Lesson 3: Vehicle Space Needs, Natural Laws, Traction, Starting, Steering, & Stopping

Question 1

Properly adjusted mirrors?

Answer 1

Can reduce, but never eliminate blind spots

Question 2

Why do most collisions occur at curves?

Answer 2

Speed on the approach is too great

Question 3

The more momentum a vehicle has the harder it is to?

Answer 3

Stop

Question 4

What is the primary reason that safety belts are important to a driver in a crash?

Answer 4

Inertia

Question 5

If we don’t steer the vehicle through a curve the vehicle will continue to drive?

Answer 5

In a straight line

Question 6

On a sharp curve a driver should break?

Answer 6

Before entering the curve

Question 7

True or false: No two vehicles accelerate alike?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

When we brake the weight of the vehicle shifts?

Answer 8

Toward the front of the vehicle (which means it shifts to the back when we accelerate)

Question 9

Always release this after you shift into gear, before you remove your foot from the brake pedal?

Answer 9

The parking brake

Question 10

What are the 3 levels of deceleration?

Answer 10

Coasting - releasing pressure from the accelerator
Controlled Braking - Normal use: sufficient pressure on brake to slow or stop the vehicle
Threshold Braking - Emergency use: hard firm pressure just short of locking the brake

Question 11

We use our toes and ankles to do what?

Answer 11

Control the vehicle pedals

Question 12

True or false: Besides checking mirrors and blind spots, the technique called “The Dutch Reach” will help a driver see a bicyclist in the road before exiting their vehicle?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A driver exiting a vehicle parked at a curb should be able to view traffic behind them, they can make it a habit to check everytime by using the “Dutch Reach”, which hand is used to open their door?

Answer 13

Right hand

Question 14

A driver entering a vehicle parked at a curb should enter the vehicle from the front, why?

Answer 14

So one does not turn their back to traffic

Question 15

How can we avoid scratching our paint or doing damage to other vehicle’s when getting out of our car?

Answer 15

Open our door slowly and carefully

Question 16

True or false: In reverse a vehicle’s movement is 10x greater than steering forward?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Why is braking and turning at the same time dangerous?

Answer 17

It can overload the front tires and cause the vehicle to lose control