Safety and your Vehicle Flashcards
Why is regular care and maintenance of your car good?
Ensures car is safe and roadworthy
Help fuel economy and keep exhaust emissions to a minimum
What parts of a car should be checked on a regular basis?
Lights, breaks, steering, exhaust system, seat belts, horn, speedomoter, wipers, and washers, windscreen, tyre pressure
Information about checking oil and water levels
Especially important before a long journey
dont overfill with oil as can cause leaks
What happens if break fluid is too low?
It coul cause an accident as it is dangerous
When to check battery levels and how?
Dont check if maintenance free batteries
May need topping up with distilled water to just aboce cell plates
When to check tyre pressures and how?
At least once a week
Do in cold for more accurate reading
Under inflated tyres can effect what?
Steering, it will feel heavy
Fuel consumption, it may increase
Braking
What must tyre tread be?
1.6mm deep across the central 3/4s of the breadth of the tyre and around the entire circumfrance
Is it legal to drive with tyres that have deep cuts into the side wals?
No
Uneve wear on the tyres can be caused by faults in the what?
Braking system, suspension, wheel alignment
If the wheels are unbalancesd, it could cause the steering to what?
Vibrate
What do warning lights on the dashboard monitor tell you?
The performance of the engine and any warnings or defects
When should the ABS warning light be checked?
It should go out once the vehicle reaches 5-10mph, if it doesnt get it checked
How to check condition of shock absorbers?
‘bounce’ the vehicle, push down hard on each corner, it shouldnt continue to bounce when released
When to consult a garage as soon as possible?
The steering vibrates, the wheels may need balancing
The vehicle pulls to one side when you break, your breaks may need adjusting
Explain babies and airbags
never fit a rear facing baby seat in a seat protected by an airbag, this could cause fatal injuries, the air bag must be deactivated first
What to do when get into the car?
adjust the seat so you can reach the controls
adjust head restraint to help prevent neck injury during collision
wear suitable shoes to keep control of pedals
adjust mirrors to maximise field of vision
Pros and cons of convex mirrors?
wider view but make vehicles seem further away than usual
Why use headlights in reduced visibility?
Letr other road users see you
Rules for parkking on a two way road at night
park in direction of traffic
if speed limit over 30, leave on parking lights
Hazard light rules
fitted so you can warn drivers of hazards
like when broken down, ormwhen queuing traffic on a dual carerigeway or motorway
Dont use them as an excuse to park ileglay, no matter the length of time
How to make it difficult for a thief to steal your car?
engage the steering lock
remove the keys
lock any contents out of sight or take them with you
dont leave the vehicle registration documentation in car
park in a well lit or secure car park at night
Fit an antitheft alarm or immobiliser
Use a visible security device like asteering wheel or handbrake lock
Have the vehicle reg ethched on the windows
Install a security coded radio
Consider joining a vehicle watch scheme
Avoisd parking where it would cause an obstruction, like:
in front of a property entrance at or near a bus stop near the brow of a hill where the kerb has been lowered for wheelchair access on a bend or opposite a side road
Where should you never park and why?
on or near a level crossing
on the zigzag lines of a pedestrian crossing
this would block the view of pedestrians ad drivers, and endanger users of the crossing
Motor vehicles can harm the environment, resulting in what?
air pollution
Damage to buildings
using up of natural resources
Road transport accounts for __% of all emissions
20
How to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emisions?
Reduce speed, 70mph is 15% more fuel than 50mph
plan ahead, reduce fuel consumption by 15%
Change gear asap, revs use fuel
Service and tune properly
Tyres corretly inflated
Dont carry uncessary weight
dont over rev in low gears
dont leave the engine running unnecessarily, an when not present
Pros of trams over cars
Electron, reduce traffic and polluision
Dont pour oil where?
Down the drain
Where to dispose of old batteriers and oil?
Local authority site or a garage
When not to use horn?
Between 11:30pm and 7am in buitl up areas unless another vehicle poses a danger
How to have an easier/more pleasent journey?
plan route
avoid busy times
Allow plenty of time for journey
How to plan route?
looking at a map
using SAT NAV
check with motoring orginisations
using a route planner on the internet
What to do if unfarmilliar route?
Plan an alternative if its blocked
Why avoid travelling at busy times?
Less likely to e delayed
Help to ease congestion for those who have to travel at these times
What do you pay in london?
ULEZ or/and LEZ
ultra law emissions zone, low emissions zone
What is dry steering?
turn the wheel when not moving, causing uncessary wear to tyres
What is a catalytic converter?
device fitted to exhaust system,m reduces emission by acting like a filter
Road humps are a traffic calming measure, name more
road narrowing
chicanes
reducesd speed limits
What is kick down in an automatic car?
a device to give quick acceleration when needed
What are red routes?
Help trafrfic flow by restricting stoopping on the toutes
What is brake fade?
when the brakes ecome less effectie due to overheating, like when yused continusouly downhill, use a low gear to help braking
