Drivers ed final(chirrick)

What law requires auto makers to include certain safety features in each vehicle?

• United States car and truck safety act

• national traffic and motor vehicle safety act

• national highway and motor vehicle safety law

• state and federal traffic and motor vehicle safety act

The message on a diamond-shaped sign might be

• one way, wrong way, or no trucks

• curve, hill, or winding road

• pass with care, trucks use right lane, or do not pass

• no turn, speed zone ahead, or left lane must turn left

depressing the brake pedal slows the vehicle and also

• turns on the brake-system warning light

• turns on the brake lights in the back of the vehicle

• lets you shift gears

• activates the parking brake

for a right turn, start turning the steering wheel when

• you reach the crosswalk

• the rear wheels are even with the curb

• you are in the middle of the intersection

• the front wheels are even with the curb

to avoid last-minute, moves, you should be looking down the road to where your vehicle will be in about

• 6-8 seconds

• 4-6 seconds

• 12 seconds or more

• 8-12 seconds

To avoid exposure to carbon monoxide and its effects, you should

• breathe rapidly to build up resistance to carbon monoxide

• start the vehicle in an open garage

• check the vehicle's exhaust system regularly

• keep all windows closed as you drive

When law enforcement officers in many states suspect a driver is DUI or DWI, they can give a series of on-the-spot, roadside checks known as

• blood screening

• intoxilizer test

• breathalyzer

• field sobriety test

When a driver's eyes are away from the driving scene for more than two seconds, the odds of being in a crash or near-crash

• double

• stay about the same

• decrease slightly

• increase by a third

The gripping action that keeps a tire from slipping on the roadway is called

• inertia

• kinetic energy

• gravity

• traction

You intend to turn left at an intersection, others will yiels the right of way to you for a left turn only when your

• light is flashing red

• light is red

• light is green

• left-turn arrow is green