ch 8 Flashcards
What should you do if your wheels drift onto the dirt shoulder of the road and you want to return to the paved road?
Take your foot off the accelerator, check your mirrors, and then slowly steer back onto the pavement
Which way should you turn your wheels when you are parking downhill on a street with a curb?
When your wheels are turned away from the curb.
What is the first thing you should do if your brakes suddenly give out?
Pumping the brake pedal quickly and firmly to see if you can regain some braking pressure
What will your vehicle tend to do when approaching a curve?
The vehicle tends to go straight
What should you do if a motorist is passing you?
Stay in the proper lane and slow down to make the passing easier for the other motorist
What should you do when driving in the city?
When your driving in the city, slow down and communicate with other drivers
What should you do if you go into a skid?
Take your foot off the gas and shift to neutral, but don’t try to steer immediately. As the wheels skid sideways, they will slow the vehicle and traction will return. As it does, steer in the direction you want to go.
When sharing the road with large trucks or buses, what should you do?
Give them space to operate, because sometimes, the larger vehicles can’t see you through their mirrors
To safely share the road with large trucks or buses, what should you know?
Their large blind spots, longer stopping distances, need for wide turns, and the importance of maintaining a significant space around them, avoiding cutting in front, and never lingering alongside them while passing
What must you do if you come to a multi-way stop at the same time as another motorist?
Yield to the driver on your right
How should you approach an uncontrolled intersection?
Once you get to an uncontrolled intersection, look right and left to avoid oncoming traffic
What should you do to avoid hydroplaning and losing control of your vehicle on a wet road surface?
Significantly reduce your speed, avoid puddles and standing water.
What should you do if you have a flat tire or blowout while driving?
Pull Over, stay in the vehicle, call for help, don’t get into strangers vehicle
After driving through a deep puddle of water, what should you immediatley do?
Pump the brakes to squeeze water from the pads.
