Defensive Driving School Questions and
Answers Rated A
what does a red light mean? ✔✔Driver must stop
what does a yellow light mean? ✔✔Clear the intersection, warns red will follow, slow
what does a green light mean? ✔✔Go when safe
What does a flashing red light mean? ✔✔Same as a stop sign
what does a flashing yellow arrow mean? ✔✔unprotected turn
Yield to oncoming traffic
turn when safe
SOLID yellow arrow ✔✔warns red will follow, slow
Green arrow ✔✔protected turn
,Red arrow ✔✔driver must stop, don't turn
Stop before the... ✔✔curb line, Stop line, crosswalk, sidewalk,
Smith System ✔✔Aim high in steering
Get the big picture
Keep your eyes moving
Leave yourself an out
Make sure others see you
Aim high in steering ✔✔steer into open space, not away from objects
Get the big picture ✔✔turn your head in your intended movement before turning the wheel
Keep your eyes moving ✔✔search intersections by looking left, center, right
Leave yourself an out ✔✔maintain a space cushion
, Make sure others see you ✔✔lightly tap your horn when you approach a parked car with white
back up lights
What reduces 20% of crashes? ✔✔Driving with your headlights on
Blind spot ✔✔the area outside of a vehicle that the driver cannot see without turning their head
or adjusting their mirrors
Void area ✔✔the area outside of the vehicle that the driver cannot see
Drivers who walk away from car crashes? Drivers who are wheeled away? ✔✔Slow down over
a long period of time, Slow down over a short period of time
Closed zone/trap ✔✔anything that makes you slow down or stop (check one)
Check one ✔✔Check your rear view mirror before braking and after turning.
Answers Rated A
what does a red light mean? ✔✔Driver must stop
what does a yellow light mean? ✔✔Clear the intersection, warns red will follow, slow
what does a green light mean? ✔✔Go when safe
What does a flashing red light mean? ✔✔Same as a stop sign
what does a flashing yellow arrow mean? ✔✔unprotected turn
Yield to oncoming traffic
turn when safe
SOLID yellow arrow ✔✔warns red will follow, slow
Green arrow ✔✔protected turn
,Red arrow ✔✔driver must stop, don't turn
Stop before the... ✔✔curb line, Stop line, crosswalk, sidewalk,
Smith System ✔✔Aim high in steering
Get the big picture
Keep your eyes moving
Leave yourself an out
Make sure others see you
Aim high in steering ✔✔steer into open space, not away from objects
Get the big picture ✔✔turn your head in your intended movement before turning the wheel
Keep your eyes moving ✔✔search intersections by looking left, center, right
Leave yourself an out ✔✔maintain a space cushion
, Make sure others see you ✔✔lightly tap your horn when you approach a parked car with white
back up lights
What reduces 20% of crashes? ✔✔Driving with your headlights on
Blind spot ✔✔the area outside of a vehicle that the driver cannot see without turning their head
or adjusting their mirrors
Void area ✔✔the area outside of the vehicle that the driver cannot see
Drivers who walk away from car crashes? Drivers who are wheeled away? ✔✔Slow down over
a long period of time, Slow down over a short period of time
Closed zone/trap ✔✔anything that makes you slow down or stop (check one)
Check one ✔✔Check your rear view mirror before braking and after turning.
