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.