Fundamentals of Emergency Vehcile Operations (Benchmark 3)

Question 1

What are the 3 elements of a driving triangle?

Answer 1

1. Driver
2. Machine
3. Environment

Question 2

At 80 miles per hour our peripheral vision is reduced to:

Answer 2

30 degrees

Question 3

What actually stops the vehicle?

Answer 3

70% of the brakes and the remainder the tires ???

Question 4

How should officers drive a J-Turn or a 180 degree turn?

Answer 4

1. Start the turn by moving the vehicle to the outside of the driver’s lane
2. Steer the vehicle on the outside line until the roadway starts to straighten up
3. When the roadway straightens out guide the vehicle towards the inside of their lane to finish up.
4. Accelerate the vehicle to finish the turn.

Question 5

Most skids are fixed by?

Answer 5

Being aware that skids can happen during all types of driving: non-emergency, emergency, or pursuit

Question 6

What is vehicle dynamics?

Answer 6

A description of the physical forces acting on the vehicle.

Question 7

What is the Five Point Visual?

Answer 7

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Question 8

What is the True Apex?

Answer 8

The point where the vehicle will come closet to the inside portion of the roadway in a turn. It is the point where the driver can begin to steer their vehicle out of the corner.

Question 9

What is ESC?

Answer 9

Electronic Stability Control; a package with a Anti-lock braking system to prevent skidding and increase driver safety.

Question 10

What is Threshold Braking?

Answer 10

When forced to stop as quickly as possible in the shortest distance possible.

Question 11

What is Newton’s First Law of motion?

Answer 11

An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at a constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

Question 12

What is Newton’s Second Law of motion?

Answer 12

The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied.