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WorksheetsDriving in urban traffic
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why is city driving more difficult than driving in outer environments
There are more people per square mile in the city than elsewhere
More people ignore traffic laws in the city than in other locations
There are more hazards, and you have to deal with them more frequently
There are fewer police officers per mile in city streets
How should you use the predict step of the IPDE Process while driving on city streets
Be prepared to predict oossibke pints of conflict earlier
Take more time to make accurate predictions
Act the same as you would on a rural roadway
Divide your attention between several tasks
An advantage of keeping a 3 second following distance in urban traffic is that you
Can see only the vehicle ahead
Can see farther down the road
Have less time to react to hazards
Can react quickly to hazards
What is a space cushion
The distance you can see in your lane
Your vehicles stopping distance
The air bag in the steering wheel
The distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead
when measuring a following distance under normal conditions, the 3 second technique
should be decreased in adverse conditions
Is safe for most conditions
Is insufficient at a speed over 40 mph
Is the same as the risks stopping distance
A 3 second following distance
Is equal to the stopping distance
Is effective only at slower speeds
Is not related to the time needed to preform the IPDE Process
Is not the total stopping distance
When following another vehicle, you should look
At your review mirrors exclusively
Through, over, and around your vehicle
At the rear of the vehicles ahead
At the vehicles brake lights
An advancement in vehicles design, which gives following drivers an added warning that the vehicle ahead intends to stop or turn, is
The high mounted center brake light
The accelerator off light
The hazard flasher system
The radar controlled brake system
A high risk area for a sudden stop from another driver might be
Near a school bus
The lanes next to parked vehicles
An intersection with a traffic light
A rural highway
A driver that follows too closely is called a
Bumper sticker
Tailgater
Cargater
Tailodile
What should your following distance be when you are being tailgated
Three seconds
Four seconds
Two seconds
Doesn’t matter, just get out if the way
If a vehicle following you is too close, what action can you take to avoid being hit from the rear
Flash your headlight quickly
Press the foot brake gently
Increase your following distance
Signal the driver to pass you
Sudden moves by children, pedestrians, animals, or a vehicle door opening might
Never be important to your safety
Increase that vehicles stopping distance
Cause a driver to cross into your path if travel
Make an oncoming driver move away from your lane
If an oncoming driver crosses into your path if travel, the space that is usually available for you to move your vehicle is
Directly in front of you
to the right if your vehicle
To the left of your vehicle
To the rear if your vehicle
If a light is green when you first see it, predict it
Has a left turn arrow
Will change soon
Has an electrical problem
Has just been illuminated
When a yellow signal light is shown, you should
Prepare to stop if you have not already entered the intersection
Brake hard to a complete stop
Continue through the intersection
Speed up before it turns red
Holding your foot over the brake pedal is
Riding the brake
Slipping the brake
Adjusting the brake
Covering the brake
Riding the brake might cause the driver following you to assume that you
Are intending to maintain your speed
Are going to slow or stop
are intending to warm your brakes
Are covering the brake
When driving past vehicles parked in the right, you should position your vehicle
No less than 8 feet away
At least one car doors width away
Close enough to prevent a person from opening a doer in front of you
Within an arms length of ten vehicles
A guide for selecting the best driving speed is to
Drive just over the posted speed limit
Be the lead driver in traffic
Drive slower than the other vehicles
Drive with the traffic flow
When changing lanes, you should
Slow down to change lanes
Use your mirrors to check traffic
Use the slower lane
Look for headlights
when changing lanes, check the blind spot by
Checking over your shoulder in the direction you are going to move
Signaling your intentions early
Looking over your left shoulder every time
Looking in rear view mirrors
To enter a one way street going left, you should
Stop unless there is a flashing green signal light
Turn from any available lane
Position your vehicle in the left lane
Position your vehicle in the right lane
To make a left turn from a one way street, turn from
Any available lane
The center lane
The far right lane
The far left lane
If you encounter a vehicle headed the wrong way on a one way street, you should
Slow, steer left, and sound your horn
Slow, steer right, and sound your horn
Shake your fist at the other driver
Stop on the shoulder of the road
