Chapter 10 Special Driving Conditions

When you get ready to leave an expressway, you should begin to use your turn signal:

100 feet before the exit ramp.

When should you signal that you are exiting an expressway?

100 feet before the ramp

Driving within the range of your headlights indicates you can stop your vehicle within about how many feet?

350 feet

When attempting to stop on a slippery road, the best action to take is:

Apply the brakes in slow, steady strokes.

How should you use your brake pedal on a slippery road?

Carefully and gently squeeze in slow steady strokes.

You have just left an expressway and are starting to drive on an ordinary highway. You should:

Check your speedometer to keep at the lower speed limit.

If you drive past your exit on an expressway, you should:

Drive to the next exit and leave the expressway.

When driving at night, it is most important for you to:

Drive within the range of your headlights

When your right wheels run onto a soft shoulder, what is the best way to get back on the highway?

Ease your foot off the gas and brake gently.

What should you do if your wheels move off the pavement?

Ease your foot on the gas, and break gently

When you drive in heavy fog during daylight hours you should drive with your:

Headlights on low beam.

What should you do if one of your tires blows out?

Hold steering wheel firmly, ease off gas, get car under control and get off the road.

If a tire blows out, the proper thing to do is:

Hold the steering wheel firmly, and ease up on the gas.

What should you do if you are blinded by headlights on an approaching vehicle?

Look to the lower right side of your lane

When you drive at night you an reduce the problem of glare from the headlights of an approaching car by:

Looking to the lower right side of your lane

What is the first thing you should do if your brakes fail?

Pump the pedal, use emergency brake and down shift.

Expressways have "expressway entrance lanes" (acceleration lanes) so that drivers can:

Reach the proper speed before blending with traffic.

What vehicles must stop at all railroad crossings?

School buses and passenger buses carrying passengers.

What is the appropriate action to take when approaching a railroad crossing that does not have signals (such as lights or crossing gates)?

Slow down and be prepared to stop

Which direction should you turn your steering wheel to get out of a skid?

Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go.

Your car starts to skid on a slippery road. You should:

Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go.

What should you do if an entrance ramp is short?

Stop and wait for a large space in traffic, then enter the expressway and accelerate quickly

Night driving is dangerous because:

The distance we can see ahead is reduced.

What is the main reason night driving is more difficult than daytime driving?

The distances you can see ahead or to the side is reduced.

If traffic prevents you from crossing all the way across a set of railroad tracks, you may proceed only when:

There is room for your vehicle on the other side.

Which of the following statements applies to all driving emergency situations?

Think before you act

If your brake pedal suddenly sinks to the floor, you should first:

Try to pump it to build up the pressure.

You may drive around or under a gate that is being lowered or raised at a railroad crossing:

Under no circumstances

You are getting on a highway which has a very short entrance lane. The safest way for you to enter the flow of traffic would be to:

Wait for a large gap in traffic then speed up quickly.

Why is expressway driving different from normal driving?

You must think faster and handle your vehicle more effectively.

What is the most important rule to remember in any emergency?

do not panic

What should you do if you miss an expressway exit?

get off at the next exit and look for signs that tell you how to return to the expressway.

What should you check for when you leave an expressway?

look for speed limit signs and check your speedometer

What are expressway entrance ramps used for?

to accelerate to expressway speed and blend with traffic

What color and shape is a railroad crossing warning sign?

yellow with black letters and "X" symbol