Drive Home Safe Driving School - Chapter 12 (Review For Final)

How do high winds affect your driving?

It can reduce your vehicle control. A strong wind can push the vehicle in one direction which requires the driver to correct direction.

What type of headlights should you use in fog

Low Beam Headlights. Fog lights

What is controlled braking?

A way to apply your brakes to reduce your speed as quickly as possible while maintaining steering control.

Why do bridges freeze faster than other parts of the roadway

Because cold air circulates above and below the roadway causing more ice.

How do you correct a skid?

Counter steer and decelerate

List some things that can reduce your visibility when driving

Dirty windows, Sun glare, Dawn and Dusk

What does overdriving your headlights mean?

Driving at a speed that makes your stopping distance longer than the distance lighted by your headlights

What is hydroplaining?

When a tire loses road contact by rising up on top of water.

What is black ice?

Ice that forms in thin sheets that is hard to see.

Do your headlights need to be on when its raining ? Explain

Yes. Many states require this and it make your car more visible to others.