Distraction Action
Doing this with your smartphone makes you 23 times more likely to crash, as it takes your eyes, hands, and mind off the road.
What is texting?
Drivers must always yield the right-of-way to these people, especially near school zones, crosswalks, and intersections.
Who are pedestrians?
An upside-down, red-and-white triangle indicates this traffic action.
What is a yield sign?
This popular safety feature reduces the risk of dying in a frontal crash by 45% to 50%, and is the simplest defense in any vehicle.
What is a seatbelt?
Fact or Fiction: It's safer to use a hands-free Bluetooth setup to talk on the phone while driving than a handheld phone.
What is Fiction? (Your brain is still cognitively distracted, keeping your risk of a crash high).
Having just one of these peers in the car doubles a teen driver's risk of a fatal crash, while having three or more triples it.
What are teenage passengers?
You must completely stop your vehicle when this type of vehicle has its red lights flashing and stop-arm extended.
What is a school bus?
This is the universal meaning of a flashing red light at an intersection.
What is a stop sign? (Stop completely, then proceed when safe)
This is the recommended minimum number of seconds you should maintain as a following distance behind the car in front of you.
What is the 3-second rule (or 4-second rule in some states)?
Fact or Fiction: Speeding is a major factor in nearly one-third of all fatal teen driver crashes.
What is Fact?
This rule or feature should be set on your phone before putting the car in drive to keep your focus entirely on the road.
What is "Do Not Disturb" mode (or Driving Mode)?
Because they have much larger blind spots (called "No Zones"), you should never linger directly behind or beside these large vehicles.
What are semi-trucks (or commercial tractor-trailers)?
When two vehicles arrive at a four-way stop at the exact same time, the driver on the left must yield to this person.
Who is the driver on the right?
If your car begins to slide or skid on ice or water, you should gently steer your wheels in this direction.
What is the direction the back of the car is skidding? (Or the direction you want the car to go)
Fact or Fiction: If you have front and side airbags, you do not need to wear your seatbelt.
What is Fiction? (Airbags are designed to work with seatbelts, not replace them).
Besides phones, these two common habits are leading causes of distracted driving.
What is eating and changing the radio?
To safely pass one of these two-wheeled road users, drivers should leave a minimum buffer zone of at least 3 feet.
Who are bicyclists?
This law means that by holding a driver's license, you automatically agree to a breathalyzer or blood alcohol test if pulled over.
What is the Implied Consent Law?
This dangerous event happens when your tires lose direct contact with the road surface and ride on top of a thin film of water.
What is hydroplaning?
Fact or Fiction: Coffee, a cold shower, or fresh air will sober up a driver who has been drinking alcohol.
What is Fiction? (Only time can lower a person's Blood Alcohol Concentration).
This type of distraction happens when a driver's mind wanders away from the task of driving, even if their eyes are on the road and hands are on the wheel.
What is a cognitive distraction?
When an emergency vehicle approaches with its sirens blaring, you should safely do this action immediately.
What is pull over to the right and stop?
You must turn on your vehicle's headlights during these two specific times of day, or whenever visibility drops below 500 feet.
What is 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise?
Total stopping distance is made up of these three distinct measurements added together.
What are perception distance, reaction distance, and braking distance?
Fact or Fiction: For drivers under 21, the legal blood alcohol limit in almost every state is 0.00% under "Zero Tolerance" laws.
What is Fact?