Quiz 9 - Adverse Driving Conditions

You can lessen the risk of sun glare by:

• Wearing sunglasses.

• Opening your sunroof.

• Using your high beams.

• Turning on the radio.

You should keep your low-beam headlights on:

• Only in the rain.

• Only when you cannot see.

• From dusk until dawn.

• At all times, day or night.

As visibility decreases:

• The temperature drops.

• The barometer rises.

• Your risk of being involved in a collision increases.

• Your risk of being involved in a collision decreases.

Using your high beams in fog can:

• Increase your visibility by as much as 250 feet.

• Make your car faster.

• Decrease your ability to see.

• Warn other drivers of your approach.

A dirty or scratched windshield:

• Can cause you to skid in bad weather.

• Can worsen the effects of glare.

• Has no effect on glare.

• Improves visibility.

During dusk and dawn hours, it is:

• Safer to drive fast.

• Easier to see the roadway.

• Easier to hydroplane.

• More difficult for other drivers and pedestrians to see you.

To brake safely on a snow-packed road, you should:

• Use the handbrake.

• Shift to Overdrive and press the brake.

• Shift to Neutral and press the brake gradually.

• Quickly press the brake all the way to the floor.

Dense fog can:

• Cause elevated roadways to freeze.

• Cause moisture to accumulate on the inside of your windshield.

• Make your car more aerodynamic.

• Permanently affect the surface of your windshield.

If you are caught in a sandstorm, you should:

• Turn on the air conditioning.

• Use your windshield wipers.

• Pull off the road and put on your emergency flashers.

• Use your high beams.

A car traveling on a wet road at 35 mph can:

• Become more stable.

• Get increased gas mileage.

• Lose contact with the road entirely.

• Develop engine trouble.