Unit 2 Words to Know

Reduces the risk of neck injury due to whiplash from the impact of a crash (a)  

• Head restraints
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

Control in a vehicle located either on the steering column or on the console between the front seats and used to choose forward or reverse (a)  

• Gear selector lever
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

Looking around the outside of the vehicle for broken glass, body damage, fluid leaks, objects that could damage the vehicle, snow and children and pets (a)  

• Pre-entry checks
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

When adjusting the mirror to this setting, the side of the vehicle is visible in the mirror (a)  

• Traditional mirror settings
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts

When adjusting the mirror to this setting, the driver will not see the left and right sides of the vehicle when glancing at the outside mirrors (a)  

• Enhanced mirror settings
• Air bags
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

One of the most important safety features in a motor vehicle designed to help slow occupant’s rate of deceleration in a frontal collision (a)  

• Safety belts
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Traditional mirror settings

Device in a vehicle that warns other drivers of a problem and increases awareness of the presence of the vehicle (a)  

• Hazard flasher
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

Works with safety belts and protects against head and chest injuries (a)  

• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

Device in a vehicle, usually located on the left side of driver’s compartment under the instrument panel, that assists in opening the hood (a)  

• Hood release
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Parking brake
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings

Control which holds a vehicle in place when it is parked and protects the transmission (a)  

• Parking brake
• Air bags
• Enhanced mirror settings
• Gear selector lever
• Hazard flasher
• Head restraints
• Hood release
• Pre-entry checks
• Safety belts
• Traditional mirror settings