Drivers

Teenage drivers are more likely to be involved in a crash when:

They are driving with teenage passengers.

Drivers who eat and drink while driving:

Have trouble controlling their vehicles.

Preparing to smoke and smoking while driving:

Are distracting activities.

The top major crash type for a 16 years old drivers in Pa. is:

Single vehicle/run-off-the-road

When passing a bicyclist, you should:

Move as far left as possible

When you drive through an area where children are playing, you should expect them:

To run out in front of you without looking

If you are driving behind a motorcycle, you must:

Allow the motorcycle to use a complete lane

When traveling behind a motorcycle:

Allow at least 4 seconds of following distance

You need to use extra caution when driving near a pedestrian using a white cane because:

He or she is blind

When driving near a blind pedestrian who is carrying a white cane or using a guide dog, you should:

Slow down and be prepared to stop

Who must yield when a drives is turning and a pedestrian is crossing without a traffic light?

The driver

An orange triangle on the back of a vehicle indicates that vehicle indicates that vehicle:

Travels at slower speeds than normal traffic

At night, it is hardest to see:

Pedestrians

When a truck driver behind you wants to pass your vehicle, your speed should:

Remain steady or decrease

When sharing the road with a truck, it is important to remember that, in general, trucks:

Take longer distances than cars to stop

If you stop at a railroad crossing with more than one track:

Wait until you have a clear view of both tracks

If you are following a truck that swings left before making a right turn at an intersection, you should remember that it is very dangerous to:

Try to squeeze between the truck and the curb to make a right turn

The only time you do not have to stop for a school bus whose red lights are flashing and stop arm extended, you must:

Are driving on the opposite site of a divided highway

When a school bus has its lights flashing and its stop arm extended, you must:

Stop at least 10 feet away from the bus.

After a train has passed , you should:

Check again for approaching trains and proceed with caution.

If you need to slow down or stop when other drivers may not expect it you should:

Quickly tap your brake pedal a few times… the brake lights coming on will warn the driver behind you.

When you are planning to make a turn, you should activate your turn signals:

3 to 4 seconds before you reach the intersection

Before passing another vehicle you should:

Give the proper turn signal to show you are changing lanes.

Your blind spot is the area of the road:

You cannot see without moving your head

Before passing another vehicle, you should signal:

Early enough so others know your plans.

Before changing lanes on a multi-lane highway you should:

Check your mirrors and blind spots

When you park on the roadway, you should:

Use your four-way flashers

Before backing up, you should:

Turn your head and look through the rear window

To help avoid crashes, you should:

Communicate with other drivers on the road

The driver is :

Slowing or stopping

If you turn signals fail, you should use _to indicate you are turning.

Hand signals

When traveling below 40 miles per hour on a limited access highway, you should:

Use your four-way flashers

You should honk your horn when you:

See a child who is about to run into the street

You must use your headlights when other vehicles are not visible from feet away.

1000 feet away

If a vehicle using high beams comes toward you, your should:

Flash your high beams

If a vehicle using high beams comes toward you, your should look towards of the road.

The right side of the road.

You may honk your horn when you:

Have lost control of your car

Your brake lights tell other drivers that you:

Are slowing down or stopping

Before turning, you should:

Use your signal

If another car is in danger os hitting you, you should:

Sound your horn

If you begin to feel tired while driving, the best thing you can do is:

Stop driving

The effect that lack of sleep has on your safe driving ability is the same as:

The effect that alcohol has

Teenagers should try to get at least____ hours of sleep each night to avoid the risk of drowsy driving crashes.

Eight hours of sleep

If another driver cuts you off in traffic, you should:

Ignore the other driver

If someone is driving aggressively behind you, you should:

Try to get out of the aggressive driver's way

For an average person, how many minutes does the body need to process the alcohol in one drink:

60 minutes per drink

_limits your concentration, perception, judgment, and memory

Even the smallest amount of alcohol

Taking drugs along with alcohol:

Increases the risk of causing a crash

As alcohol builds up in your blood, it:

Slows down your reactions

If your blood alcohol level is .04, you:

Are 2 to 7 times more likely to have a crash than a person who has not consumed any alcohol

When you hear a fire engine siren, you must:

Pull over to the side of the road and stop

If you have a tire blowout, you should:

Let the car slow to a stop

If your car breaks down on a highway, you should:

Use your four-way flasher to warn other drivers

When you see a emergency vehicle with flashing lights, you must:

Pull to the curb and stop

When driving on a one way street and an emergency vehicle with flashing lights s behind your car, you

Drive toward the nearest road side and stop

After an emergency vehicle passes you with its siren on, you must:

Avoid driving closer than 500 feet behind the emergency vehicle.

