Chapter 4 Flashcards
When to use dipped headlights
Built up areas with street lights
When they’re more effective than main beam
In heavy rain, snow, fog.
When should fog lights be used?
Visibility is 100m/328 feet or less
When should you return to main beam lights?
When alongside overtaken driver
How to avoid being dazzled by oncoming drivers
Look towards near side edge and slow down
Reflective studs
Centre line: one cats eye every other gap.
Hazard line: One cays eye every gap
Double white line: twice as many cats eyes as hazard lines
Weather that reduces visibility
Fog and mist
Heavy rain
Snow and sleet
Bright sunshine when it’s low in the sky
Driving through water
Manual - 1st gear, engine running just above idle speed.
Drive slow
Grip steering wheel tightly to maintain direction
When leaving water, continue driving slowly and apply foot brake lightly until brakes grip. Repeat again
OUR acronym (signs)
Observe
Understand
React
