When driving on slick roads, you should:
- Take turns more slowly than usual. ✓
- Change lanes quickly.
- Accelerate quickly.
- Brake hard.
Answer: A. Take turns more slowly than usual.
On slick roads you should take turns more slowly than usual.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's slippery surface sign guidance says that in wet weather you should drive slowly, avoid speeding up or braking suddenly, and make turns at slow speeds. The rain section adds that wet roads increase your stopping distance, so slowing down is the right response to reduced grip. Taking turns gently and at low speed fits both passages, which is why slowing your turns is the correct choice here.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Change lanes quickly. — Changing lanes quickly is a sudden steering move, which is the opposite of the handbook's advice to drive slowly and avoid quick actions on a slippery surface.
- C. Accelerate quickly. — The handbook specifically says not to speed up quickly in wet weather, since fast acceleration on slick pavement invites a skid.
- D. Brake hard. — Hard braking is exactly what the slippery surface guidance warns against, and the rain section notes that wet roads already stretch your stopping distance.
Remember it
When the pavement is wet, think slow and smooth: slow down, turn gently, and ease on and off the pedals.