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UPS Exam Study Guide with Complete
Solutions
What two words best describe defensive driving? - Answer✔✔-Space & Visibility
Five Seeing Habits - Answer✔✔-1 Aim high in steering
2 Get the big picture
3 Keep your eyes moving
4 Leave yourself an out
5 Make sure they see you
Aim high in steering - Answer✔✔-- Imaginary target - baseball dartboard
- Centers the car in traffic lane. Safe path on turns
- Find a safe path well ahead
Get the big picture - Answer✔✔-- How wide and deep? What's in it? Objects and ground
- Keeps you away from billboards. Smooth stops and turns. Buys time.
- Stay back and see it all.
Keep your eyes moving - Answer✔✔-- Move eyes. Front two seconds. Rear 5-8 seconds
- Keeps you alive at intersections. Keeps eyes ahead of car.
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- Scan don't stare
Leave yourself an out - Answer✔✔-- Have an escape route. Take path of least resistance.
- Space on all four sides, but always in front.
- Be prepared - expect the unexpected.
Make sure they see you - Answer✔✔-- Communicate in traffic - horn, lights, signals
- Establishes eye to eye contact
- Don't gamble. Use your horn, lights and signals.
When stopped in traffic - Answer✔✔-- Leave one car length of space
- Have an escape route
Starting up at an intersection - Answer✔✔-- Left-right-left check mirrors
- Keeps you alive at intersections
Count 123 when car ahead starts to move - Answer✔✔-- Space cushion
- Keeps you away from billboards
Maintain 4-6 seconds following time for speeds under 30, 6-8 seconds over 30 - Answer✔✔-- When car
ahead of you passes an object, count until you reach that object.
- Buys time.
Maintain 8-12 seconds eye lead time - Answer✔✔-- Pick an object, center in my lane, count until you
reach it.
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FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
UPS Exam Study Guide with Complete
Solutions
What two words best describe defensive driving? - Answer✔✔-Space & Visibility
Five Seeing Habits - Answer✔✔-1 Aim high in steering
2 Get the big picture
3 Keep your eyes moving
4 Leave yourself an out
5 Make sure they see you
Aim high in steering - Answer✔✔-- Imaginary target - baseball dartboard
- Centers the car in traffic lane. Safe path on turns
- Find a safe path well ahead
Get the big picture - Answer✔✔-- How wide and deep? What's in it? Objects and ground
- Keeps you away from billboards. Smooth stops and turns. Buys time.
- Stay back and see it all.
Keep your eyes moving - Answer✔✔-- Move eyes. Front two seconds. Rear 5-8 seconds
- Keeps you alive at intersections. Keeps eyes ahead of car.
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, EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
- Scan don't stare
Leave yourself an out - Answer✔✔-- Have an escape route. Take path of least resistance.
- Space on all four sides, but always in front.
- Be prepared - expect the unexpected.
Make sure they see you - Answer✔✔-- Communicate in traffic - horn, lights, signals
- Establishes eye to eye contact
- Don't gamble. Use your horn, lights and signals.
When stopped in traffic - Answer✔✔-- Leave one car length of space
- Have an escape route
Starting up at an intersection - Answer✔✔-- Left-right-left check mirrors
- Keeps you alive at intersections
Count 123 when car ahead starts to move - Answer✔✔-- Space cushion
- Keeps you away from billboards
Maintain 4-6 seconds following time for speeds under 30, 6-8 seconds over 30 - Answer✔✔-- When car
ahead of you passes an object, count until you reach that object.
- Buys time.
Maintain 8-12 seconds eye lead time - Answer✔✔-- Pick an object, center in my lane, count until you
reach it.
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