BC Drive Right LLC. Chapter 8- Drivers Education

What should you do when your wheels slip off the edge of the road?

• Hit your brakes hard to so you can stop.

• Slow down and turn back onto the road when safe.

• Speed up to gain control of the car

• Turn you steering wheel quickly.

If you are about to hit from the rear, you should,

• Press the back of your head firmly against the head rest

• Brace yourself between the steering wheel and the seat back.

• Be ready to apply your brakes so you won't be pushed into the car ahead

• All of these

If you find yourself in a skid while driving, you must:

• ease your foot off the gas and carefully steer in the direction you want the front car to go.

• apply brakes immediately and carefully steer in the opposite direction you want the front of the car to go.

• apply brakes immediately and carefully steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go.

• ease your foot off the gas and carefully steer in the opposite direction you want the front car to go.

If you suddenly have no control of the steering wheel, you should:

• apply hand brakes

• ease you foot off the break pedal

• change gears

• ease your foot off the gas pedal

What should you do if your brakes fail?

• Take you foot off the gas pedal

• Shift the car into a lower gear

• Shift into neutral and gradually apply the hand brake until the vehicle comes to a stop

• All of these choices

If the rear of your car begins to skid to the right side, you should:

• Turn your front wheels to the left

• Turn your front wheels to the right

• Brake hard and turn your wheels to the left

• Keep your wheels straight

If you see a car coming toward you in your lane, you should:

• Blow your horn and flash your lights to warn the other driver

• Brake fast, but don't lock you wheels

• Steer off the road to the right, if possible

• All of the above

If your rear wheels start to skid, you must:

• turn the steering wheel toward the right

• turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid

• turn the steering wheel toward the left

• turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction of the skid

If the braking action has been reduced due to water or rain, apply _______ until proper braking action has been restored.

• heat on your brakes

• more pressure on the gas pedal

• the brakes lightly several times

• more pressure on the steering

If you are about to be struck from behind while stopped at a STOP sign, you should

• put on the parking break

• shift to REVERSE and turn off the engine

• brake hard to avoid the collison

• release the brakes just before the collision