Impaired Driving & Penalties — Vermont

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TopicImpaired Driving & Penalties
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Questions (32)

1. Distracted driving may be caused by:
  1. Eating, drinking, or smoking.
  2. Talking or texting on a cellular phone.
  3. Changing a radio station or CD.
  4. All of the above. ✓

Answer: D. All of the above.

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2. The consumption of alcohol while taking drugs can:
  1. Decrease the effects of the drugs and alcohol.
  2. Increase the effects of both the drugs and alcohol. ✓
  3. Help cure your illness.
  4. Improve your driving ability.

Answer: B. Increase the effects of both the drugs and alcohol.

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3. Alcohol:
  1. Slows reflexes and reaction time. ✓
  2. Puts you to sleep.
  3. Wakes you up.
  4. Improves your judgment.

Answer: A. Slows reflexes and reaction time.

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4. You may avoid the risks of alcohol-related crashes by:
  1. Deciding before you start drinking that you are not going to drive.
  2. Simply saying, "No thanks, I'm driving," if someone offers you a drink.
  3. Calling a taxi.
  4. Doing any of the above. ✓

Answer: D. Doing any of the above.

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5. If you begin to feel tired while driving, the best thing to do is to:
  1. Get some coffee.
  2. Open your window.
  3. Stop driving. ✓
  4. Turn on the radio.

Answer: C. Stop driving.

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6. Drowsy drivers:
  1. Should drink strong black coffee to stay awake.
  2. Can drive so poorly that they may appear to be drunk. ✓
  3. Can stay alert by opening a window and turning up the radio.
  4. Are usually only older drivers.

Answer: B. Can drive so poorly that they may appear to be drunk.

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7. It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a minimum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of:
  1. 0.05 percent.
  2. 0.08 percent. ✓
  3. 0.02 percent.
  4. 0.1 percent.

Answer: B. 0.08 percent.

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8. The effect that alcohol has on your reflexes and judgment:
  1. Is less pronounced when consuming beer instead of wine.
  2. Is less pronounced when consuming wine instead of beer.
  3. Is most pronounced when consuming hard ciders and mixed drinks.
  4. Depends on the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream. ✓

Answer: D. Depends on the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream.

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9. Drinking coffee after drinking alcohol:
  1. Decreases blood alcohol concentration.
  2. Cancels the effect of the alcohol.
  3. Has no effect on blood alcohol concentration. ✓
  4. Increases blood alcohol concentration.

Answer: C. Has no effect on blood alcohol concentration.

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10. A telltale sign of a drunk driver is:
  1. They are weaving between lanes.
  2. They are driving more slowly than the normal traffic flow.
  3. They are making quick and sudden stops.
  4. All of the above. ✓

Answer: D. All of the above.

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