Beginners safe driving Study Guide
Things to check in your vehicle - Answer Breaks, head lights, tires, windshield wipers
Items to have checked for winter driving - Answer Radiator, battery, brakes, muffler and tires
In order of frequency, the most common causes of highway crashes in New Brunswick are: -
Answer 1. Inattention
2. Operating too fast for conditions
3. Failure to grant right of way.
4. Alcohol
5. Driver distraction
6. View obstructed
7. Following too closely
8. Improper use of lanes
Follow these safe driving rules to reduce crashes. - Answer 1. You must not assume that you
will be given the right of way. The other person may not think that he/she should grant it.
2. Slow moving vehicles must drive to the extreme right and must not impede traffic.
3. Do not pass on a hill or curve at any time.
4. When stopping is necessary, see that you and your vehicle are clear of the paved surface or
close to the curb. Always exit the vehicle from the curb side. Never park on the left side of the
roadway facing traffic.
5. Know and obey all traffic signs and signals.
6. Line markings on the pavement are for your guidance and protection. Where the road is
marked with double lines, a
solid line on your side prohibits passing. A broken line on your side indicates you may overtake
and pass if conditions so warrant. Do not ride the line.
7. When approaching an intersection slow down and check in all directions for hazards.
8. Except when driving in two or more marked lanes going in the same direction, never pass on
the approach to an intersection, a bridge or a railroad crossing.
9. When leaving a parked position check oncoming traffic and signal, check your blind spot as
well as your mirrors. Pull out only when way is clear, both behind and in front.
10. A driver must yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk or in an unmarked
crosswalk at the end of a block.
11. Year after year "speed too fast for conditions" is a major cause of collisions in which the
driver is held responsible. The remedy is simple - observe road and weather conditions and
adjust your speed accordingly.
Things to check in your vehicle - Answer Breaks, head lights, tires, windshield wipers
Items to have checked for winter driving - Answer Radiator, battery, brakes, muffler and tires
In order of frequency, the most common causes of highway crashes in New Brunswick are: -
Answer 1. Inattention
2. Operating too fast for conditions
3. Failure to grant right of way.
4. Alcohol
5. Driver distraction
6. View obstructed
7. Following too closely
8. Improper use of lanes
Follow these safe driving rules to reduce crashes. - Answer 1. You must not assume that you
will be given the right of way. The other person may not think that he/she should grant it.
2. Slow moving vehicles must drive to the extreme right and must not impede traffic.
3. Do not pass on a hill or curve at any time.
4. When stopping is necessary, see that you and your vehicle are clear of the paved surface or
close to the curb. Always exit the vehicle from the curb side. Never park on the left side of the
roadway facing traffic.
5. Know and obey all traffic signs and signals.
6. Line markings on the pavement are for your guidance and protection. Where the road is
marked with double lines, a
solid line on your side prohibits passing. A broken line on your side indicates you may overtake
and pass if conditions so warrant. Do not ride the line.
7. When approaching an intersection slow down and check in all directions for hazards.
8. Except when driving in two or more marked lanes going in the same direction, never pass on
the approach to an intersection, a bridge or a railroad crossing.
9. When leaving a parked position check oncoming traffic and signal, check your blind spot as
well as your mirrors. Pull out only when way is clear, both behind and in front.
10. A driver must yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk or in an unmarked
crosswalk at the end of a block.
11. Year after year "speed too fast for conditions" is a major cause of collisions in which the
driver is held responsible. The remedy is simple - observe road and weather conditions and
adjust your speed accordingly.
