Before starting to back your vehicle, you should do which of the following?
- Open the windows
- Sound your horn
- Activate four-way flashers
- All of the above ✓
Answer: D. All of the above
Before backing, you should open the windows, sound your horn and activate your four-way flashers, so the choice listing all of these is correct.
Why this is the answer
The Backing passage says that before reversing you should turn off your phone or radio, open the windows, turn on the four-way flashers and sound the horn. It then tells you to get out and check the area behind the truck. Since the handbook groups opening the windows, sounding the horn and activating the flashers together as pre-backing steps, the choice that includes all three matches the handbook.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Open the windows — Opening the windows is only one listed precaution, and choosing just that leaves out the horn and four-way flashers the handbook also calls for before backing.
- B. Sound your horn — Sounding the horn is only one listed precaution, and it does not cover opening the windows or turning on the four-way flashers.
- C. Activate four-way flashers — Activating the four-way flashers is only one listed precaution, and choosing it alone ignores the open windows and horn.
Remember it
Build a pre-back routine: prepare the cab, warn others, then look behind.
Official handbook: Official MTO Truck Handbook, Backing