You are driving when it starts to sleet or snow. You should:
- Keep your windshield and mirrors clear.
- Allow additional distance between your vehicle and the vehicles that you are following.
- Approach all vehicles with caution.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
You should do all of the above: keep your windshield and mirrors clear, allow extra distance behind other vehicles, and approach vehicles with caution.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's winter driving section says winter creates hazards and tells you to increase the distance from the vehicle ahead, noting that many rear-end crashes on icy streets happen when drivers leave no room to stop. It also says to reduce speed to match conditions. That supports choosing the combined answer, which includes added following distance along with the other listed winter precautions, rather than a single step.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Keep your windshield and mirrors clear. — Keeping the windshield and mirrors clear is useful, but clear glass alone does not address the spacing the handbook stresses for winter conditions.
- B. Allow additional distance between your vehicle and the vehicles that you are following. — Increasing following distance is directly supported, but choosing only that ignores the other listed precautions.
- C. Approach all vehicles with caution. — Approaching other vehicles with caution is part of safe winter driving, but by itself it does not include keeping glass clear or increasing your following distance.
Remember it
When sleet or snow starts, think space and slow: give the car ahead more room and ease off the speed.