If you can see that the roadway up ahead is covered by heavy smoke, you should:
- Turn on your four-way flashers and continue.
- Reduce your speed, move as far to the right as possible, and stop off the roadway. ✓
- Turn on your high beam headlights and continue.
Answer: B. Reduce your speed, move as far to the right as possible, and stop off the roadway.
When heavy smoke covers the road ahead, slow down, move as far to the right as you can, and stop off the roadway.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says to avoid driving in heavy smoke when possible and to postpone the trip. If you do have to drive in it, it says to drive slowly, use low beams, and make sure you can stop within the distance you can see. It also says that when conditions get too thick to drive safely, you should pull off the road, turn on your emergency flashers, and wait for things to improve. Slowing down, moving right, and stopping off the roadway matches that guidance.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Turn on your four-way flashers and continue. — Flashing your four-way flashers and continuing keeps you moving through smoke you cannot see through, while the handbook says to pull off the road when conditions are too thick to drive safely.
- C. Turn on your high beam headlights and continue. — High beams reflect back off fog and smoke and cause glare, so the handbook tells you to use low beams instead.
Remember it
In smoke, think low and slow, then get off the road if you still cannot see far enough to stop safely.