#7 pop quiz test Ch.13-"handling car emergencies"

Your vehicle is forced off the roadway into a deep lake. Although all the windows are rolled up, your vehicle sinks rapidly beneath the surface. What should you do after unfastening safety belts?

• Try to get a full breath of air, move quickly to the area closest to the surface. Roll down the window. Climb out, and swim to the surface.

• Wait for the vehicle to right itself with wheels down. Use any tool to break a window, and swim to the surface.

• As the vehicle begins to fill with water, move to the air space remaining. Wait for rescue from the outside.

• Grasp a door handle firmly. Open the door quickly, and swim to the surface.

Your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks. It will not restart, all passengers have left it, and NO train is coming. What do you do next? (if a train is coming YOU ALWAYS leave the car immediately!)

• Turn on the emergency flashers.

• Rock the vehicle.

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

• Shift to NEUTRAL and push the vehicle off the tracks.

A left front tire blows out. Unless you control the 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 a front wheel drops off the roadway, you should avoid

• slowly getting off the roadway.

• braking and returning suddenly to the roadway.

• checking for traffic.

• holding the steering wheel firmly.

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.

You are halfway through a curve you entered too fast. You should now accelerate moderately to

• get out of the emergency quickly.

• help reduce traction.

• regain braking abilities.

• help stabilize your vehicle.

Swerving should be a last-second emergency means of

• avoiding a collision.

• keeping from going off the roadway.

• reducing your vehicle's speed.

• bringing your vehicle under control.

You are driving in traffic. The engine of your automatic transmission vehicle stalls You should

• shift to a lower gear and restart.

• leave the selector in DRIVE and restart.

• shift to PARK and restart.

• shift to NEUTRAL.

If a collision is about to occur,

• brace yourself against the steering wheel.

• push the brake pedal to the floor.

• place your hands over your face.

• keep control of your vehicle.

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.