Personal Requirements: Fitness To Drive Flashcards
What can be the cause for veering off the roadway?
A. Excessive speed
B. Inattentiveness, distraction
C. Fatigue
What must you do if you notice signs of fatigue when driving on open stretches of road at night (heavy eyelids, feeling chilly, sudden frights, etc.)
A. Interrupt your journey for an adequate break
How can fatigue be prevented on a long journey?
A. By well-timed and sufficient stops for rests
B. Gymnastic exercises during stops
What can diminish alertness in road traffic?
A. Strong emotions (e.g. delight, annoyance, impatience)
B. Animated conversation
C. Engrossing programs on car radio
What strongly distracts you while you are driving?
A. Telephoning
B. Lighting a cigarette
C. Nagging children on the backseats
What can prevent you from hearing warning signals?
A. Having the radio on too loud
B. Using headphones
C. The exhaust being too loud
What does “power sound” in the car result in?
A. Signals from the other traffic- in particular sirens- are not heard
B. There is noise pollution for others even when the windows are closed
C. Driving errors due to the driver being diverted
A motorist has drunk too much alcohol and for this reason must not drive. How can his fitness to drive not be restored in a short time?
A. By sleeping for half an hour
B. By drinking two cups of strong coffee
C. By going for a half hour’s walk
Can a motorist’s fitness to drive be impaired by even relatively small quantities of alcohol?
A. Yes, even small quantities of alcohol can impair fitness to drive
Which substances can impair fitness to drive in a similar way to alcohol?
A. Certain medicines and intoxicants
What can impair fitness to drive?
A Fatigue
B. Alcohol and other intoxicants
C. Certain medicines
Above which alcohol level in your blood can you expect your fitness to drive to be impaired?
A. 0.3 per mile (30 mg/100 ml)
In general, how long does it take before an alcohol level of 0.1 per mile (100 mg/100 ml) is cleared from the blood stream?
A. 10 hours
What can increase the intoxicating effect of alcohol?
A. Sleeping pills, pain killers or sedatives
B. Drinking on an “empty” stomach
C. Downing alcoholic drinks in one
What can be the effects of even small quantities of alcohol?
A. Delayed reactions
B. Reckless driving
C. Impairment of hearing and vision
What effects can drugs have?
A. Intoxication
B. Dependence, addiction
Which drugs can make a person temporarily unfit to drive even when consumed on a single occasion?
A. Hashish, marijuana
B. Heroin, cocaine, amphetamines
C. LSD, dagga
How long can hashish and its catabolites (decomposition products) be detected in urine?
A. Weeks later
Which of the following are unfit to drive motor vehicles?
A. Persons who regularly take drugs (e.g. hashish, heroin, cocaine) even if they are not unfit to drive at the time of the journey
B. Persons who smoke a single hashish cigarette per day
May a person who has just smoked a hashish cigarette drive a motor vehicle?
A. No, because he/she could be unfit to drive
When is a drug-dependent person fit to drive a motor vehicle again?
A. After presenting a proof that he/she has not taken any drugs for a whole year and there is no likelihood of relapse
How is the intoxicating substance in hashish broken down by the body?
A. Unevenly over an indeterminate period
Why are drugs ( e.g. hashish, heroin, cocaine) still dangerous even if they are just taken on a single occasion?
A. They can cause the person to be unfit to drive
B. They can produce intoxication lasting several hours
What are the consequences for a person driving a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs ( e.g. hashish, heroin, cocaine)?
A. Confiscation of driving license or driving ban
B. Fine and/or imprisonment
C. Compulsory medical/psychological examination
