GPSTC Exam 8 Part 2 Questions and
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3 elements to every crash - ANSWERS-Human element (texting)
Roadway Element (Ice, snow, pothole)
Vehicle Element (tire condition, brakes)
Skid marks - ANSWERS-caused by tires that are not free to rotate
locked as a result of braking or action by driver
wheels suffered binding or becomes jammed as a result of collision
Impending skid marks - ANSWERS-First point of brake application
not full ABS
Shadowing skid marks - ANSWERS-brakes have not fully locked, but speed reduction is there and
ABS is is occurring
Striations - ANSWERS-Black marks on the road where the tires make contact with the road as
they skid
Types of skid marks - ANSWERS-Asphalt
Furrow (on dirt)
cement/ concrete
pavement cleaning skids
abrasive material skids
, tire imprints - ANSWERS-debris which has been pulled onto the road by a vehicle (dirt, water,
oil, sand, etc)
Accident (Crash) - ANSWERS-Any person is killed or injured or damages the property of another
to an extent of $500 or more is sustained.
Traffic Accident - ANSWERS-a road vehicle accident in which
(1) the un-stabilized situation originates on a trafficway or
(2) a harmful event occurs on a trafficway
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) - ANSWERS-crash involving a motor vehicle in transport, does not
involve an aircraft or watercraft, and does not include any harmful event involving a railway
train in transport prior to involvement of a motor vehicle in transport
($500 or more in damage!)
Examples of MVC's - ANSWERS-• Collision with another motor vehicle (in transport or parked)
• Collision with a Pedestrian
• Collision with another road vehicle
• Collision with an animal
Deliberate Intent - ANSWERS-the classification given to the cause of an event which occurs
when a person acts deliberately to cause the event or deliberately refrains from prudent acts
which would prevent occurrence of the event
Highway (Trafficway) - ANSWERS-the entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purpose of
vehicular travel (Boundry line are property line to property line)
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3 elements to every crash - ANSWERS-Human element (texting)
Roadway Element (Ice, snow, pothole)
Vehicle Element (tire condition, brakes)
Skid marks - ANSWERS-caused by tires that are not free to rotate
locked as a result of braking or action by driver
wheels suffered binding or becomes jammed as a result of collision
Impending skid marks - ANSWERS-First point of brake application
not full ABS
Shadowing skid marks - ANSWERS-brakes have not fully locked, but speed reduction is there and
ABS is is occurring
Striations - ANSWERS-Black marks on the road where the tires make contact with the road as
they skid
Types of skid marks - ANSWERS-Asphalt
Furrow (on dirt)
cement/ concrete
pavement cleaning skids
abrasive material skids
, tire imprints - ANSWERS-debris which has been pulled onto the road by a vehicle (dirt, water,
oil, sand, etc)
Accident (Crash) - ANSWERS-Any person is killed or injured or damages the property of another
to an extent of $500 or more is sustained.
Traffic Accident - ANSWERS-a road vehicle accident in which
(1) the un-stabilized situation originates on a trafficway or
(2) a harmful event occurs on a trafficway
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) - ANSWERS-crash involving a motor vehicle in transport, does not
involve an aircraft or watercraft, and does not include any harmful event involving a railway
train in transport prior to involvement of a motor vehicle in transport
($500 or more in damage!)
Examples of MVC's - ANSWERS-• Collision with another motor vehicle (in transport or parked)
• Collision with a Pedestrian
• Collision with another road vehicle
• Collision with an animal
Deliberate Intent - ANSWERS-the classification given to the cause of an event which occurs
when a person acts deliberately to cause the event or deliberately refrains from prudent acts
which would prevent occurrence of the event
Highway (Trafficway) - ANSWERS-the entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purpose of
vehicular travel (Boundry line are property line to property line)
