Driver's Ed Worksheet #1

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