If you are stopped by a police officer, you should:
- Unbuckle your seat belt and lower your window.
- Get your paperwork ready before the officer reaches your car.
- Stay in your vehicle with your hands on the steering wheel and wait for the officer to approach you. ✓
- Get out of your car and walk toward the patrol car.
Answer: C. Stay in your vehicle with your hands on the steering wheel and wait for the officer to approach you.
Stay in your vehicle with your hands on the steering wheel and wait for the officer to approach you.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes the officer approaching your vehicle and tells you to lower the matching window so you can communicate. It also says to wait for the officer's instructions before reaching for your license or documents, and to tell the officer where they are if they are out of reach. That fits staying put and letting the officer come to you. The passages do not spell out keeping your hands on the steering wheel, so that detail is not directly covered.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Unbuckle your seat belt and lower your window. — Lowering a window is mentioned, but the handbook does not tell you to unbuckle your seat belt during a stop.
- B. Get your paperwork ready before the officer reaches your car. — The handbook says to wait for the officer's instructions before reaching for your license or documents, not to have them ready in advance.
- D. Get out of your car and walk toward the patrol car. — The handbook says to exit only if the officer asks you to, and then to stand where directed, not to walk toward the patrol car.
Remember it
Let the officer come to you; lower your window when they arrive, and wait for instructions before reaching for anything.