DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE SAFETY
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS TESTED
QUESTIONS.
▶ What are the four emotional reactions to a car crash or ticket?
Answer: Shock, anxiety, guilt, and grief
▶ What are the four ways in which drivers cope with the emotional
trauma? Answer: Shock, numbing and sometimes denial
Recoil and impact
Attribution
Resolution
▶ Hands-held cell phone devices are permitted while breathing a vehicle
to report any of the following. Answer: Fire, traffic, accident, serious
road hazard, medical emergency, hazardous material emergency
▶ When does it become prohibited to text message while operating a
motor vehicle? Answer: March 1st 2008
, ▶ Drivers over age 65 account for how much traffic fatalities?
Answer: 15%
▶ The most dangerous driving situations are typically encountered
when? Answer: During normal, everyday, driving at intersections.
▶ Which drivers are especially susceptible to fatigue related crashes.
Answer: Truck drivers
▶ What is the number one high-risk area of highway safety?
Answer: Intersection safety
▶ How many people die on our roadways annually? Answer: An
average of approx. 117 persons being killed on our roadways every
day of the year, averaging approximately 5 people per hour. At least
one person dies on our roads every 12 minutes
▶ Drivers ages 16 to 24 account for how much traffic fatalities?
Answer: 24%
▶ Associates causal factor. Answer: The error which caused the
crash to happen
Ex) inattentiveness, aggressive driving
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS TESTED
QUESTIONS.
▶ What are the four emotional reactions to a car crash or ticket?
Answer: Shock, anxiety, guilt, and grief
▶ What are the four ways in which drivers cope with the emotional
trauma? Answer: Shock, numbing and sometimes denial
Recoil and impact
Attribution
Resolution
▶ Hands-held cell phone devices are permitted while breathing a vehicle
to report any of the following. Answer: Fire, traffic, accident, serious
road hazard, medical emergency, hazardous material emergency
▶ When does it become prohibited to text message while operating a
motor vehicle? Answer: March 1st 2008
, ▶ Drivers over age 65 account for how much traffic fatalities?
Answer: 15%
▶ The most dangerous driving situations are typically encountered
when? Answer: During normal, everyday, driving at intersections.
▶ Which drivers are especially susceptible to fatigue related crashes.
Answer: Truck drivers
▶ What is the number one high-risk area of highway safety?
Answer: Intersection safety
▶ How many people die on our roadways annually? Answer: An
average of approx. 117 persons being killed on our roadways every
day of the year, averaging approximately 5 people per hour. At least
one person dies on our roads every 12 minutes
▶ Drivers ages 16 to 24 account for how much traffic fatalities?
Answer: 24%
▶ Associates causal factor. Answer: The error which caused the
crash to happen
Ex) inattentiveness, aggressive driving
