Driver Education Chapter 13: Light & Weather Conditions

If you get caught driving in a hailstorm, pull to safety

Under an overpass

What advance preparation can you make before driving when you know that you may be driving in glaring sun?

Grab sunglasses, clean windshield, use sun visor

When a vehicle's tires completely lose contact with the road and move on thin film of water it is called

Hydroplaning

In the glare of the sun, it is hard to see and to be seen. What precautions can you take to help other vehicles and pedestrians see you and to ensure that you see them?

Windshield is clean, sunglasses, decrease speed, increase following distance, sun visor

If you live in a snowy area, you should keep the following item/s in you car

Windshield scraper, jumper cables, and a shovel

T or F: You can use high beam lights on dark roads when there are no other vehicles around

True

If you vehicle became stuck in the snow, what would you do to set it free?

You can carry cat litter to get traction, rock your car back and forth, dig yourself out

What precautions should you take when driving in fog? What should you do when fog becomes very dense?

You should decrease your speed, use low beam headlights, emergency lights if need, increase following distance

The number one weather-related killer in the US is/are

floods

Driving faster than you can safely see is called

overdriving headlights

The best way to reduce risk in icy conditions is to

postpone driving until the weather clears

If it is raining so heavily that your windshield wipers cannot keep up, you should signal and

pull of the road

To cut the glare from you headlights you should adjust your

rear view mirror

The biggest worry in bad weather is

skidding out of control

A fog-like weather condition caused by pollution or factories is

smog

When approaching a large vehicle on a slush-covered roadway, you should

turn on your windshield wipers before you meet

When conditions are wet, you should drive in the tracks of the

vehicle in front

If your trying to "rock" your car, you should make sure not to spin

wheels

You should remove your snow tires as soon as

winter is over

T or F: Headlights from oncoming vehicle can have a blinding effect

True

T or F: Hydroplaning happens when your vehicle rides on a thin film of water

True

To reduce your chance of hydroplaning, you should reduce your speed by about ___________ on wet roadways

1/3

In wet, rainy conditions, when entering a turn or curve, you should avoid sudden

Acceleration, Stops, and Starts

What are the dangers in high wind? What can you do to drive more safely in very windy situations?

Buffet your car, move you car if light////Reduce your speed, grip steering wheel firm

You can minimize the effects of glare by making sure that your windshield is

Clean

T or F: At night you should decrease distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead

False

T or F: Driving with snow tires increases fuel economy

False

T or F: Roads are not slick during the first 15 minutes of rainfall

False

T or F: Sunglasses are not effective against glare of late afternoon sun

False

T or F: The sun's glare is most dangerous to drivers at noon

False

T or F: To prevent skids, you should change speeds as rapidly as possible

False

T or F: When driving during dusk and dawn hours, you should use you parking lights

False

T or F: When oncoming vehicle's headlights are bright, you should look directly at the headlights

False

True or False: As visibility decreases your risk of being in an accident decreases

False

T or F: Overdriving your headlights means driving at a speed that will not allow you to stop within their range

True

T or F: When driving in snow, you should follow the tire tracks of the vehicle ahead of you because the tracks are drier and give better traction

True

T or F: A badly scratched windshield should be replaced

True

T or F: At dusk, you should keep your low-beam headlights on

True

T or F: At night, you should get into the habit for looking for objects beyond your headlight beams

True

T or F: At night, you should not overdrive your headlights

True

T or F: Driving with your low-beam headlights on does not help when the glare is strong

True

T or F: During periods of extreme glare, you should decrease your following distance

True