AAA Flashcards Chapter 7
When driving, blind areas include those areas you cannot see when:
all of the above are correct (Checking mirrors, ground viewing, scanning from side to side)
It's a beautiful day and you are travelling in the right lane of a two-way highway, but need to make an emergency stop; however there is a tractor-trailer following you. You should:
Signal and steer off the road and then stop.
One reason to develop the habit of checking behind you using your mirrors is:
To help you avoid collisions when conditions changes suddenly.
To check your blind areas, you should:
Turn your head slightly and check over your shoulder in the direction of the blind area.
Many of today's automobiles come equipped with automatic:
daytime running lights
To more efficiently gather information, a driver should search and identify objects and conditions within four classification, including:
motorized vehicles; signs, signals and markings; non-motorized users; roadway features.
All of the following are off-road obstacles except:
other drivers
When driving, central vision is used to:
provide details of objects and driving conditions.
Fringe vision:
provides information about lane position and objects close to the travel path.
The most common form of color blindness is the inability to distinguish between:
red and green
Which sense is most critical to safe driving?
seeing
Drivers with poor visual habits:
tend to be unaware of their own speed.
When using ground viewing you are not looking for:
the color of a vehicle to your side.
Central vision is:
the primary visual function employed in targeting
the main area of focus to guide your vehicle is the:
your intended path of travel
In normal traffic, you should maintain a visual control zone ahead of you vehicle for a distance equal to at least:
12 to 15 seconds.
You will generally have ample time and space to make decisions and control you vehicle if you maintain a visual lead of:
20 to 30 seconds
A recent study of more than 11,000 crashes revealed that what percentage of drives took no action to avoid a collision?
37 percent
Developing skills to check traffic behind you may help avoid collisions when conditions change suddenly.
True
Road grime - dirt, oil, water and other debris can reduce headlight output by up to 90 percent.
True
Peripheral vision:
all of the above are correct (detects color and motion, provides info about stationary objects that could be threats along the intended path of travel).
If you employ a good visual search while driving, you will:
be searching 20 to 30 seconds ahead of your vehicle.
To develop a selective search pattern, you should:
both a and b are correct ( know where to direct your search and classify information into major groups)
When of the following is most important when judging clearance for braking:
vehicle type.