STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔When do you signal if another vehicle is about to enter the street between you and
where you plan to turn? - ✔✔After you have passed
✔✔When do you need to slow your car? - ✔✔Before a curve, when the roadway is
slippery, and when there is standing water on the road. Also when driving on gravel or
dirt
✔✔How slow do you need to go on a wet road? - ✔✔Reduce your speed by 10 mph
✔✔How slow do you need to go on packed snow? - ✔✔Cut speed in half
✔✔How slow do you need to go on ice? - ✔✔At a crawl
✔✔How fast do tires still have good traction when it's raining or when the road is wet? -
✔✔Up to about 35 mph
✔✔How long can it take to stop at 50 mph? - ✔✔A city block (400 feet)
, ✔✔How long can it take to stop at 30 mph? - ✔✔1/2 city block (200 feet)
✔✔How far do your headlights let you see? And what speed should you drive with that
distance visible? - ✔✔About 400 feet. 50 mph.
✔✔How do you know if you are driving too fast for conditions? - ✔✔Four Second Sight
Distance Rule:
Pick out a stationary object as far ahead as you can clearly see (e.g. a sign or a
telephone pole). Start counting "one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, three-one-
thousand, four-one-thousand." If you reach the object before you finish saying "four-
one-thousand," you need to slow down.
✔✔How close can you follow? - ✔✔2 seconds
✔✔When do you use the safe four second following distance? - ✔✔Slippery roads,
driver behind you wants to pass, following motorcycles, following drivers who can't see
you, towing, poor visibility, being followed too closely, following emergency vehicles,
approaching railroad crossings, stopping on an incline
✔✔What gap do you need to merge? - ✔✔Four seconds
✔✔What gap do you need to pass (at 55 Mph)? - ✔✔10 seconds (roughly 800 feet)
✔✔How close to a hill or curve may you pass? - ✔✔More than 1/3 mile
✔✔When can you safely return to the driving lane after passing? - ✔✔When you can
see both headlights of the vehicle you just passed in your rear-view mirror
✔✔What % can put you under arrest for Underage Driving Under The Influence? -
✔✔0.02%
✔✔What % can put you under arrest for Driving Under The Influence? - ✔✔0.04%
✔✔Intersection Sign - ✔✔
✔✔Traffic Signal Sign - ✔✔
✔✔Merging Traffic Sign - ✔✔
✔✔Two-Way Traffic Sign - ✔✔
✔✔Traffic Lane Ends Sign - ✔✔