2026\2027
What are the 4 types of emergency vehicles?
- correct answer 1) police vehicles
2) ambulance
3) fire dept
4) volunteer fire dept
What must you have activated on your vehicle when running traffic?
- correct answer Audible and visual signals
What is Due Regard?
- correct answer How a reasonable, careful person, performing similar actions, would respond.
What does Haynes V. Hamilton address?
- correct answer Officer decision to initiate or continue pursuit
What did Vanessa K. Free Emergency Services Training Act of 2005 do?
- correct answer Requires officers to complete 2 hours of training annually and a comprehensive
examination
What is significant in Scott V. Harris?
- correct answer First time in history courts used in car video in a case. "Video evidence was the deciding
factor in courts favorable ruling"
What are the 3 benefits of safe driving?
- correct answer 1) you
2) public
, 3) the department
When is the main thing officers are doing during most vehicle crashes?
- correct answer General or routing non emergency patrolling. About 50% occur while backing
What percentage of officers killed in crashes over the past 30 years were not wearing seat belts?
- correct answer Over 40%
What are the 3 types of driving?
- correct answer 1) non emergency
2) emergency
3) pursuit
What are the 3 sets of rules officers must abide by when driving?
- correct answer 1) state law/ statute
2) local/city ordinances
3) department policy (general orders)
What are the 3 elements at play when driving?
- correct answer 1) vehicle
2) human
3) environment
What is performance pressure?
- correct answer Slightly more than the vehicle manufacturers recommended air pressure
What are the potential effects of an under inflated tire?
- correct answer 1) does not get good traction
2) flex excessively under load
3) generate excessive heat