Unit 3 Review

If there are signal lights on the entrance ramp, you

• must wait for a green light.

• can treat the red light as an advisory traffic control.

• do not have to stop for the red light.

• must stop if any light is on.

As you drive on an expressway, you may be lulled into

• a feeling of power.

• highway hypnosis.

• velocitation.

• a hallucinogenic state.

If a vehicle cuts into your 3-second following distance, you should

• brake quickly to establish a 4-second distance.

• flash headlights and sound the horn.

• gesture to the driver to establish superiority.

• reestablish a 3-second following distance on the vehicle ahead.

The basic speed rule is

• in effect when signs say it is.

• not enforceable by police officers.

• applicable to all driving environments.

• an artificial law.

You need to identify hazards farther ahead when driving at faster speeds because you

• have more time to react.

• have more chances to identify hazards

• have more space to control hazards.

• reach the hazard more quickly.

When you use the 3-second following distance at rural road speeds (55 mph), compared to city driving speeds (30 mph), the distance you travel per second is

• shorter.

• the same.

• varied by your reaction time.

• greater.

A minimum speed limit is

• intended to keep traffic from moving too slowly.

• the basic speed limit.

• intended to control drivers regardless of weather conditions.

• the same as the maximum speed limit.

A pull-out area is a place for runaway trucks to stop.

• True

• False

If the entrance ramp enters the expressway from the left, you should realize a greater potential for conflict because you will be entering

• after coming to a complete stop.

• the slowest lane on the expressway.

• from the right.

• a higher speed traffic lane.

If you are continually being passed on the right and the left while driving in the center lane at 55 mph, you should

• move to the lane on your left.

• move to the lane on your right.

• stay in the center lane.

• accelerate to the common speed.