A good way to avoid driving while tired on long trips is to
- plan your trip to include rest and food stops ✓
- take a thermos of coffee and drink lots of it
- keep the car warm
- take lots of food with you
Answer: A. plan your trip to include rest and food stops
Plan your trip to include rest and food stops so you can take breaks and stop to eat without relying on staying continuously at the wheel.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's staying-awake advice for long journeys includes starting well rested, taking breaks, stopping to eat but avoiding heavy meals, keeping the heat moderate, getting fresh air, and taking a nap at a rest stop. Planning rest and food stops fits those break-and-eat recommendations. The passage does not present coffee, a warm car, or carrying a lot of food as ways to prevent tiredness while driving.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. take a thermos of coffee and drink lots of it — The handbook does not list drinking lots of coffee as a staying-awake strategy; it points to rest, breaks and naps instead.
- C. keep the car warm — The handbook recommends keeping the heat moderate, not keeping the car warm, so this does not match its fatigue strategy.
- D. take lots of food with you — Bringing lots of food is not the strategy; the handbook says to stop and eat but avoid heavy meals because they may make you feel sleepy.
Remember it
Treat rest stops as part of the route, not something you squeeze in later.