Crashes in work zones are most commonly the result of:

Carelessness and speeding

When driving through a work zone, it is a good safety practice to :

Lengthen your usual following distance- by double

On two-lane, two-way streets or highways, you should start left turns:

Close to the center lane.

To turn left on multi-lane streets and highways, you should start from:

The left lane

On a two-lane road, you may pass another vehicle on the right when:

The driver you are passing is making a left turn

To pass a slower-moving vehicle on a two-lane road you must:

Use the lane that belongs to oncoming traffic

These pavement makings tell you at the intersection ahead:

Center lane traffic may go straight or turn left

The most important thing to remember about speed management and curves is to:

Slow down before you enter a curve

Drivers entering a roundabout or traffic circle:

Must yield to drivers in the roundabout or traffic circle

The law gives the right of way at intersections:

No one

At an intersection with a stop sign, you should stop and:

Look left first, then right, then left again

When entering a highway from an entrance ramp, you should generally:

Accelerate to the speed of traffic

When exiting a highway, you should slow down:

Once you have moved into the exit lane

When driving on a freeway entrance ramp, you should look for a gap in traffic by:

Looking in your mirrors and turning your head to look over your shoulder.

If you want to get off a freeway, but you missed your exit, you should:

Go to the next exit, and get off of the freeway there

You are waiting to turn left a a multilane intersection, and opposing traffic is blocking your view, you should:

Wait until you can see all the lanes you need to cross before going ahead with your turn

When no signs, signals, or police tell you what to do at an intersection, the law states that:

Drivers turning left must yield to drivers going straight through the intersection.

"Highway Hypnosis" is a driver condition that can result from:

Staring at the roadway for long periods of time

When passing on a multi-lane highway:

Be sure the passing lane is clear

The "four-second rule" refers to how one should:

Follow another car

It is best to keep a space cushion :

On all sides of the vehicle

Allowing a space cushion is important because

Allows you time to react to situations

Allow a larger space cushion when stopping

On a up hill

When making a turn, you must _your speed.

Reduce your speed

When driving in traffic, it is safest to :

Drive with the flow of traffic

The maximum speed limit is in this state is ____ miles per hour.

65 miles per hour

Drive below the posted speed limit when:

Anything makes conditions less than perfect

The amount of space you need to cross traffic depends on the :

Road and weather conditions and oncoming traffic

Your ability to stop your vehicle is affected by

The condition of the road

The safe speed to drive depends on many conditions. True or false

True

To prepare for anything coming up in the road ahead, you should:

Continually scan the entire road and roadsides

At highway speeds, on a dry road, a safe following distance is at least:

Four seconds of following distance from the car ahead of you

What can you do to avoid the need to make emergency(or panic) stops while driving in traffic:

Look ahead and maintain a safe following distance.

When faced with one oncoming car to the left and a bicyclist to the right, you should:

Let the car pass and then pass the bike

If an oncoming driver is heading toward you in your lane, you should:

Steer right, blow your horn and brake

If the rear of your vehicle starts to skid left, you should:

Steer left

The most effective thing you can do to reduce your risk or getting injured or killed in a traffic crash is:

Wear your seat belt

When driving on slick roads, you should:

Take turns more slowly

As you drive faster, your tires become less effective, true or false?

True

When driving on slippery road, you should:

Increase your following distance

When driving on wet roads, you should:

Drive 5 to 10 miles below the speed limit

When driving on wet roads, you should:

Increase following distance to 5 or 6 seconds

Roads freeze more quickly when they are:

Shaded

Roads become very slippery:

For the first 10 to 15 minutes of a rain storm