Driver Education Study Guide

Vocabulary review flashcards covering traffic signs, driving laws, safety distances, and licensing regulations based on the driver education lecture notes.

Blue traffic sign

Driver services

Vision line required to pass

$$20/40$$

B restriction on a driver's license

Corrective lenses required

Title

Legal paper showing who owns a motor vehicle

C restriction on a driver's license

Automatic transmission

Lane ends sign

Lane ends

Red traffic sign color

Stop or prohibition

Yellow traffic sign color

General warning

Downward-pointing triangle sign

Yield

Green traffic light

Go when safe

Flashing yellow lights

Proceed with caution

Distance to stop from a school bus with flashing red lights

$$25\,\text{feet}$$

Pennant-shaped sign

No-passing zone

Right-turn hand signal

Right turn

Four-second rule

Easiest way to choose a safe following distance

Distance from an intersection, bridge, or tunnel where passing is prohibited

$$100\,\text{feet}$$

Percentage of fatal traffic crashes involving alcohol or other impairing drugs

Approximately $40\%$

What reduces the effects of alcohol in the body

Time

Speed limit in a business or urban area

$$30\,\text{mph}$$

Visibility required to park on a hill or curve

$150\,\text{feet}$ in each direction

When headlights must be turned on

$30\,\text{minutes}$ after sunset until $30\,\text{minutes}$ before sunrise

Distance to park from a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal

$$30\,\text{feet}$$

Flag color to display on your vehicle during a snowstorm or blizzard

White

Average driver reaction time

Three-quarters of a second

Distance high-beam headlights shine under normal conditions

$$350\,\text{feet}$$

New Hampshire driver's license expiration

Every $5\,\text{years}$ on the applicant's birthday

Distance a large vehicle's blind spot can extend behind it

$$200\,\text{feet}$$

What to do if you miss your highway exit

Continue to the next exit

What to do if your brakes suddenly fail

Pump the brakes, shift to a lower gear, and use the parking brake

Best way to reduce the effects of alcohol after drinking

Give the body time

Merging traffic sign

Merging traffic

First-offense DUI penalties for drivers aged 21 and older

Both the fine and license suspension

Legal BAC limit for drivers under 21 on this worksheet

$$0.02\%$$

Causes of hydroplaning

Worn tires, fast driving on wet roads, and underinflated tires

Deadline to report a qualifying crash to the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles

$$15\,\text{days}$$

Minimum tire tread depth

$$\frac{2}{32}\,\text{inch}$$

Two-way traffic ahead sign

Two-way traffic ahead

Red circle with a diagonal slash

Prohibited movement

Red triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem

Slow-moving vehicle

Percentage of traffic deaths involving vehicle-pedestrian collisions

Nearly $15\%$ (verify with your worksheet)