What is the leading cause of vehicle crashes?
- correct answer driver error
which type of crash accounts for more fatalities, injuries, and property damage than any other type?
- correct answer a two vehicle crashes
should you pump for ABS breaking?
- correct answer No
what does NIOSH stand dor?
- correct answer National Institute of Safety and Health
what are supplemental restraint devices mounted in motor vehicles to reduce injuries caused by
accidents?
- correct answer air bags
what are areas around a vehicle that can't be readily viewed without repositioning or use of
supplemental devices?
- correct answer blind spots
what is a straight line tendency of inertia?
- correct answer centrifugal force
what pushes a body into a curved path, out of its normal inertia?
- correct answer centripetal force
what are conditions both physical and environmental which develop over a long period of time?
- correct answer chronic conditions
, what is the part of the eye that functions only in daytime and are responsible for color vision and
sharpness of vision?
- correct answer cones (you see cones in the daytime)
what is the 4th step in SIPDE where decisions of the driver in response to a hazard is made?
- correct answer decide
what is driving to prevent accidents in spite of the incorrect actions of other drivers?
- correct answer defensive driving
what is the number which scientifically describes the slipperiness of a road surface?
- correct answer the drag factor
what is the 5th step in SIPDE where carrying forth of evasion actions in a controlled meneuver?
- correct answer execute
what is allowing seeing at an angle of 3 degrees from straight ahead?
- correct answer focal vision
focal vision allows seeing at an angle of _____ degrees from straight ahead
- correct answer 3
glare recovery takes approximately _______ seconds - the time needed for your eyes to readjust after
being exposed to light
- correct answer 10
what is a device used to measure the specific gravity in a battery?
- correct answer hydrometer
what is the 2nd step in SIPDE - recognizing hazards while driving?
- correct answer identify