Bad Weather & Night Driving — District of Columbia

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Rain, snow, ice, fog and night driving: visibility, traction and headlight use.

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TopicBad Weather & Night Driving
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Questions (46)

1. When driving in fog, you should use your low beam headlights:
  1. TRUE ✓
  2. FALSE

Answer: A. TRUE

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2. Which of the following is true about driving on a wet roadway?
  1. As you drive faster, your tires become less effective. ✓
  2. Water does not affect cars with good tires.
  3. Deep water is less dangerous than shallow water.
  4. As you decrease your speed, the roadway becomes more slippery.

Answer: A. As you drive faster, your tires become less effective.

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3. Highway pavement will be particularly treacherous and most slippery:
  1. If it has been raining several hours.
  2. If it has just begun to rain. ✓
  3. If it has been raining for one to two hours.

Answer: B. If it has just begun to rain.

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4. The best way to avoid loss of control under wet conditions is to increase your vehicle's speed.
  1. True
  2. False ✓

Answer: B. False

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5. At dawn or dusk and in rain or snow, it can be hard to see and be seen. A good way to let other drivers know you are there is to turn:
  1. Up the instrumental panel lights.
  2. On your parking lights.
  3. On your headlights. ✓

Answer: C. On your headlights.

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6. Water on the road can cause a vehicle to hydroplane. Your car may hydroplane at speeds as low as:
  1. 45 miles per hour.
  2. 35 miles per hour. ✓
  3. 40 miles per hour.

Answer: B. 35 miles per hour.

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7. Continuous hard braking on ice and snow often:
  1. Helps you stop faster.
  2. Locks the front wheels of a vehicle, causing a loss of steering. ✓
  3. Keeps the brakes from freezing.

Answer: B. Locks the front wheels of a vehicle, causing a loss of steering.

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8. If the roadway is wet or icy, you should:
  1. Reduce your speed. ✓
  2. Drive at the posted speed.
  3. Speed up.

Answer: A. Reduce your speed.

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9. At night, it is hardest to see:
  1. Road signs.
  2. Pedestrians. ✓
  3. Other motorists.
  4. Street lights.

Answer: B. Pedestrians.

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10. When meeting a car with blinding headlights, you should:
  1. Use your bright lights until the other vehicle dims theirs.
  2. Flash your lights on and off to warn the other driver.
  3. Dim your lights and then speed up to pass quickly.
  4. Look toward the right side of the road. ✓

Answer: D. Look toward the right side of the road.

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