of ______ require an approved child passenger seat.
4
18. Headlights are required to be turned on:
30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.
19. Hand-over-hand steering involves pushing the steering wheel down with one hand while your other hand ______ over to pull the wheel farther down.
Crosses
20. The correct technique when backing up is to steer the car in the opposite direction that you want the back of the car to move. True or False
False - Top of the wheel in the same direction.
21. ______ will warn other drivers that your vehicle is stopped and cannot be moved on or near the shoulder.
Four-way emergency flashers
22. Your vehicles outside mirrors should be adjusted in a way that the ______ are reduced.
Blind spots
23. When driving a vehicle with airbags, you are safest when seated ______ inches away from the steering wheel.
10
24. ______ are designed to be used with safety belts.
Airbags
25. Which one of the following is an advantage of using the enhanced mirror setting?
Head or shoulder turn is greatly reduced.
26. When driving, it is best to have a space of at least ______ feet on both sides of your vehicle.
4
27. As you are about to enter the vehicle from the street side, you should stand at the ______ of the vehicle to see approaching traffic.
Front
28. You are approaching an intersection. The light for your direction is green. You notice the pedestrian signal on the other side of the intersection just changed to "Don't Walk." Which of the following is true:
The signal for traffic in your direction will soon turn yellow.
29. The purpose of a regulatory sign is to:
Control the movement of traffic.
30. A traffic light that has been green for some time is:
Stale, and likely to turn yellow.
31. A mileage sign is green with ______ lettering.
White
32. The two colors that are used for information and recreation signs are:
Blue and brown
33. A flashing "DON'T WALK" pedestrian signal indicates the signal light will soon be:
Yellow
34. The outer edge of a road is marked with a solid ______ line.
White
35. Reflectors are used:
To guide your driving path.
36. If you approach an intersection without stop signs or signals, you should slow down and yield to pedestrians and other traffic that arrives at the intersection before you. True or False
True
37. An intersection that has signs or signals to assign the right of way is called a ______ intersection.
Controlled
38. The speed limit for a mobile home park, or on some roads adjacent to parks, is:
15 mph
39. Your speed in a roundabout should be less than:
20 mph
40. When you are first in line and the light turns green, you should check the areas to the ______, ______, and ______ of your vehicle before moving ahead.
Left, right, and front
41. Rumble strips are placed across the road to alert drivers they are approaching:
A change of roadway conditions.
42. What sign shape identifies an interstate highway?
A shield.
43. Solid white lines between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction:
Discourage lane changes.
44. You have the right of way:
Only when others give it to you.
45. A yield sign is in the shape of a ______, when you see a yield sign, you should ______.
Triangle, slow down and let closely approaching traffic and pedestrians go first.
46. This sign means a(n) ______ lane ahead.
Added
47. Guild signs provide:
Information
48. A driver's field of vision should include:
The entire area of the highway and surroundings you can see.
49. A school sign is yellow-green with ______ sides.
5
50. On an expressway, an overhead sign with a yellow panel indicates:
Exit only.
51. A pennant-shaped sign means ______.
No passing zone.
52. The purpose of traffic signs are to ______, to ______, and to ______.
Regulate, warn, and give information.
53. When approaching a railroad crossing, that has gates lowered with signals flashing and bells ringing, you should stop and wait until the gates are ______, the signals ______ flashing, and the bells stop ______.
Raised, stop, and ringing.
54. Red roadway markers meant that you are driving in the ______ direction.
Wrong
55. This sign means that vehicles travel in ______ directions.
Two
56. What do you do at an intersection with a flashing red light?
Stop, and then proceed when clear.
57. The response to a flashing red traffic signal is the same as to a ______ with no other controls.
Stop sign
58. Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit in a residential area is ______.
25 mph
59. Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit in a business district is ______.
25 mph
60. When all or part of a highway traffic lane is closed for construction, maintenance, or surveying, the speed limit is ______, unless otherwise posted.
45 mph
61. A broken yellow line means that passing is allowed when it's ______.
Clear
62. Yellow lines separate traffic moving in ______.
Opposite directions.
63. Raised line markers on the roadway and shoulder are used to define ______.
Safe paths of travel.
64. A double yellow line in the middle of a two-lane road means ______.
No passing in either direction.
65. When stopped at a red signal light which then changes to green, you should ______.
Look before going.
66. You approach an intersection where you plan to turn right. The signal light is red. Before turning, you must ______, ______, ______.
Signal, stop, make sure it is legal, make sure it is clear.
67. What do you do at an intersection with a flashing yellow arrow?
Proceed with caution.
68. For solid red signals, flashing red signals, and non-functioning traffic signals, you must always.
Stop
69. Lane-use lights indicate which lane you can use at any given ______.
Time
70. A solid yellow line next to a broken yellow line means that vehicles next to the broken line ______.
May pass if it is clear.
71. Which sign means the road ahead is closed to traffic in your direction?
...
72. This sign means:
Look, listen, and prepare to stop at the railroad crossing ahead.
73. A flashing yellow X on a lane usage light means you should leave this lane because it will soon be controlled by a ______.
Solid red X
74. When turning at an intersection from a stop, the size of the gap depends on:
The speed of the cross-traffic.
75. When driving on a one-way street past vehicles parked on the left, you should position your vehicle:
To the right portion of your lane.
76. Before turning left, it is important to:
Yield to oncoming vehicles.
77. Which of the following is true regarding mirrors?
Drivers should glance at their mirrors often when driving.
78. When driving past vehicles parked on right, you should position your vehicle:
To the left portion of your lane.
79. When preparing to move your vehicle, after you shift into gear, the next step is to:
Release the parking brake.
80. A flashing yellow arrow in the left turn lane:
Allows drivers to slow down and turn if the intersection is clear.
81. A flashing yellow turn arrow tells you oncoming through traffic has a:
Green light