Driving Safety and Tailgating Awareness

Following too closely behind a vehicle is

known as

• tailgating

• hydroplaning

• drafting

• passing

Answer explanation

You should always keep a safe distance from

other vehicles on the road so that you will

have plenty of time to react to hazards.

Tailgating refers to following too closely

behind a vehicle. It is one type of aggressive

driving.

If a vehicle behind you is following you

too closely (tailgating you), you should

• Speed up to increase the distance

• move into the right lane and reduce your

  speed.

• stop suddenly to warn the tailgater

• signal left and prepare to turn

Answer explanation

If the vehicle behind you is following you too

closely (tailgating you), encourage the

tailgater to pass you. Move into the right lane

and reduce your speed.

What should you do if you're driving on a

two-way road with one lane going in each

direction, and another driver is following you

too closely (tailgating you)?

• Check for oncoming traffic and signal a right turn

• Look over your right shoulder and signal a right turn

• Pull over and let the tailgater pass

• move closer to the center line

Answer explanation

You should always keep a safe distance from

other vehicles on the road so that you will

have plenty of time to react to hazards.

Tailgating refers to following too closely

behind a vehicle. It is one type of aggressive

driving.

When parked facing uphill on the right

side of the road with a curb, you should

steer

• toward the curb

• check for approaching traffic and give a right turn signal

• look over your right shoulder and signal a right turn

• away from the curb.

Answer explanation

When parked facing uphill on the right side of

the road with a curb, you should steer away

from the curb so that the back of the right

front tire will hit the curb should your vehicle

start to roll back down.

Before pulling out from a right-side parallel parking space, you must

• check for approaching traffic and give a left turn signal.

• glance over your left shoulder and initiate a left turn signal

• Modify your speed and car position to facilitate traffic merging

• use an acceleration lane

Answer explanation

Before pulling out from a right-side parallel

parking space, check for approaching traffic

and give a left-turn signal.

If you are parallel parked on the right side

of a street, you should _________ before

you pull out into traffic.

• accelerate to 35 mph

• look over your left shoulder and signal a left

  turn

• adjust your speed to match the traffic

• use an acceleration lane

Answer explanation

When you are parallel parked on the right side

of a street, you must look over your left

shoulder for approaching traffic and signal a

left turn before you pull out into traffic. If you

are parallel parked on the left side of a one￾way street, look over your right shoulder and

signal a right turn before you pull out into

traffic.

If traffic from another roadway is merging

onto the roadway you are traveling on, you

must

• maintain your current speed and position

• speed up to pass the merging traffic

• adjust your speed and vehicle position to

  allow the traffic to merge.

• use your horn to alert the merging traffic

Answer explanation

If traffic from another roadway is merging onto

the roadway you are traveling on, adjust your

speed and vehicle position to allow the traffic

to merge safely.

At the end of a freeway on-ramp, there is

usually _________ that allows you to

increase your speed.

• a deceleration lane

• the shoulder of the road

• an emergency lane

• an acceleration lane

Answer explanation

At the end of a freeway on-ramp, there is

usually an acceleration lane that lets you

increase your speed to match that of highway

traffic.

A typical passenger car can start hydroplaning at speeds as low as

• 35 mph

• 50 mph

• 65 mph

• 80 mph

Answer explanation

Hydroplaning occurs when there is standing

water on a roadway. Up to 35 mph, modern

tires will channel water away, like the way that

a windshield wiper cleans the windshield. As

your speed increases, however, the tires

cannot channel the water as well, and your

tires may start to lose contact with the road

and ride over the water like a set of water skis.

While getting onto a freeway, you reach

the end of the acceleration lane. At this

point, you should be traveling

• the posted speed limit

• as close as possible to the speed of freeway

  traffic.

• the speed of the vehicle behind you

• half the speed of the traffic on the freeway

Answer explanation

When you reach the end of a freeway

acceleration lane, you should be traveling as

close as possible to the speed of freeway

traffic, weather and road conditions

permitting.