Section 14. Glossary

Question 1

Term

Behind-the-wheel drive test

Answer 1

A drive test where you have control of the vehicle and are accompanied by a DMV examiner who is evaluating your driving skills.

Question 2

Term

Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

Answer 2

Your BAC is the amount of alcohol in your blood. For example, if your BAC is 0.10%, that means you have 0.10 grams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood.

Question 3

Term

Driving performance evaluation (DPE)

Answer 3

DPE is the portion of the behind-the-wheel drive test when you drive your car with a DMV examiner who evaluates your driving skills.

Question 4

Term

Pedestrian

Answer 4

A pedestrian can also be a person with a disability using a tricycle, quadricycle, or wheelchair for transportation.

Question 5

Term

Right-of-way

Answer 5

Helps determine who is allowed to go first in situations where vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists meet on the road.

Question 6

Term

Three-second rule

Answer 6

A driving rule that helps you estimate how closely you should follow other vehicles. When the vehicle in front of you passes a certain point, such as a sign, count three seconds. If you pass the same point before you finish counting, you are following too closely.

Question 7

Term

Traffic citation

Answer 7

Also known as a ticket, a traffic citation is an offical summons issued by law enforcement for violating a traffic law.

Question 8

Term

Vulnerable road users (VRU)

Answer 8

VRUs are non-motorized road users, such as cyclists, pedestrians, and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientation using a wheelchair, tricycle, or quadricycle.

Question 9

Term

Yield

Answer 9

Yield means to wait for, slow down, and be ready to stop (if necessary) to allow other vehicles or pedestrians who have right-of-way to proceed.