Driver's Education Semifinal
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- What is a CRASH?
- a series of events that are alterable that can lead to a disaster
- What is an ACCIDENT?
- an event that happens by chance or unknown cause
- What is an AUTOMOBILE?
- any classD motor vehicle execpt motorcycles
- What are the three crashes in every crash?
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-vehicle
-occupants
-occupants' organs - What is the most common area for a crash to happen?
- Within 25 miles of the drivers house.
- When do most crashes happen?
- When they are least expected
- Between what times do most crashes happen?
- between 4pm and 8pm
- Under what conditions do most crashes happen?
- Under "ideal" conditons
- For how long is a Learner's Permit good for?
- 2 years
- How much does a Learners's Permit cost? a replacemet?
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$30
$15 - How many questions must you correctly answer to recieve a Learner's Permit?
- 14 out of 20
- What do you need to bring to the RMV to get a Learner's Permit?
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-Original Birth Certificate
-Social Security Card - What MUST you do before you accept it?
- Look it over
- Where is it valid?
- ONLY in Massachusetts
- How fast can you drive in a thickly settled area?
- 30 mph
- How fast can you drive in a school zone?
- 20 mph
- How fast can you drive outside a thickly settled area?
- 40 mph
- How fast can you drive on a state highway?
- 50 mph
- How fast can you drive on an interstate highway
-
45 mph-55/65/75 mph
depending on state and population - How far before a turn may you signal?
- 100 ft.
- What is the hand signal for a left turn?
- put your left hand straight out
- What is the hand signal for a right turn?
- put your left hand out with your elbow bent up
- What is the hand signal for slow down?
- put your left hand out with your elbow bent down
- When can you pass on the right?
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-on a one way street
-when they are making a left hand turn - When must you stop at a stop sign?
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-at the line
-at the sign
-at the crosswalk - What is an intersetction?
- When two or more roads meet
- What is a legal stop?
- to break momentum
- What is it important to do before stoping?
- check mirrors
- What does it mean to creep-up?
- to slowly roll forward, after a legal stop, to get a better visual
- When does a pedestrian have the right of way?
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Once they step off the curb
-onto a crosswalk
-halfway up the street - Where must you stop for a pedestrian, when they are on the left?
- 5 ft. from the center line
- When must you stop for a school bus?
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-picking up
-dropping off - How far before a school bus stops does it warn drivers?
- 50 ft.
- What is the penalty for a drive by if cited by a police officer?
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1st $250
2nd $500 60 day suspetion
3rd $1000 1 year suspetion - How far back must you stay from a school bus? What is the penalty if you do not follow this law?
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100 ft. back
a $35 fine - When don't you stop for a school bus?
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-on an interstate
-going in the other direction on a divided road - What is important to consider when trying to avoid hitting an animal?
- the safety of the passengers
- What do you do if you hit a domestic animal?
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-find owner
-call police if owner can not be found - What do you do if you hit an animal and your car is damaged?
- Pull over, call police
- Why is it more important not to hit large animals?
- They can be fatal to driver and passengers
- Why is it illeagle to keep pets in the car?
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-cruelty to animals if the car is not on
-it is illeagle to keep car idling - What does yield mean?
- proceed with caution, stop if neccesary
- What color are yield signs?
- red and white
- What does a flashing red light mean?
- treat as stop sign
- What does a solid red light mean
- come to a full stop and wait for light to change
- What does a flashing yellow light mean?
- warning caution
- What does a solid yellow light mean?
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the light is about to change to red
* if you go through and the light changes while you are in the intersection you can be fined - What does a flashing green light mean?
- manually controlled by pedestrian, drawbridge, firestation, etc.
- What does a flashing red and yellow light mean?
- pedestrian crossing
- What do you do if lights aren't working at an intersection?
- Treat as a four way stop
- How far behind a motorcycle should you stay?
- 7 seconds
- Where are a trucks No Zones?
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-down side
-down front
-behind
-on left - What should you do about slow moving traffic?
- Check to make sure traffic isn't coming at you, sign, cross lane if neccesary, and pass
- What is the penalty for intuerupting a funeral procession?
- $40 fine, 30 days in jail
- What traffic signals do funeral processions follow?
- none
- What is pre-perception time?
- the mental image of a problem
- What is perception time?
- the observation of a potetial problem
- What is reaction time?
