drivers ed segment 1 test study guide

At a roundabout you will most likely see a ____ sign

• stop sign

• yield sign

• guide signs

• school/pedestrian crossing

You are stopped at a red light. You have checked the intersection to see that it is clear of vehicles and pedestrians. Unless a sign tells you not to you may then;

• turn right

• turn left

• yield

• stop

Which of these is the proper way to change lanes?

• look left, right, then left again.

• check your mirrors

• check your blindspot

• check mirrors, check blind spots, signal, check again

if you double the speed of your vehicle, its destructive power in a crash:

• Increases 2 times

• Increases 4 times

• Decreases 4 times

• Decreases 2 time

When a vehicle hits a fixed object like a trees, what is the most important factor of determining how hard it hits the tree?

• Speed

• Size of vehicle

• Inertia

• Size of the object being hit

whenever you approach an intersection with a yield sign, you should;

• check mirrors, blind spots, signal, check again

• look left, right, then left again before proceeding

• stop if vehicles are entering from the right or left

• slow down and check the right shoulder ahead

To plan for a turn you should;

• left, right, left again

• yield to oncoming traffic

• check your mirror

• be in the correct lane as early as possible

You may pass a vehicle on the right if;

• when the vehicle ahead is making a left turn and you do not have to leave paved lane to pass

• when the pavement signs and signals allow it

• you yield to oncoming traffic on your left

• move to the far right lane

You want to back out of an angled parking space with two-way traffic, you should always back slowly and look;

• into your rearveiw mirror

• over your right shoulder

• over your left shoulder

• into your blind spots

if a passing vehicle cuts closely in front of you to avoid oncoming traffic, you should;

• slow down and check the right shoulder ahead.

• cover the break

• start braking

• honk your horn