Driver's Ed Segment 1

Emergency flashers will warn other drivers that:

Your vehicle is stopped on or near the roadway

By law, a child less than 4 years of age may legally be positioned in the child restraint system in the front seat:

If the front passenger air bag is turned off and the rear seating is occupied by children less than 4 years of age.

You must use your headlights when there is not enough light to see pedestrians and vehicles clearly at distances of:

500 feet

Michigan law requires you to have your headlights on _____.

30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise

When driving a vehicle with airbags, you are safest when seated:

At least 10 inches away from steering wheel

When properly adjusted, head restraints provide the most protection when a vehicle:

Is struck from the rear

When making a right turn in an urban setting you should signal your intersection turn at least ____ ahead of the turn.

100 feet or 1/2 a block

When properly seated, the top of the steering wheel should be:

No higher than your chin

When the temperature light comes on as you are driving, it usually means the:

Temperature of the engine is above a safe level

As you are about to enter the vehicle from the street side, you should:

Stand at the front of the vehicle to see approaching traffic

Before moving a vehicle in reverse, you should:

Check to see that the area behind the vehicle is clear

After making a turn, you should:

Accelerate quickly to free the intersection

Airbags are designed to:

Be used with safety belts

You are the first vehicle at an intersection. Which is the best position to take when waiting to make a left turn at a traffic signal that does not have a turn light?

Wheels straight while partially in the intersection

You should turn the front wheel away from the curb when you park:

Facing uphill

When parked at a curb, which direction should you approach to enter the vehicle?

From the front

When you enter traffic from a parking spot, you should:

Wait for a large enough gap to get up to the speed of traffic

When you are parallel parked, how close to the curb should you be? Within ___.

12 inches

Which of these is the proper way to change lanes?

Check mirrors and blind spots, check again, then change lanes.

To drive straightforward, you should look:

To the left and the right to judge available space

When practical, it is best to have a space of at least ____ on both sides of your vehicle.

8 feet

When turning at an intersection from a stop, the size of the gap depends on:

The speed of the cross-traffic.

You are stopped at a red light. You have checked the intersection to see that it is clear of vehicles and pedestrians. Unless a sign tells you not to, you may then.

Turn right

An advisory speed sign with a speed limit of 35 MPH attached just before a curve means:

35 MPH is the fastest recommended speed under ideal conditions.

Right of way laws are written:

In terms of who must yield the right of way.

Broken white lines:

Separate lanes of traffic moving in the same directions

A flashing yellow traffic signal at an intersection means:

Slow down and proceed with caution

The speed limit for a mobile home park or on some roads adjacent to parks is:

15 MPH

This sign means: (an arrow pointing up and an arrow pointing down)

Vehicles on this road travel in two directions.

A traffic-control officer's signal

Is the only one to follow regardless of traffic signals

Determining safe speed is the:

Most important decision in rural driving

Yielding the right of way means:

Letting others go first

A traffic light that has been green for some time is:

Stale, likely to turn yellow

When stopped for a red signal at an intersection you should:

Check traffic before moving after the light turns green

This sign means: (Arrow with entering arrow on right side)

Merging lane ahead

To make a left turn from a one-way street to a two-way street, you should turn from:

The far left lane

Whenever you approach an intersection with a yield sign, you should:

Stop if vehicles are entering from the left or right

When stopped at a red signal which then changes green, you should:

Check in all directions before proceeding

A flashing red traffic signal at an intersection means:

Stop before entering

A flashing yellow turn arrow tells you oncoming through traffic has a:

Green light

Passing on the right of another vehicle by crossing the solid white line that marks the edge of the roadway:

Is prohibited

The purpose of a regulatory sign is to:

Explain the rules of the road

Perception distance is the distance your vehicle travels from the time:

The eyes see a hazard to the time the brain knows it is a hazard

If you double the speed of your vehicle, you ___ the energy in a crash.

Quadruple

When another driver is tailgating your vehicle, it is best to allow a greater space area to the ___ of your vehicle.

Front

You are driving in steady rain. A good indication that hydroplaning can occur is when:

The vehicle in front of you creates water splashes.

A 3- second following distance permits a driver to brake out of problems at speeds under :

45 MPH

On a sharp curve, you should use your brakes to slow your vehicle:

Before you enter the curve

A body a rest tends to stay at rest is defined as:

Inertia

What rule is used to estimate your total stopping distance under ideal conditions?

4-second

Under normal driving conditions your stopping distance at night should be:

Within the range of your headlights

In a front wheel skid, your:

Vehicle moves straight forward in spite of steering input.

If the speed of s vehicle doubles, its destructive power is a crash:

Increases by four times

The vehicle safe technology called ESP stands for

Electronic Stability Program

\\____ is the primary reason that safety belts are important to a driver in a crash.

