Driving and Law Enforcement Quiz

If there is a collision with another vehicle, a pedestrian or someone's property occurs, it is legally required to follow specific procedures. Which of the steps below should be followed?

• Stop immediately

• Aid the injured

• Prevent further damage

• Send for police

• All of the above

What should the driver do if they damage another vehicle, and they cannot find the owner?

• Drive away as fast as you can

• Take a picture of the license plate and do an internet search

• Leave a note with all your contact information and contact law enforcement

• Leave cash under the windshield wiper

What are the possible encounters that teens may have with law enforcement officers?

• Conversations

• Detentions

• Arrests

• All of the above

When a law enforcement officer stops to have a conversation with a teen, the teen may leave the conversation at any time.

• True

• False

When a law enforcement officer witnesses someone drop a suspicious object after seeing the law enforcement office, what type of encounter could take place?

• Discussion

• Reprimand

• Warning

• Detention

To make an arrest, the law enforcement officer must have probable cause (sufficient reason based upon known facts to believe a crime has been committed).

• True

• False

When being pulled over by a law enforcement officer, always keep your hands in plain sight on the ______ as the law enforcement officer is approaching your vehicle.

If you are stopped for a traffic infraction, signing the ticket is an admission of guilt.

• True

• False

If you are unsure if the person ordering you to pull over is a law enforcement officer (they may be in an unmarked vehicle), what should you do?

• Increase your speed and keep going.

• Drive to a well-lit, public area, and call 911 and ask them to please inform the detaining officer.

• Pull over to side of the road but refuse to open your window.

• Pull over to the side of the road and get out and confront the other driver.

It is important to exchange insurance information after an accident with the other driver.

• True

• False