Steering, Accelerating, and Braking
When driving, this is where your left foot should be.
What is the dead pedal?
In a traffic light, this color is on the bottom.
What is green?
In this type of braking, smooth and gradual brake pedal pressure helps avoid abrupt weight transfer.
What is trail braking?
The three parts of the PDA system.
What are Perceive, Decide, and Act?
What is concentrating on one thing at a time?
12-18 year olds need this amount of sleep each night
What is between 9-9.5 hours
This method of steering reduces driver arm fatigue and provides safety if the airbag deploys.
What is push-pull-slide or hand-to-hand steering?
This traffic signal means right-of-way is expiring and a red light will follow immediately.
What is a yellow light?
The natural law that wants us to keep moving forward in a straight line.
What is inertia?
This PLANNED PATH OF TRAVEL allows enough time to stop when responding to hazardous objects or conditions (how many seconds)
What is 20-30 seconds?
The body takes this long to eliminate the alcohol in one drink.
What is between 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 hours?
On a long trip, drivers should stop and get out of the vehicle how often
What is every 2 hours or 100 miles.
When turning, this may not change the direction of the vehicle enough to keep it on its intended path of travel.
What is not turning the wheel enough?
This is the color that shows warning or caution.
What is yellow?
One of the worst road surfaces for traction control.
What is dirt, gravel, or sand?
These are the three parts of human vision.
What are central, fringe, and peripheral?
BAC stands for this.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (NOT Blood Alcohol Content)
Driving after only 4-5 hours of sleep is like driving with a BAC level of ?
What is .06-.08%
This method of acceleration shifts more weight to the rear tires for traction and is used when passing other vehicles.
What is thrust acceleration?
This is the shape of a pedestrian crossing sign.
What is a pentagon?
When turning, the weight shifts in this direction.
What is the direction opposite the turn?
This is the most effective way to avoid becoming distracted by a cell phone when driving.
What is putting it on DO NOT DISTURB?
This is the first ability to be impaired by alcohol and other drugs.
What is judgement?
Becoming mesmerized by a long, straight, boring stretch of road is known as ?
What is Highway Hypnosis
This type of braking is used to slow very quickly when a driver's path immediately ahead becomes blocked.
What is threshold braking?
Name at least three ways of communicating with other drivers.
What are signals, horn, headlights, body actions, or vehicle position?
This is the strategy for driving safely through sharp turns.
What is brake, then turn, then accelerate out of the turn?
Name at least three things you may miss seeing at night, even with headlights on.
What are unlighted vehicles, animals, pedestrians, bicycles, and curves.
Name at least four ways alcohol affects vision after just one drink.
What are visual acuity, peripheral vision, color distinction, night vision, distance judgment, and focus?
When a driver uses a vehicle or some other object to threaten or cause harm to another roadway user, they are suffering from ?
What is Road Rage