The best way to avoid a dangerous situation while driving is to:
- Know what is happening around your vehicle. ✓
- Turn off the radio.
- Always keep your eyes focused ahead of your car.
Answer: A. Know what is happening around your vehicle.
The best way to avoid a dangerous situation while driving is to know what is happening around your vehicle.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's safe driving section says that to drive safely you need to know what is around you, because that lets you make good decisions and react to hazards. It describes the areas ahead, beside, in your blind spots, and behind you, and it tells you to keep your eyes moving and scan well ahead instead of staring at one spot. Awareness of your whole surroundings is the foundation the handbook builds on, so knowing what is happening around your vehicle is the answer.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Turn off the radio. — The handbook never says the radio causes danger; its advice is to stay aware of your surroundings, which a quiet radio does not do by itself.
- C. Always keep your eyes focused ahead of your car. — Keeping your eyes only ahead leaves out what is beside you, in your blind spots, and behind you, while the handbook wants you to keep your eyes moving and know what is around you on all sides.
Remember it
Think of the colored zones around your car, ahead, beside, blind spots, and behind, and check all of them, not just the windshield.