If your vehicle becomes disabled, what should you do?
- Move it as far off the roadway as possible.
- Place warning devices farther than 30 metres from your vehicle.
- Place warning devices approximately 30 metres ahead of and 30 metres behind the vehicle.
- Do all of the above. ✓
Answer: D. Do all of the above.
Do all of the listed actions: move the vehicle as far off the roadway as possible, put warning devices about 30 metres ahead and behind, and place additional devices farther than 30 metres as a safety practice.
Why this is the answer
The handbook gives two steps for a disabled vehicle: move it as far off the travelled portion of the highway as possible, and place warning devices about 30 metres ahead and 30 metres behind. It also says placing additional warning devices farther than 30 metres from the vehicle is a good safety practice. So the full answer includes getting clear of traffic, marking the vehicle at the stated distances, and adding more warning farther out when you can.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Move it as far off the roadway as possible. — Moving the vehicle off the roadway is only one part of the disabled-vehicle procedure; it leaves out placing warning devices ahead and behind.
- B. Place warning devices farther than 30 metres from your vehicle. — Placing devices farther than 30 metres is described as an additional safety practice, not the whole procedure; it leaves out moving off the roadway and the 30-metre placements.
- C. Place warning devices approximately 30 metres ahead of and 30 metres behind the vehicle. — Setting devices about 30 metres ahead and behind is required, but it is only part of the procedure; it leaves out moving off the roadway and adding devices farther out.
Remember it
Remember it as: off the road, 30 ahead, 30 behind, plus extra devices farther out when possible.