Unit 2 chapter 6 Flashcards
A person who is influenced by a strong emotion
should not drive until the emotion is under control.
When a strong emotion affects you, your chances of making a mistake
increase.
The emotion that occurs more often to more drivers is
anger.
An emotional event not related to driving
can affect you driving task.
While driving a vehicle, the driver must be the leader of those in the vehicle because
the driver is responsible for the safety of the passengers
Assume the driver of the vehicle you are riding in is acting recklessly and does not respond to your intervention. You may have to
encourage the driver to let someone else drive.
Other roadway users can increase or decrease
your chances of having a collision.
Coping with emotions while driving includes
anticipating emotion-producing situations.
Reduce taking high risk chances while driving by
not letting emotions go uncontroled
The ability to see things clearly is
visual acuity.
A person with 20/40 visual acuity
must be twice as close to an object to see it as clearly as a person with 20/20 vision
Most people have a field of vision of
about 180 degrees
A narrow field of vision (140 degrees or less) is called
tunnel vision.
By using a following distance greater than three seconds and allowing additional clear distance ahead before passing, a driver can
compensate for poor depth perception
Night blindness means a driver
cannot see well when driving at night.
Glare recovery time
is the time your eyes need to regain clear vision after being affected by glare.
When you drive at 55 mph your clear side vision area is
less than half as wide as when you drive at 20 mph
You are at an even grater risk of being involved in a collision if you
are not aware of your impaired senses.
Fatigue might
cause you to take more time to identify hazards.
Which of the following is a temporary driving disability?
a. diabetes
b. heart disease.
c. high blood pressure
d. a sprained ankle
d
Carbon monoxide is present in
all exhaust gases from all gasoline engines.
To avoid exposure to carbon monoxide and its effects, you should
start the vehicle in a open garage.
Smoking inside a closed vehicle
raises the carbon monoxide lever in the blood of the vehicle’s occupants.
A chronic illness is an ilment that
lasts over a period of years.
A person with a chronic illness might be licensed to drive if the person
provides medical proof that the illness is under control.
