Winter Driving
True or False: Icy roads are a bigger threat in colder climates where ice and snow are more common.
What is false?
This action is recommended for best visibility when driving through dense fog.
What is use your low beams and/or fog lamps and slow down?
This Key focuses on making direct eye contact with other drivers and pedestrians.
What is "Make Sure They See You"?
Black ice is most likely to form on these road surfaces.
What are bridges and in shady areas?
This is the most important safety feature in our vehicles.
What is you, the driver?
These are 4 items you would find in a winter preparedness kit.
What are water, hand warmers, gloves, batteries, food (protein bars), flashlight, phone charging cord, blanket?
As required by law, you must do this when your windshield wipers are in use.
This Key recommends not focusing on any single object for more than 2 seconds.
What is "Keep Your Eyes Moving"?
Your kid decides to act out a scene from "A Christmas Story", this is the correct action to take when his tongue gets frozen to the metal flagpole outside.
What is pour warm water on his tongue?
This is banned in 48 states, and if caught, can result in heavy fines.
What is texting while driving?
Bonus: Montana and Missouri
This is the correct action to take once it has been determined road conditions are unsafe for travel.
What is "pull over" or "stay home"?
Due to risk of hydroplanes or skids, it is unwise to use this feature in winter advisory conditions.
What is cruise control?
This Key advises leaving a cushion between vehicles around you and backing into parking spaces when possible.
What is "Leave Yourself an Out"?
It would not be wise to try using these to break your fall.
What are hands or arms?
This is the fine for using a handheld mobile device while driving in the state of Oregon.
What is up to $1,150 for a first offense? A second offense is $2,000, and a third offense is a fine up to $2,500 and possible jail time.
This is the minimum fine for failure to use chains when it is posted that chains are required.
What is $880?
This is the amount of chains required to bring with on your truck during the snow chain season (November 1st to May 30th).
What is dependent on the truck?
This Key recommends looking a minimum of 15 seconds ahead. At 25 MPH, this is about a block ahead. At 60 MPH, this is about 1/4 mile ahead.
What is "Aim High in Steering"?
When walking on ice you, should walk like this animal.
What is a penguin?
Bend slightly and walk flat footed. Point your feet out slightly like a penguin. Keep your center of gravity over your feet as much as possible. Take shorter, shuffle-like steps. Keep your arms at your sides
If you don't clear your tailpipe of snow and ice before turning your car on you could suffer from___________.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
This is the recommended following distance behind a snow plow truck.
What is at least 200 feet?
The stopping distance is increase by this much in the rain.
What is two to three times?
This Key challenges you to check your mirrors every 5-8 seconds, and keep a 7-second minimum following distance.
What is "Get the Big Picture"?
This is the article of PPE required to reduce the possibility of slips and trips when walking on ice and snow.
What are ice cleats?
These should be reported immediately to your supervisor.
What are incidents/near misses?