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UPS Questions and Answers 2024/2025
What two words best describe defensive driving?
Space & Visibility
Five Seeing Habits
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
- Imaginary target - baseball dartboard
- Centers the car in traffic lane. Safe path on turns
- Find a safe path well ahead
Get the big picture
- 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
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- Move eyes. Front two seconds. Rear 5-8 seconds
- Keeps you alive at intersections. Keeps eyes ahead of car.
- Scan don't stare
Leave yourself an out
- 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
- Communicate in traffic - horn, lights, signals
- Establishes eye to eye contact
- Don't gamble. Use your horn, lights and signals.
When stopped in traffic
- Leave one car length of space
- Have an escape route
Starting up at an intersection
- Left-right-left check mirrors
- Keeps you alive at intersections
Count 123 when car ahead starts to move
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UPS Questions and Answers 2024/2025
What two words best describe defensive driving?
Space & Visibility
Five Seeing Habits
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
- Imaginary target - baseball dartboard
- Centers the car in traffic lane. Safe path on turns
- Find a safe path well ahead
Get the big picture
- 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
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, 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain Excel!
- Move eyes. Front two seconds. Rear 5-8 seconds
- Keeps you alive at intersections. Keeps eyes ahead of car.
- Scan don't stare
Leave yourself an out
- 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
- Communicate in traffic - horn, lights, signals
- Establishes eye to eye contact
- Don't gamble. Use your horn, lights and signals.
When stopped in traffic
- Leave one car length of space
- Have an escape route
Starting up at an intersection
- Left-right-left check mirrors
- Keeps you alive at intersections
Count 123 when car ahead starts to move
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