Driving in a safe and courteous manner: -answer Can lower the cost of law
enforcement and insurance
Failure to YEILD is ranked as one of the top ___ causes of collisions -answer 5
At its height, what percentage of American workers were employed in an automotive-related
industry? -answer 20% (2/10)
World's largest automobile manufacturer in 1920s? -answer General Motors
By the early 1960's the rate of car ownership in America was: -answer 1 in 3
Number of cars built by Ford Motor Company from 1908 - 1927 -answer 15,000,000
Is it legal to wear a headset while driving? -answer not on both ears
poisonous gas from exhaust -answer carbon monoxide
SIPDE -answer Search, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
Best way to max traction of tires -answer properly inflate them
,centrifugal force -answer an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving
around a center, arising from the body's inertia
Stopping distance formula -answer (Speed x 1/10 Speed)/2=SD ft
Speed in ft per sec -answer Speed+ 1/2 Speed= S ft/sec
total stopping distance -answer (S + 1/2S) + (S x 1/10 S /2) = Total Stopping Distance
(feet)
kinetic energy -answer 1/2 x mass x speed^2
Red curb -answer No stopping, standing, or parking
blue curb -answer handicapped parking
yellow curb -answer drop off for commercial purposes
green curb -answer limited time parking
white curb -answer Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers
octagon sign -answer always means stop
diamond sign -answer always means warning
, pennant sign -answer no passing zone
triangle sign -answer always for yield
round sign -answer railroad crossing and evacuation routes
crossbuck -answer always for railroad crossing
pentagon sign -answer school zone and county markers
Trapezoid sign -answer recreational/forest routes
Rectangle sign -answer regulatory or guide
black and white -answer background colors for regulatory signs
fluorescent pink -answer Incident management
green -answer background for guide and parking signs
fluorescent yellow-green -answer School, pedestrian and bicycle signs
orange -answer construction
blue -answer background for travel info, emergency evacuation, interstate routes