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| Emotions play affect your driving ability. Name a few ways you can help yourself to be a safe driver under emotional conditions. | 1. Anticipate traffic situations that irritate you and prepare yourself. 2. Don't drive when you are preoccupied or feeling upset. 3. Put your emotions "on hold" and concentrate on safe driving. 4. Plan ahead, allowing enough time to get wher you want to go. 5. Expect that other drivers will make mistakes, or drive in an unsafe way. |
| 90 percent of all decisions you make while driving are based on information you gather with your _________. | eyes |
| What is "visual acuity?" | how clearly you can see (20/20 vision, etc.), and whether or not you need glasses or contact lenses to improve your vision. |
| What is "field of vision?" | being able to see straight ahead, AND at an angle to your right and left. |
| Your vision is clearest in a narrow beam located where? | directly in front of you |
| What is "peripheral vision?" | your vision at angles to your right and left. You will notice movements on the side of you with this vision. |
| If you are driving with your high beams on, what (and when) should you do when an oncoming driver approaches? | Switch to your low beams when the oncoming driver is approximately 500 feet away. |
| What is "depth perception?" | seeing things in a 3 dimensional perspective. It allows you to judge how far away you think something is from you. |
| If you have poor depth perception, you could have trouble judging distances when driving a car. What should you do to compensate for this weakness? | Increase your following distance to the car in front of you. |
| What are the most common colors used in traffic? | red, yellow, green |
| If someone is color blind, what colors might confuse them? | red and green, or, blue and yellow |
| How do people with red/green color blindness compenstate as drivers? | They must use the meanings and shapes of the signs. For example, they must memorize where the red light position is on a traffic light. (top or far left side) |
| What is "night blindness?" What should drivers do who have this problem? | when you don't see well at night. Drivers with night blindness should not drive at night. |
| What is one of the biggest problems in night driving? | the glare of headlights of oncoming vehicles. |
| How can you deal with headlight glare at night? | 1. Don't look directly at the headlights, rather look beyond them and concentrate on the right edge of the raod. 2. Reduce your speed. 3. Keep alert on curves or hilly roadways. |
| What is "highway hypnosis?" | when you are fatigued and not paying attention to your driving. You are daydreaming while driving. |
| How can you fight "fatigue" when driving? | 1. Stop at a rest area, roll down your window a little, turn off your engine, leave your parking lights on (if at night), and rest. 2. Before you begin to drive again, be sure you are fully awake. |
| What should you avoid doing before you drive? | 1. eating heavy, fatty foods. 2. drinking alcohol 3. taking cold medications 4. driving during your normal bedtime. |
| While you drive, what can you do to avoid fatigue? | 1. have a good flow of fresh air into the car. 2. Wear sunglasses on sunny days. 3. Take turns driving with someone else. 4. Turn on the radio. 5. Stop regularly to stretch your muscles. |
| For most people, what is the time of day that is considered "down time?" | between 1:00-5:00. |
| How long will coffee keep you awake if you are tired? | about 15 minutes. |
| How can driving with a leaky or broken tailpipe endanger your safety? | carbon monoxide can get trapped beneath your car and can leak into your car's interior. |
| How can someone drive if they do not have full use of their legs? | with hand-operated brakes and accelerators. |
| How can age affect a driver's ability to be a safe driver? | 1. reaction time is less. 2. eyesight is not always good. 3. medications often cause side effects. |
