What should you do if your vehicle’s right wheels leave the pavement?
- Stop quickly.
- Immediately pull all the way off of the road and get back on when it is safe.
- Accelerate and steer back on the road quickly.
- Take your foot off the accelerator, slow down, then ease back onto the road when it is safe to do so. ✓
Answer: D. Take your foot off the accelerator, slow down, then ease back onto the road when it is safe to do so.
Take your foot off the gas pedal, slow down, and ease back onto the pavement when it is safe to do so.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's right-wheels-off-pavement steps say to lift off the gas, grip the wheel firmly, and hold a straight line. You wait until the road is clear, then turn back onto the pavement at a slow speed while signaling your intention. It also says not to use your brakes if you can avoid it. That matches taking your foot off the accelerator, slowing down, and easing back on only when the roadway is clear.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Stop quickly. — The handbook says not to use your brakes if possible, so a quick stop is not what it teaches.
- B. Immediately pull all the way off of the road and get back on when it is safe. — Nothing in the guidance says to swing all the way off the road; it says to keep a straight line and return slowly when the road is clear.
- C. Accelerate and steer back on the road quickly. — Speeding up and steering back fast goes against the handbook's slow-speed turn back onto the pavement.
Remember it
Off the pavement: off the gas, wheel held steady, no brake, and come back on slowly once things are clear.