Module 8 Study Guide

1. What percentage of flash flood fatalities are vehicle related?

2. What is hydroplaning?

3. What is the danger of driving through deep water?

4. How do you dry wet brakes?

5. What is the recommended antifreeze/water mixture?

6. What are the characteristics of a dust or sand storm? How do they affect driving?

7. Why are bridges and overpasses can be more hazardous during cold weather?

8. What is buffeting?

9. When driving into a headwind you may to do this:

10. How many inches of inches of water can cause a car to be swept away?

11. What is one method of cooling an overheating engine?

12. What can help tires gain traction on slick surfaces?

13. After cleaning the snow off the car, what other area should you check?

14. If you decide to drive through water, where should you drive through?

15. What is the minimum amount of water that can cause a car to float away?

16. What causes flooding to increase in cities?

17. What does tire pressure do when tires get hot?

18. If you suffer from night blindness, what should you do about driving at night?

19. What percentage of the driving task depends on vision?

20. What should a driver do if they are blinded by lights from an oncoming vehicle?

21. What are some methods for reducing glare at night?

22. What does it mean to overdrive your headlights?

23. What is the maximum safe speed for driving at night in good conditions with low beam headlights?

24. What type of lights should you use while driving in fog?

25. When is a wet roadway the most slippery?

26. What percentage can dirty headlights reduce visibility?

27. How does an air conditioner help to defog the windows?

28. When you are riding in a vehicle, what is your speed in relation to the speed of the vehicle?

29. In Virginia, when are your required to have your headlights on?

30. What is the percentage of teens killed in 2000 that were not wearing a seat belt?

31. What does the state of Virginia require in regards to seat belt use?

32. Where should the lap belt be worn?

33. What speed do you have to be driving to have an airbag inflate? How does it reduce the injury impact?

34. At what speed does airbags deploy?

35. When driving a vehicle equipped with an airbag, where should you sit? How should the steering wheel be tilted? Where should your hands be located?

36. What is the cause for most human injuries in motor vehicle crashes?

37. Who should wear seat belts?

38. If your car has air bags should you wear a seat belt?

39. Do new cars have switches that allow you to cut the air bags on and off?

40. Where does a driver’s first indication of traction loss come from?

41. What things will affect traction?

42. If you suddenly accelerate, where will the weight transfer?

43. When you brake and suddenly steer to the right at the same time, where will the weight transfer to?

44. What is loss of front wheel traction called?

45. When your car loses traction and skids, the driver should do what two things?

46. What is happening when there is rear wheel traction loss?