STUDY GUIDE FOR LEARNERS PERMIT

Name: ____________________ Block: ____

• AFTER YOU HAVE SEEN THE DANGER, IT TAKES ABOUT ________sec. TO SEE AND PUT YOUR BRAKES ON. THIS IS ________TIME/DISTANCE

• AFTER YOU PUT ON THE BRAKES, YOUR CAR WILL KEEP GOING. THIS IS THE ________________ DISTANCE.

• ________DISTANCE + ________DISTANCE = TOTAL STOPPING DISTANCE

• WHY IS IT SLIPPERY WHEN IT FIRST STARTS TO RAIN?

• WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP ON SLIPPERY ROADS YOU SHOULD....

• HOW SHOULD YOU BRAKE IF YOU HAVE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM?

• WHEN DO YOU SIGNAL FOR A TURN?

• WHAT IS THE PRE-TURNING POSITION FOR A LEFT TURN?

• WHEN TURNING LEFT INTO A FOUR (4) LANE ROAD, YOU TURN INTO THE _________________LANE.

• THE PRE-TURNING POSITION FOR A RIGHT TURN IS THE _________ LANE.

• WHEN BACKING, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC IN ALL_______________ .

• WHEN PARKING ON A HILL, HOW SHOULD YOU TURN YOUR WHEELS

  DOWNHILL: __________________________________

  UPHILL WITH CURB: __________________________

  UPHILL WITHOUT CURB: _______________________

• WHERE MAY YOU NOT STOP NOR PARK YOUR VEHICLE?

• WHEN MAY YOU COAST DOWN A HILL IN NEUTRAL OR WITH THE CLUTCH DOWN?

• WHAT THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO WHEN LEAVING A PARKING SPACE (signal)______________________________________________

  (check)_______________________________________________ (check)_______________________________________________

• WHEN YOU ARE BEING PASSED, YOU SHOULD _______ A LITTLE AND MOVE TO THE ____ .

• GIVE THE STEPS FOR PASSING A CAR.

• WHEN IS IT SAFE TO RETURN TO YOUR LANE, AFTER PASSING?

• WHEN MAY YOU PASS ON THE RIGHT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE?

• WHERE DOES THE LAW SAY THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO PASS.

  ____________________ ____________________

  ____________________ ____________________

• DRAW A PICTURE OF THE FOLLOWING HAND SIGNALS.

RIGHT TURN / LEFT TURN / STOP

• WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY? _______Mph
• WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON THE INTERSTATE? _______Mph
• WHAT IS THE MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON THE INTERSTATE? _______Mph

• WHEN MAY YOU DRIVE AT THE MAXIMUN SPEED? _________ & _________ .

• WHAT SHOULD A VEHICLE DO WHEN TRAVELING BELOW 40 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE?

• WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN THE PRESENCES OF LIVESTOCK/WILD ANIMALS?

• WHAT TIME OF DAY DOES A VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS HAVE TO BE TURNED ON?

• WHAT LIGHTS SHOULD YOU USE DURING BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE DAYTIME (AND AT NIGHT)?

• EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF "OVERDRIVING YOUR HEADLIGHTS."

• WHEN SHOULD YOU USE YOUR PARKING LIGHTS?

• WHEN SHOULD YOU DIM YOUR HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS?

• HOW DO YOU AVOID BEING BLINDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLES BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS.

• EXPLAIN THE TWO-SECOND (2) FOLLOWING DISTANCE SPACING.

• HOW FAR BEHIND A FIRE TRUCK SHOULD YOU STAY? ______ FEET.

• ON A FOUR (4) LANE HIGHWAY, WHICH LANE SHOULD YOU TRAVEL IN?

• WHEN TWO CARS COME TO AN INTERSECTION AT THE SAME TIME, THE DRIVER ON THE LEFT SHOULD DO WHAT?

• WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU SEE AN AMBULANCE/POLICE WITH FLASHING LIGHTS & SOUNDING A SIREN? __________ & _____________ .

• YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW A WHOSE DIRECTIONS AT AN INTERSECTION?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A RED LIGHT?

• WHEN CAN YOU TURN "RIGHT ON RED"?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A GREEN LIGHT?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A YELLOW LIGHT?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A FLASHING RED LIGHT?

• WHAT DO YOU DO AT A LIGHT WITH A GREENARROW?

• DRAW A: STOP SIGN / YIELD SIGN / SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE SIGN

• WARNING SIGNS ARE __________________ SHAPED.

• DRAW A: SCHOOL CROSSING / DIVIDED HIGHWAY / LANE ENDS / SLIPPERY WET

• WHEN A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS HAS ITS RED LIGHTS FLASHING WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

• WHAT AGES ARE MOST AT RISK AS PEDESTRIANS? _______ & ________

• AT WHAT TIME OF DAY ARE MOST PEDESTRIAN FATALATIES?

• WHILE DRIVING, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE A BLIND PERSON?

• BICYCLIST SHOULD RIDE ON WHAT SIDE OF THE ROAD?

• WHAT SIDE OF THE ROAD (without sidewalks) SHOULD YOU WALK?

• WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN THE PRESENCES OF CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE ROAD?

• HOW DO YOU EXIT FROM AN EXPRESSWAY

  (1)_____________________

  (2)_____________________

  (3)_____________________

• WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU MISS YOUR EXIT?

• WHAT IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS ON THE INTERSTATE?

• WHAT IS THE ILLEGAL LIMIT OF ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION ._____DWI?

• WHAT IS THE ILLEGAL LIMIT OF ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION FOR PEOPLE UNDER 18 YRS. OF AGE (civil traffic violation)? ._______ B.A.C.

• WHAT PERCENTAGE OF FATAL ACCIDENTS ARE ALCOHOL RELATED?

• WHAT KIND OF DRUG IS ALCOHOL?

• WHAT ARE THE FIRST THREE THINGS THAT ALCOHOL AFFECTS?

  (1)________________

  (2)________________

  (3)________________

• WHAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SOBER UP?

• EXPLAIN THE IMPLIED CONSENT LAW?

• WHAT IF A DRIVER REFUSES THE BREATH TEST?

• NAME THE TWO (2) BRAKES THAT SHOULD BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER?

• HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CAR INSPECTED?

• WHY IS A LEAKY EXHAUST SYSTEM DANGEROUS?

• WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE GAS?

• CHILDREN UNDER ______ YRS OF AGE MUST BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

• CHILDREN UNDER ______ YRS OF AGE MUST BE IN A FEDERALLY APPROVED CAR SEAT.

• IF YOU ARE IN A COLLISION, WHOM DO YOU SHOW YOUR LICENSE TO?

  (1)______________

  (2)______________

• WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO REPORT AN ACCIDENT? $_______ OR ________

• FARM VEHICLES CAUSE THREE HAZARDS, WHAT ARE THEY?

  (1) _____________

  (2) _____________

  (3) _____________

• WHAT WEATHER WILL MOST AFFECT A VEHICLE TOWING A TRAILER?

• IF YOUR RIGHT WHEELS DROP OFF THE PAVEMENT, YOU SHOULD?

• WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE DOES THE STATE OF VERMONT REQUIRE?

• WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE NEEDED?

• MOST MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS OCCUR WHERE?

• WHAT MANEUVER IS THE MOTORIST DOING AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN THEY COLLIDE WITH THE MOTORCYCLIST?

• WHAT IS EXCUSE DID MOST MOTORIST GIVE WHEN IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MOTORCYCLIST?

• MOST CAR/TRUCK ACCIDENTS ARE THE FAULT OF WHICH DRIVER?

• MOST CAR/TRUCK ACCIDENTS OCCUR ON _____________ ROADS, WITH _____ PAVEMENT.