Knowledge Test- WA

Warning Signs- Yellow with Black lettering or symbols and most are diamond shaped

  • Winding Road

  • Divided Highway Begins

  • Divided Highway Ends

  • Cross Road

  • Merging Traffic

  • Land ends, Merge Left

  • Slippery when wet

  • signal ahead

  • Hill

  • Two-Way Traffic

  • School Crossing

  • Pedestrian crossing

  • Railroad crossing

  • Advance Warning Bicycles

  • Soft Shoulder

  • Added lane from right

  • Deer Crossing

  • Curve left-35 miles per hour or less

  • no passing zone

  • slow moving vehicle

Regulatory Signs- square, rectangle, special shape. White. Red, or black with black, red, white, or green letters and symbols.

  • Speed Limit

  • Yield

  • No U-Turn

  • Stop

  • Do not Enter

  • Do not Pass

  • Wrong Way

  • Keep Right Except to Pass

  • Slower Traffic Keep to Right

  • Disabled Parking

  • No Right Turn

  • School

Work Area Signs- Orange with black lettering and usually diamond or rectangle

  • Detour

  • Flagger

Destination Signs- square or rectangular, green or brown with white lettering

  • City and Mileage

  • Exit only/optional exit

Service Signs- square or rectangular, blue or brown with white lettering or symbols

  • Hospital

  • Phone

Medians

Can be an open space, a highway divider, or a median island. Can also be a 18 inch solid yellow line or yellow crosshatching between two solid yellow lines.

Reversible Lanes

Marked by double-dashed yellow lines.

Flashing yellow X- lane only for turning

Steady Yellow X- use of lane is changing, move over

Emergency Zones

Adjacent lanes of the roadway 200 ft before and after a stationary emergency vehicles with a siren or flashing lights.

Improper passing results in a doubled fine and possible 60-day suspension.

Ocean Driving

Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties

25 mph

Traffic Cameras

If you break the law, maximum fine for any parking infraction is 250 dollars

Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV)- 20-25 mph

Medium Electric Vehicles (MEV)- 30-35 mph

Permitted on roads with a 35 mph posted speed limit unless otherwise prohibited. (45 mph in San Juan County only)

Motorized Foot Scooters (MFS)- must have handlebars

Golf carts- be 16 and be in a golf cart zone

Electric Vehicle Charging Station- if not charging in the station, 124 dollar fine.

Stopping for a School Bus

Have to stop UNLESS-

  • its stopped on the opposite side of the roadway (in a different direction)

  • Has three or more marked traffic lanes

  • is separated by a median, or a physical barrier

Fines are doubled

Do Not Park

  • within 30 ft of a traffic control device

  • within 20 ft of a pedestrian safety zone

  • within 15 feet of a fire hydrant

  • within 50 feet of a railroad crossing

  • more than 12 inches from the curb

  • withing 20 ft of a fire station driveway on the same side of the street.

    • 75ft on the opposite side

  • Withing 5 ft of a driveway, alley, private road, or area of the curb removed or lowered

  • On the wrong side of the street

  • White indicates short stops are permitted

  • yellow/red indicates a loading zone or some other restriction

Speed Limits unless otherwise posted-

  • 20 mph School Zones

  • 25 mph streets of cities and towns

  • 50 mph on country roads

  • 60 mph state highways

Distracted Driving

Also called inattentional blindness.

124 dollar fine. Second time offenders and on its doubled.

Dangerously Distracted Driving is when the driver is engaged in any activity not related to operating the vehicle

Scan 15 seconds ahead of the car

Signal 100 ft before you turn

Before merging in front of a commercial be one car length of space for every 10 miles of speed being used.

When stopped on the side of the road, place emergency flares 200 to 300 ft behind your vehicle.

On a wet road, slow down by 10 mph

On packed snow, slow down by half your speed

Hydroplaning

Speeds up to 35 mph are safe

Tires can lose all traction by 50 mph

If you are Hydroplaning

  • east foot off the gas

  • Keep wheel straight. Turn slowly if necessary

  • Do not stop until tires are gripping the road again

At 50 mph it can take 400 ft to react to something you see

At 30 mph it can take 200 ft to react and stop

Your head lights can see 400 ft ahead. Drive at most around 50 mph

When traveling 30 mph or less, following time 2-3 seconds

Higher speeds, 4 seconds

Do not follow closer than 500 feet to a fire truck

Space to Pass

At 55 mph you need 10 seconds. You need 1600 ft to pass safely

Bicycles

  • May use the shoulder of freeways and other highways unless otherwise prohibited

  • Use hand signals when turning

  • Can only carry the number people its designed for

  • When operating on a roadway of less than the normal rate, be as close to the right side as safe

  • When more than five vehicles are behind you, move over to let them pass

  • Have the choice to ride on the road but can also ride on the sidewalk, bike lane, or shoulder of the road

  • MUST have a steady white headlight visible for 500 ft and a red reflector visible for 600 ft on the rear, at night.

Preventing Fatigue

  • Get a normal night’s sleep

  • do not leave if already tired

  • do not take medicine that makes you drowsy

  • eat lightly

  • take breaks

  • Try not to drive late at night

  • Never drive if sleepy

Alcohol

  • A drug that depresses the central nervous system

    • Affects

      • Judgment

      • Vision

      • COncentration

      • Understanding

      • Feelings

      • Reaction Time

BAC- Blood Alcohol Content- Percentage of alcohol in your blood.

  • Over 21- .08 BAC, 5.00 nanograms per milliliter THC

  • Under 21- .02 BAC, 0.00 nanograms per milliliter THC

  • If a child under 13 is present, CPS is called.

  • Child under 16 is present, the driver will also face additional IIR

Implied Consent Law- you agree to a BAC breath test if asked. If you refuse, you lose your license for at least one year

PENALTIES FOR DRIVING IMPAIRED

  • First arrest within seven years. 21 or older

    • License suspended for 90 days

    • Same if under 21.

    • May be able to get a restricted license or a ignition interlock device

  • More than once in the past seven years

    • Revoked for two years

    • Under 21, revoked for one year or until age 21, whichever is longer

Alcohol/Drug offenses appear on record for life.

Fined up to $5000

Juvenile Alcohol/Drug/Firearms Violations

13-17 and convicted first time- license revoked for one year or until seventeen, whatever is longer

Second time- two years or until 18. Whatever is longer

Brake Failure

  • Pump the brake

  • IF that doesn’t work, use the parking brake slowly

  • If that doesn’t work, shift to lower gears

Tire Blowout

  • Hold the wheel tightly

  • Slow down gradually

  • Do not stop on the road

Power Failure

  • Keep a strong grip on the wheel

  • Pull off the roadway

Headlight Failure

  • Try the headlight switch

  • Doesn’t work? Put on the emergency flashers. turn signals, or fog lights

  • Pull off the road

Gas Pedals

  • Keep eyes on road

  • Shift to neutral

  • Pull off

  • Turn off engine

Stopping Quickly

  • With ABS

    • Press on brake as hard as possible

    • do not let it go

  • Without ABS

    • Apply brakes as hard as you can without locking them

    • IF they lock up, let go

    • resume breaking once you gain control again

Turning quickly

  • ABS

    • Turn while breaking

  • Without

    • Step on the brake, let go, then turn

Skidding

  • Stay off the brake

  • Steer

  • Continue to stear