- your minds reaction to the choice of what to do
- What is energy dissipation time?
- the use of driving skills to dissolve kinetic energy and avoid the problem
- What are passive systems?
- Systems that are automatically active
- What is the penalty for not wearing a seatbelt?
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under 12 $25/person Primary
12-16 $25/person Secondary
16+ $25 Secondary - By how much does a lap/sholder belt reduce the chance of a fatal crash?
- 3-4x
- How fast does an airbag come out?
- 80 mph
- How much space should be betweent the driver and the streering wheel?
- 10 inches
- How big should passengers in the front seat be?
-
4 ft. tall
100 lbs - At what speed do you start partial hydroplaning?
- 35 mph
- At what speed do you start complete hydroplaning?
- 55 mph
- What is viscous hydroplaning?
- In th first few minutes of a storm when the water mixes with gas and grease from cars and forms a paste.
- What do you do when you start hydroplaning?
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-don't hit brake but come of the accelorator
-drive in the tracks of the car infront of you - How much of your range of sight is detailed?
- 3 degrees
- What happens to your fringe vision as you go faster?
- You have less
- Why is fringe vision important?
- it helps you to see movement
- How much of driving is visual?
- 90%
- How much of what is behind you can you see in your rear veiw mirror?
- 75%
- How much of what is behind you can you see in your outside mirrors?
- 10%
- How much of what is behind you is in your blind spot?
- 15%
- When must you file a crash report?
- if there is over $1000 in damage or personal injury and the crash was on public roads
- How long do you have to file a crash report?
- 5 days
- Who must recive a copy of the report?
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police, insurance, RMV
*save one for yourself - Should you buy a used car if you can't get the title?
- NO
- What cars need title and registration?
- all vehicles
- What are the two types of registration?
- new and used
- What does M.E.E.S.T. stand for?
- Massachusetts Enhanced Emissions Safety Test
- What is the purpose of M.E.E.S.T.?
- to keep the air clean
- How often must the emissons be tested?
- every other year
- If a car is pulled over and needs an inspection, who is responsible?
- the person driving the car
- What are the three processes in an inspection?
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-visual/data
-saftey test
-sticker - What is it important to have before getting an inspeciton?
- registration, tickets paid etc., make sure basic things are working
- Where must you have your licence plate?
- Attached to the front and rear of your car.
- Can the exhaust be altered?
- no
- How much can you alter the height of your car?
- 2 in.
- Why would you get a black reject sticker?
- if the car failed emissions
- Why would you get a red reject sticker?
- if the car failed safety
- How much time do you have to repair an emissions problem?
- 60 days
- How much time to you have to repair a safety problem
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It must be fixed immeadiatly
*but you are allowed seven days - If the car fails, where must it be reinspected?
- at the same place it was inspected the first time
- How long do you have to get a new car inspected?
- 7 days
- What is a suspention?
- when you give up your right to drive
- What is it when your licences is revoked?
- when your right to drive has been taken away
- What must you do to get your licence back after it has been suspended?
- pay a reinstate fee
- What must you do to get your licence back after it has been revoked?
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Apply for a Learner's Permit and take a road test
*your licence will probably have restrictions - When can your licence be taken for immediate threat?
- When you pose and immediate threat to public a police officer can take you licence on the spot
- What happens if you licence is taken for impropler operation?
- They bring you to a hearing to determine if you should or shouldn't be allowed to drive
- What is the penalty for 3 speeding tickets in 1 year?
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JOL-1 year suspention
over 18- 30 day suspention - What is the penalty for 5 surchargeable events in 3 years?
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-required to take Driver ReTraining Program
* within 90 days or indefinite suspention - What is the penalty for 7 surchargeable events in 3 years?
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-required to take Driver ReTraining Program
* within 90 days or
-60 day suspention - What is a habitual offender?
- a person who gets 3 majors or 12 major/minors in 4 years
- What is the penalty for a habitual offender?
- loose licence for 4 years
- What is the penalty for a drug offense?
- you loose your licence for 1-5 years
- Where is the apex of a turn?
- When the pillar lines up with the corner
- What does a pentagon sign mean?
- school zone
- What does a verticle rectangle sign mean?
- regulation
- What does a horizontal rectangle sign mean?
- guide/information
- What does a dimond sign mean?
- warning
- How fast should you go on an exit/entrance ramp?
- 45 mph