Defensive Driving Exam| Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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On a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles should pull over when
safe to let others pass when
- ✔✔When 5 or more vehicles are behind you.
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Which of the following is something you can use to stay calm when driving?
- ✔✔Think positively, Talk yourself through the situation, Try to see the other driver as a
person, calming music
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If you perceive your decisions when you're driving differently from the actions of other drivers on the
road, it's called:
- ✔✔Self-serving bias
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What is Defensive Driving?
- ✔✔Common Sense Driving; Its aim is to reduce the risk of collision by anticipating
dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the mistakes of others.
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over 90% of collisions are due to driver error and can be avoided
- ✔✔True
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Asking yourself "What if?" means that if someone cuts in front of you on the road:
- ✔✔You left enough room to go to the next lane & You're ready to press the brake.
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S.P.I.D.E.R.™ Method
- ✔✔Scan the road, Predict what others may do in a given situation, Identify potential
problems, Decide what maneuver or maneuvers you will act on to have a safe outcome,
Execute your plan, Reflect on your decision and adjust to changing driving situations.
(Reward yourself for reporting an incident)
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Being involved in an automobile crash is:
- ✔✔1 in 25
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Being involved in a crash where someone is injured or killed is:
- ✔✔1 in 75
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Avoid the "NO ZONE"; a trucker's blind spot
- ✔✔In one year, over 4,000 people are killed in crashes with large trucks. Trucks have larger
blind spots than cars because they're four times longer. If you can't see a truck's mirrors
(specifically: the driver's face) from where you are, odds are the driver can't see you. They
need more stopping space. Because of their weight and size, trucks take much longer to
stop than cars and even SUVs. Do not proceed until it has completed the turn. Trucks and
commercial vehicles make very wide turns
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Use a Safety Cushion
- ✔✔Avoid another drivers blind spot by looking ahead or directly behind another driver,
Avoid letting another driver into your blind spot (speed up, slow down, or change lanes to let
them pass), avoid side-by-side driving, avoid driving in bunches,
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Right of way
- ✔✔Always yield the right-of-way to the car on the right.
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Intersection collisions
- ✔✔Intersection collisions account for more than 45% of all reported crashes and 21% of
fatalities according to the Federal Highway Administration.
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Intersection
- ✔✔Any place where one roadway meets another roadway is an intersection.
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Near Intersections, you should:
- ✔✔Slow down, Keep your eyes open for any potential trouble, Avoid changing lanes. If a
traffic signal is inoperative, it should be treated as a four-way stop sign.
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When making a left turn you should:
- ✔✔Give the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching that are close enough to be dangerous
which is 200 feet (distance between telephone poles is 100 feet)
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When making a right turn, you should:
- ✔✔Check for pedestrians crossing the street and bicyclists coming up behind you on the
right-hand side or in a bicycle lane.
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When there are stop signs at all 4 corners:
- ✔✔Stop first and then follow the rules listed above.
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
On a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles should pull over when
safe to let others pass when
- ✔✔When 5 or more vehicles are behind you.
•
Which of the following is something you can use to stay calm when driving?
- ✔✔Think positively, Talk yourself through the situation, Try to see the other driver as a
person, calming music
•
If you perceive your decisions when you're driving differently from the actions of other drivers on the
road, it's called:
- ✔✔Self-serving bias
•
What is Defensive Driving?
- ✔✔Common Sense Driving; Its aim is to reduce the risk of collision by anticipating
dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the mistakes of others.
•
over 90% of collisions are due to driver error and can be avoided
- ✔✔True
•
Asking yourself "What if?" means that if someone cuts in front of you on the road:
- ✔✔You left enough room to go to the next lane & You're ready to press the brake.
•
S.P.I.D.E.R.™ Method
- ✔✔Scan the road, Predict what others may do in a given situation, Identify potential
problems, Decide what maneuver or maneuvers you will act on to have a safe outcome,
Execute your plan, Reflect on your decision and adjust to changing driving situations.
(Reward yourself for reporting an incident)
•
Being involved in an automobile crash is:
- ✔✔1 in 25
•
Being involved in a crash where someone is injured or killed is:
- ✔✔1 in 75
, •
Avoid the "NO ZONE"; a trucker's blind spot
- ✔✔In one year, over 4,000 people are killed in crashes with large trucks. Trucks have larger
blind spots than cars because they're four times longer. If you can't see a truck's mirrors
(specifically: the driver's face) from where you are, odds are the driver can't see you. They
need more stopping space. Because of their weight and size, trucks take much longer to
stop than cars and even SUVs. Do not proceed until it has completed the turn. Trucks and
commercial vehicles make very wide turns
•
Use a Safety Cushion
- ✔✔Avoid another drivers blind spot by looking ahead or directly behind another driver,
Avoid letting another driver into your blind spot (speed up, slow down, or change lanes to let
them pass), avoid side-by-side driving, avoid driving in bunches,
•
Right of way
- ✔✔Always yield the right-of-way to the car on the right.
•
Intersection collisions
- ✔✔Intersection collisions account for more than 45% of all reported crashes and 21% of
fatalities according to the Federal Highway Administration.
•
Intersection
- ✔✔Any place where one roadway meets another roadway is an intersection.
•
Near Intersections, you should:
- ✔✔Slow down, Keep your eyes open for any potential trouble, Avoid changing lanes. If a
traffic signal is inoperative, it should be treated as a four-way stop sign.
•
When making a left turn you should:
- ✔✔Give the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching that are close enough to be dangerous
which is 200 feet (distance between telephone poles is 100 feet)
•
When making a right turn, you should:
- ✔✔Check for pedestrians crossing the street and bicyclists coming up behind you on the
right-hand side or in a bicycle lane.
•
When there are stop signs at all 4 corners:
- ✔✔Stop first and then follow the rules listed above.
