Torre Ch. 5-6 Cards Flashcards
What is the standard accident prevention formula?
Be alert, be prepared, and act in time
what are some examples of distracted driving
Lighting a cigarette, trying to remove a coat, eating while driving, using a cellular phone shaving, rapplying makeup.
What is road rage?
thoughts of violence, breaking traffic laws, people have short tempers
List five causes of distracted driving.
phones, eating, other drivers, animals, adjusting clothing
What is Maggie’s law?
It is illegal to driver a vehicle while tired
A vehicle will go into a skid if.. (3 things)
- accelerates to quickly
- turns to fast
- breaks improperly
A vehicle will go into a skid if.. (3 things)
- accelerates to quickly
- turns to fast
- breaks improperly
On snow covered roads you should maintain a following distance of…
6 car lengths
If a collision is unavoidable, you should..
approach it in the safest way
If the gas pedal is stuck, before calling for help you should?
pump break and put vehicle in low gear and pull over
How should you react if a vehicle’s wheels drift into the shoulder of the road?
ease on gas, reset wheel, move slowly back into traffic
What does BAC mean?
blood alcohol concentration
Sings of a motorist driving while impaired include..
speeding, weaving in between lanes, unsteady car movement, and quick and sudden stops
Sings of a motorist driving while impaired include..
speeding, weaving in between lanes, unsteady car movement, and qick and sudden stops
Marijuana can affect motorists..
inability to track objects and keep the car moving in their designated lane, inability to judge distances, lack of attention on the road