Inertia

How far ahead should you be searching to identify potential problems?

20 seconds or more

Searching for visual clues changes according to the driving environment. While driving on open highways, you should:

Search areas farther ahead than in the city

To avoid a collision with a vehicle that appears will hit you on the side, you should:

Brake or accelerate quickly

The vehicle safety technology that compares were a driver is steering the vehicle with where the vehicle is actually going is:

Electronic stability program

The ability to handle dangerous traffic situations depends mostly on:

Searching for hazards in advance

SEE stands for:

Search, evaluate, execute

If you must leave the roadway at a high-speed and no open space is available, you should:

Steer for something soft

What does searching for hazards in traffic depend on most?

Moving eyes quickly from place to place

On a rural road, utility lines, mailboxes and reflectors give clues to the location of:

Driveways

The best way to control consequences if you cannot avoid a collision is to:

Control brake and steer to collide at an angle but the object

Your most important decisions will involve how to manage available time and space and ____ risk.

Minimize

The imaginary line that extends my drivers eyes to a point of focus is a:

Line of sight

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 one of the following is true:

The signal for traffic in your direction will soon turn yellow

You may turn right from Alain other than the far right lane:

When there is a sign or marking permitting the turn

When can a left or right turn be made from Elaine other than the far left or right lane?

When pavement markings and signed permit such a movement

If you don't have room to squeeze by an oncoming vehicle on the narrow street, you should:

Pull over and wait behind parked vehicles

When should you enter a roundabout?

When there are no vehicles coming from the left

You are on a 2-way street and have a red light. The cross street is a one-way street going left, and you want to turn. You may turn left:

When traffic and pedestrians are not present, and there was no sign preventing a turn on red.

When you are behind a school bus that has stopped outside the city limits with flashers on you must:

Stop at least 20 feet from the bus and wait until the bus turns off it's red flasher

When a school bus with its red light flashing is stopped on your side of the road, you must:

Stop until the light stop flashing

The following vehicles have the right-of-way at around about:

Vehicles approaching you from the right

You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle by:

Driving to the right edge of the road and stopping

You approach an intersection where you plan to turn right. The the signal is red. Before turning you must:

Stop and yield to pedestrians and vehicles in your path of travel

When driving on a one-way street past vehicles parked on the left, you should position your vehicle:

At least one vehicle door's width a way

Managing space wisely in the city traffic:

Allows you to see and be seen

You are driving on a city street and have a green light. A pedestrian begins to cross the street ahead of you. You:

Must stop regardless of the signal light

When planning for a turn and have a city traffic, you should prepared to get into the proper lane____.

2 to 3 blocks

Entering the expressway from the left presents a higher risk because :

Of the higher speed of vehicles using the left lane.

When you encounter large trucks on the expressway, you should:

Avoid driving between two trucks

You are driving through a highway work soon. You should:

Lower your speed anytime you see a highway worker

If the acceleration lane is short, you will need:

A longer gap to enter traffic

The first thing you should do before deciding to pass on a two-lane road is:

Make sure it is legal and the left lane is clear of oncoming traffic

Changing lanes and passing vehicles are similar tasks because:

The drivers view is easily blocked

When getting ready to exit from an expressway, you should:

Maintain your speed until reaching the deceleration lane

You are driving and want to get onto interstate 75. What color will the sign be identifying I- 75?

Red, white and blue

A law enforcement officer with his vehicles emergency flashing lights on has stopped a vehicle on the right side of the expressway. You should:

Move at least one lane to the left

Passing the vehicle has cut closely in front of you to avoid oncoming traffic, you should:

Slow down and check the right shoulder ahead

When approaching an expressway entrance ramp on your right, you can make it easier for vehicles entering the expressway you're on by:

Moving one lane to your left

When exiting and expressway:

Search early for your exit

You are driving 55 mph on a two-lane highway with one lane in each direction, and want to pass the vehicle ahead of you. To pass safely, you need to:

Have a large enough gap in the oncoming traffic

When passing a vehicle on a two-lane road you should return to the right side when:

You can see both headlights of the vehicle you passed in your inside rear view mere

On expressway, the "move over law" requires drivers to:

Slow down and proceed with caution if unable to lane change away from incident/parked emergency vehicle

Some expressway entrances come in from the left instead of the usual right. Why do these present special problems?

Left lane is usually reserved for higher speed limits

Other drivers are not making room for you to merge onto an expressway with heavy traffic. If necessary, you may:

Stop, if absolutely necessary, and wait for large gap in traffic before merging with expressway traffic.

When approaching a railroad crossing that has gates lowered with signals flashing and bells ringing, you should:

Stop and wait until the gates are raised, the signal stop flashing, and bells stop ringing.