Drivers ed

The minimum legal tread depth for the tires on your vehicle is

1/16 inch

Pedestrians who have the highest injury rate are usually

10 to 15 years old

At 60 mph, on dry pavement, the vehicle braking distance for a 3,000 lb vehicle to come to a stop is

160 ft

The minimum space for drivers should allow when passing a cyclist is

3 ft

An 80,000 lb truck takes how long to brake to a stop at 55 mph

300 ft

A car moving at 60 mph will take how much to come to a complete stop

4 to 6 secs

Because they sit up high up, truck drivers have visibility

Ahead

When driving a small, less powerful car, you should

Allow yourself extra time and space to pass another vehicle

Roadway users can include

Animals, pedestrians, cyclists

Braking capability depends on

Braking alignment and pad material, tire pressure and suspension system, wind speed and slope of road

The visibility and handling factors that apply to trucks also apply to

Buses

Roads built higher in the center than at either edge

Crowned roads

Vehicle braking distance

Distance it takes to stop a vehicle

T/f If a school bus is stopped with its red light flashing, you only need to stop if you are traveling in the same direction

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When backing up, you may rely on your rear view mirror alone. T/f

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You should be especially careful around cyclists when driving on loose road surface. T/f

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Doubling your speed multiples your braking distance by

Four times

One of the important ways light trucks are different than cars is that they are

Heavier

Whether you need to slow down or speed up is determined vy

How far above the speed limit you are traveling

States that objects at rest do not move unless some force acts on them

Interia

What kind of pedestrians require you as a driver to pay more attention to them

Kids

You can raise a car's center of gravity by

Loading a roof rack with items (idk)

a combo of an objects weight and speed

Momentum

Blind spots around a teucj

No zone

All drivers must yield the right of way to

Police car, fire engine, an ambulance

What can you do to lessen the force of impact in a head-on collision

Reduce speed and steer vehicle out of traffic

As a driver in a car being a car, you will have a reduced ability to

See what is ahead

To make cyclists and motorcyclists aware of your intentions , you should

Signal well in advance

The problem of animals on the roadway is particularly serious from

Sunset to sunrise

In addition to weather and road surface, the quality of what can have an effect on the traction

Suspension

A banks curve works with the force of gravity to help you stay on the road through the turn. T/f

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Additional weight makes pickups handle much less securely than cars in emergency situations. T/f

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Centrifugal force pushes you in the direction opposite to the way you are turning. T/f

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The three major highway conditions that require you to adjust changes are visibility, traction, and space . T/f

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Distance vehicle travels once the brakes have been applied

Total stopping distnace

In reference to the question above, what is the truck's braking distance compared to a car's

Twice the distance as

Human reaction distance generally adds how much to total braking distance?

Up to 66 ft

Good drivers interact safely with different types of traffic by

anticipating the actions of others

roads built higher on the outside than on the inside

banked roads

Natural laws include the law of

gravity

Searching beneath parked vehicles

ground viewing

what reduces traction even more than rain

ice

Smaller cars with lower centers of gravity are

more stable than cars with higher centers of gravity

When driving on a crowned road, you can gain more control of your vehicle by

slowing down