chapter 9 drivers ed urban trafic

what can make city driving difficult

• Ample parking spaces
• Heavy traffic, narrow streets, pedestrians, cyclists, and road construction.

• Wide highways
• Low speed limits

how can you best use IPDE in city driving

• Ignore all traffic signals and signs
• Drive at the maximum speed limit without checking surroundings
• Only focus on the vehicle in front of you
• Apply IPDE by identifying hazards, predicting actions, deciding on a response, and executing that response.

how many seconds should you use for a normal following distance

• 3 secods

• 10 seconds

• one second

• 8 seconds

How can you avoid conflict with oncoming trafic in your lane

• speed up leave them in your dust

• slow down flash lights blow your horn and move to right

• blow your horn

• get out of the way

how far should you look ahead in city traffic?

• the car in front of you

• to the trafic light

• you should look ahead one block or more

• as far as you can see ahead

how do you cover your break

• take your foot off the accelerator and hold it over the break

• Ask a colleague to cover for you without informing your supervisor.

why is driving in urban traffic more risky than driving in other environments

• Driving in rural areas is more congested than urban areas.
• Urban traffic is riskier due to higher vehicle density and unpredictable road users. more hazards per mile and multilane streets

• Traffic lights are less frequent in urban environments.
• Urban traffic has fewer pedestrians and cyclists.

Not being able to see well at night

• night blindness

• color blindness

• tunnel vision

• depth perception

The chance of injury, damage or loss associated with a driving situation is known as _____.

• Risk

• Yield

• Action

• Control

A vehicle ahead of you can increase your risk by

• Suddenly stopping
• Swerving into your lane
• Both answers are correct
• Neither answer is correct