What should you do to prevent red mist? (4 points)
- Don’t get in a personality conflict with another road user
- Be dispassionate and concentrate on your own driving, use neutral non aggressive language
- Don’t try and imagine what you’ll find at the incident
- Concentrate on driving
What is the legal tread depth for a motorcar tyre? (Public and Police)
1.6mm for the Public
3mm for the Police
What is the system of Car Control a way of? (1 point)
Approaching and Negotiating Hazards
Peripheral Vision gives you? (3 Points)
- A sense of speed and road position
- Registers the movement of other road users
- Acts as a cue for central vision
When in slippery conditions, what should you use? (1 point)
High Gears
To maintain steering control and stability on bends, you should follow … ?
IPSGA and be able to stop safely within the distance you can see to be clear on your own side of the road
To avoid being dazzled at night by oncoming vehicles, you should … ? (1 point)
Look at the near side kerb.
When reading double warning signs, what order is correct?
Top to Bottom
At 70mph you travel?
31 metres per second
The purpose of the ‘plan’ is to? (4 points)
To put you in the:
1. Correct position
2. The correct speed
3. With the correct gear engaged
4. At the correct time
To negotiate hazards safely and effectively
The purpose of ‘the plan’ is to .. ? (4 points)
The purpose of the plan is to put you:
1. The correct position
2. At the correct speed
3. With the correct gear engaged
4. At the correct time
To negotiate hazards.
Complete the road craft statement:
“when applying the system to a left or right turn, choose the appropriate point to accelerate safely and smoothly away from the hazard, paying attention to …. ?
(5 points)
- The amount of acceleration
- The nature of the road
- The road surface
- Traffic conditions ahead
- Position and movement of other road users
Finish the road craft statement:
Processing information is … ?
Central to the system, it runs through and feeds into all the phases.
Roadcraft gives advice on using hazard warning lights, what is this advice ? (2 points)
- When moving - on multi lane carriageways to warn people of a hazard ahead
- When stopped - alert drivers of your presence.
What advantages are listed within roadcraft with reference to keeping at a safe distance from the vehicle infront? ( 5 points)
- Have a good view of
- You can stop your vehicle safely
- Extend your breaking distance to vehicles behind you have more time to react.
- You can see when it’s safe to move into overtaking position.
- In wet weather, less spray from the vehicle in front.
Under the heading ‘Decide what to do’, your plan takes into account various factors, what are they? (5 points)
- What you can see
- What you can’t see
- What you might reasonably expect to happen.
- Which hazards represent the greatest risk.
- What to do if things turn out different (contingency)
In reference to the overtaking position, as you move closer to the vehicle in front … ?
The driver is less likely to realise you want to overtake, be careful not to intimidate the driver.
When you corner and brake, where does the weight of the car shift to?
The front and outside of the car.
If you brake, where does the weight of the car shift to?
The front.
What does braking or steering around a corner impact?
The grip of the tyres, it reduces leaving less room for steering.
How does excessive breaking and accelerating impact tyre grip and steering?
It leaves less grip for tyre grip for steering.
How does decelerating effect tyre grip?
The front tyres gain grip and the rear tyres lose grip.
How does accelerating effect tyre grip?
Rear tyres gain grip, and front tyres lose grip.
When should you use brakes?
When you need to make more than a gradual adjustment to speed.
