Handling Emergencies

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 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.

If your headlights fail at night, you should....

• immediately move off the road.

• stop where you are.

• check your fuse box.

• drive with a flashlight.

Your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks and cannot be restarted immediately. There is a train approaching, what should you do next?

• Turn on the emergency flashers.

• Set the parking brake.

• Get any passengers out of the vehicle and away from the tracks if there is a train coming.

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

Always leave extra space in front of you (increasing your following distance) when

• the weather is hazardous

• someone is following you too closely

• you are following a motorcycle

• all of the above

When driving in fog, you should:

• a. Use your parking lights

• b. Use your low beam headlights

• c. Use your high beam headlights

If your car begins to skid on a road, you should:

• a. Immediately apply the brakes

• b. Ease off the gas pedal and turn your steering wheel in the direction of the skid

• c. Ease off the gas pedal and turn your steering wheel in the opposite direction from the skid

If your accelerator becomes stuck, you should:

• a. Turn off the ignition, apply the brakes and try to drive safely off the road

• b. Shift into neutral, apply the brakes and try to drive safely off the road

• c. Shift into park, apply the brakes and try to drive safely off the road

Tailgating, gesturing and honking are three examples of...

• inattentive driving.

• aggressive driving.

• good driving behaviors on the road.

The final step in the SIPDE process usually involves making a executing a routine maneuver.

• true

• false