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WorksheetsHandling Emergencies
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A left front tire blows out. Unless you control the vehicle, what will probably happen?
You will stay in a straight line.
Your vehicle will pull toward the shoulder.
Your vehicle will pull to the left.
Your vehicle will sway from left to right.
When you have a blowout, what should you do first?
Grip the steering wheel firmly.
Apply hard pressure to the brake.
Quickly pull off the roadway.
Quickly remove your foot from the accelerator.
In case of a blowout, which procedure is incorrect?
Brake gently after the vehicle is under control.
Slow down and pull off onto the shoulder.
Slam brakes immediately.
Grip the steering wheel firmly.
As you apply the foot brake, the pedal goes to the floor. What should you do FIRST to try to regain brake pressue?
Turn off the ignition.
Shift to a lower gear.
Apply the parking brake.
Pump the brake pedal three or four times.
If you must leave the roadway at high speeds, you should....
apply the brakes as hard as possible.
drop to the floor.
search for an open zone.
head toward oncoming moving objects.
If your accelerator pedal is flat on the floor, the problem may be....
you are driving too fast.
a malfunctioning gas line.
a broken accelerator spring.
a broken accelerator cushion.
True or False: You can fix a stuck accelerator by kicking the side of the accelerator to free it.
True
False
If the accelerator sticks and no traffic is present, what might you try to do first?
Shift to LOW.
Pull up the accelerator with your toe.
Shift to NEUTRAL.
Drive to the nearest service station.
You are driving IN traffic. The engine of your automatic transmission vehicle stalls. You should....
shift to a lower gear and restart.
leave the selector in DRIVE and restart.
shift to PARK and restart.
shift to NEUTRAL and restart.
When total steering failure occurs, you should first....
brake immediately.
shift to a lower gear.
apply the parking brake.
communicate your emergency to others using your horn and emergency flashers.
If your headlights fail at night, you should....
immediately move off the road.
stop where you are.
check your fuse box.
drive with a flashlight.
Smoke is coming from your vehicle's engine compartment. You have stopped in a safe place. You should then....
get some water.
disconnect the battery.
turn off the ignition.
open the hood.
Your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks and cannot be restarted immediately. There is a train approaching, what should you do next?
Turn on the emergency flashers.
Set the parking brake.
Get any passengers out of the vehicle and away from the tracks if there is a train coming.
Shift to NEUTRAL and push the vehicle off the tracks.
The first action to take when making an off-road recovery is to.....
hold the steering wheel firmly.
steer back sharply.
slow to 5 or 10 mph.
signal your intentions.
At what speeds can you swerve to a new path in less distance than you need to stop?
at 30 mph or above.
at 20 mph or above.
under 30 mph.
under 20 mph.
Always leave extra space in front of you (increasing your following distance) when
the weather is hazardous
someone is following you too closely
you are following a motorcycle
all of the above
