Most skids are the result of driver error. Skids may occur when you…?
- Drive too fast
- All of these ✓
- Brake too hard
- Accelerate too fast
Answer: B. All of these
The correct choice is all of these: skids can result from driving too fast, braking too hard, or accelerating too fast.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists the driver actions that cause skids: slamming on the brakes, braking and steering at once, taking a corner too fast, and accelerating suddenly. It also explains that a vehicle can skid when speed or direction changes too suddenly, and that braking in a curve can cause a skid. Driving too fast, braking too hard, and accelerating too fast each match one of those causes, so the combined choice is the one that covers them all.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Drive too fast — Driving too fast is a real skid cause, but by itself it leaves out hard braking and sudden acceleration.
- C. Brake too hard — Braking too hard is a real skid cause, but by itself it leaves out driving too fast and accelerating too fast.
- D. Accelerate too fast — Accelerating too fast is a real skid cause, but by itself it leaves out driving too fast and braking too hard.
Remember it
Think speed, brake, gas: overdoing any one of those can make you lose grip.