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
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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