Handling Emergencies and some Maintenance- Chapter 17

What fluids should you check once a month?

• Oil

• Coolant (anti-freeze)

• Brake Fluid

• All of the Above

Your vehicle's engine compartment catches fire while driving. What should you do first?

• Estimate the seriousness of the fire.

• Open the hood and check the extent of the fire.

• Quickly steer out of traffic to a safe, open area

• Get a blanket to smother the fire.

Your windows up, your vehicle sinks rapidly. What should you do after unlocking seat belts?

• Roll down the window. Climb out, and swim to the surface.

• Use any tool to break a window, and swim to the surface.

• Wait for rescue from the outside.

• Open the door quickly, and swim to the surface.

If your windows won't roll down because they are electric (like in most cars) and they are shorted out, what 2 things could you do?

• Pray and Scream

• Break the side window with a center punch (recommended). Or you could wait for the car to be fully submerged and then try to open the door.

You stall on railroad tracks, the car won't restart and no train is coming. What do you do next?

• Turn on emergency flashers

• Rock the vehicle.

• Walk in the direction from which a train might approach.

• Shift to NEUTRALand push the vehicle off the tracks.

A left front tire blows out. Unless you control your vehicle, what will probably happen?

• You will slide in a straight line.

• Your vehicle will pull toward the shoulder.

• Your vehicle will pull to the left.

• Your vehicle will sway from left to right

When you have a blowout, what should you do first?

• Grip the steering wheel firmly.

• Apply hard pressure to the brake.

• Quickly pull off the roadway.

• Quickly remove your foot from the accelerator.

If a tire blows out, which action should you avoid?

• pulling off onto the shoulder slowly

• braking hard

• easing up on the accelerator

• turning on the emergency flashers

Swerving should be a last-second emergency means of:

• avoiding a collision

• keeping from going off the roadway

• reducing your vehicle's speed

• making sure you don't ever hit a cute little squirrel or chipmunk

If the accelerator sticks and no traffic is present, what might you try to do first?

• Shift to low

• Pull up the accelerator with your toe.

• Shift to NEUTRAL

• Drive to the nearest service station.This is a wrong answer