Driving Facts and Scenarios

You must use your headlights when other vehicles are not visible from

1000 feet away

When you are planning to make a turn, you should activate your turn signals:

3 to 4 seconds before you reach the intersection

At highway speeds, on a dry road, a safe following distance is at least

4 seconds of following distance from the car ahead of you

When entering a highway from an entrance ramp, you should generally

Accelerate to the speed of traffic

If you are driving behind a motorcycle, you must

Allow the motorcycle to use a complete lane

Allowing a space cushion is important because it

Allows you time to react to situations

Drive below the posted speed limit when

Anything makes conditions less than perfect

Your brake lights tell other drivers that you

Are slowing down or stopping

Which of the following is true about driving on a wet roadway?

As you drive faster, your tires become less effective

After an emergency vehicle passes you with its siren on, you must

Avoid driving closer than 500 feet behind the emergency vehicle

When driving on a freeway entrance ramp, you should look for a gap in freeway traffic

By looking in your mirrors and turning your head to look over your shoulder

Before changing lanes on a multi-lane highway you should

Check your mirrors and blind spots

On two-lane, two-way streets or highways, you should start left turns

Close to the center line

To prepare for anything coming up in the road ahead, you should

Continually scan the entire road and roadsides

When driving on slippery roads, you should

Drive 5 to 10 miles below the speed limit

When driving on a one way street and an emergency vehicle with flashing lights is behind your car, you

Drive toward the nearest road side and stop

Hydroplaning is usually caused by

Excessive speed

If a vehicle using high beams comes towards you, you should

Flash your high beams

The "four-second rule" refers to how one should

Follow another car

Roads become very slippery

For the first 10 to 15 minutes of a rain storm

If you want to get off the freeway, but you missed your exit, toy should

Go to the next exit, and get off of the freeway there

If your turn signals fail, you should use

Hand signals

You may honk your horn when you

Have lost control of your car

When driving through a work zone, it is a good safety practice to

Lengthen your usual following distance -- by double

When faced with one oncoming car to the left and a bicyclist to the right, you should

Let the car pass and then pass the bike

If you have a tire blowout, you should

Let the car slow to a stop

What can you do to avoid the need to make emergency (or "panic") stops while driving in traffic?

Look ahead and maintain a safe following distance

When driving in fog you should use your

Low beam headlights

When passing a cyclist, you should

Move as far left as possible

Drivers entering a roundabout or traffic circle

Must yield to drivers in the roundabout or traffic circle

It is best to keep a space cushion

On all sides of the vehicle

Allow a larger space cusion when stopping

On an up-hill

When exiting a highway, you should slow down

Once you have moved into the exit lane

When you hear a fire engine siren, you must

Pull over to the side of the road and stop

When you see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights, you must

Pull to the curb and stop

If you need to slow down or stop when other drivers may not expect it, you should

Quickly tap your brake pedal a few times

When a truck driver behind you wants to pass your vehicle, your speed should

Remain steady or decrease

The amount of space you need to cross traffic depends on the

Road and weather conditions and oncoming traffic

You should honk your horn when you

See a child who is about to run into the street

When making a turn, you must reduce your

Speed

If the rear of your vehicle starts to skid left, you should

Steer left

If an oncoming driver is heading toward you in your lane, you should

Steer right, blow your horn, and brake

When approaching a stopped school bus with red lights flashing and its stop arm extended, you must

Stop and remain stopped until the red lights stop flashing and the stop arm has been withdrawn

When a school bus has its lights flashing and its stop arm extended, you must

Stop at least 10 feet away from the bus

When sharing the road with a truck, it is important to remember that, in general, trucks

Take longer distances than cars to stop

Your ability to stop is affected by

The condition of the road

On a two-lane road, you may pass another vehicle on the right when

The driver you are passing is making a left turn

To turn left on multi-lane streets and highways, you should start from

The left lane

Which of the following is true about the speed at which you travel?

The safe speed to drive depends on many conditions

Turn lane

These lanes, bordered by solid yellow and/or broken yellow lines, is in the center of many streets and highways to make left turns.

When you drive through an area where children are playing, you should expect them

To run out in front of you without looking

An orange triangle on the back of a vehicle indicates that vehicle

Travels at slower speeds than normal traffic

If you are following a truck that swings left before making a right turn at an intersection, you should remember that it is very dangerous to

Try to squeeze between the truck and curb to make a right turn

Before backing up, you should

Turn your head and look through the rear window

If your car breaks down on a highway, you should

Use your four-way flashers

When traveling below 40 miles per hour on a limited access highway, you should

Use your four-way flashers

When you park on the roadway, you should

Use your four-way flashers

Before turning, you should

Use your signal

Before passing another vehicle you should

Use your turn signal

If you stop at a railroad crossing with more than one track

Wait until you have a clear view of both tracks

Your blind spot is

What you can't see without moving your head

When you are in line of traffic that is crossing a railroad track that has no signals or gates

You need to make sure there is space to get all the way across the tracks without stopping

If another car is in danger of hitting you, you should

sound your horn

If a vehicle using high beams comes towards you, you should look towards

the right side of the road