If your vehicle has a mechanical problem:
- Signal and pull into the slow lane.
- Stop in your lane and put on your hazard lights.
- Put on your hazard lights and pull off the road. ✓
Answer: C. Put on your hazard lights and pull off the road.
Put on your hazard lights and pull off the road.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's vehicle-trouble steps start with turning on your emergency flashers, or your turn signals if the car has no flashers. Then, if possible, you should pull off the road away from all traffic. If you cannot get fully off the road, stop where drivers behind can see you and your vehicle, and avoid stopping just over a hill or around a curve because they may not see you in time.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Signal and pull into the slow lane. — The handbook does not tell you to move into the slow lane for vehicle trouble; it says to use your flashers and pull off the road away from traffic when possible.
- B. Stop in your lane and put on your hazard lights. — Stopping in your lane leaves you in traffic, while the handbook says to pull off the road if possible and, if you cannot get completely off, stop where people can see you.
Remember it
Flashers on first, then get off the road if you can.