Florida Traffic School Online (4-Hour BDI) Exam Answers

Hydroplaning is best controlled when you speed up and make drastic control inputs.

False

When you consider maintaining your car, you should check:

all of the above

Developing appropriate attitudes depends on making a personal commitment to change attitudes that are unsafe.

True

As the amount of alcohol you consume increases, your ability to safely drive:

decreases

If you should add one second of following distance for each environmental factor, how many seconds should you add for nighttime, rain and fog?

three seconds

Heavier vehicles and vehicles traveling in combination with other vehicles have _______ stopping distances.

longer

In the United States, overall, the cost of speeding did not contribute to the cost of crashes.

false

You are at higher risk for having a collision when you are sleep deprived.

true

You are at higher risk for having a collision when you drive long distance without a rest break.

true

Collisions do not just happen by chance – they are a consequence of ___________ driving practices.

unsafe

Regardless of your size and weight, it takes your liver about ____ hour(s) to remove one drink from your system.

one

I do not need to wear a safety belt. I can brace myself in a crash.

false

When you are making a right turn on red, you are required to ______ the right of way to the pedestrian.

yield

Aggressively scanning the road and slower speed gives you a better chance to avoid a collision with a child.

true

You are not at higher risk for having a collision when you drive alone.

false

Driving after drinking _______ the risk of bodily harm in the result of a collision.

increases

A ______________ is a type of drug that induces a soothing, lulling or dulling affect

Narcotic

Theoretically speaking, if you are convicted of DUI, the penalties incurred can lead to the cost of "one" beer mounting to somewhere in the neighborhood of $8,000.

true

The most dangerous traffic situation to avoid is a head-on collision.

ture

In the first tenth of a second in a collision, the vehicle and everything inside the vehicle are going at different speeds.

false

The safety belt should be fastened _________ across the hips

snug

I do not need to wear a safety belt if I am only going to the shopping center.

false

You should also increase your following distance for traffic conditions.

true

If the tailgater persists, go to a well-lighted public place or police station and pull off the road.

true

No vehicle should pass when the view is obstructed within 100 feet of any:

all of the above

You may pass a vehicle on the right if the vehicle is making a left hand turn with an unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more vehicles in the direction of travel.

true

Highway off-ramps and merging lanes are for exiting the highway and merging.

true

Some of the safety equipment that is required on your vehicle are:

all of the above

For a _____ conviction of a DUI you could be sentenced to 12 hours of DUI school.

first

The driver can be fined for each unrestrained child in the vehicle and the minimum fine is $58.80.

false

Know your limits. If a problem is beyond control and cannot be changed at the moment, don’t fight the situation.

true

What emotional reactions can crashes trigger in you?

all of the above

When you are nervous, angry, or upset, one of the ways to release the pressure is by:

Exercise or physical activity

A carbonated drink is absorbed slower by the body because of the carbonation

false

In the synergistic effect, each drug compounds the effect of the other, further altering the driver’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle

true

Some of the factors used to approximate the value of loss for crashes are

all of the above

The safe designated driver is the person who has _______ drinks

no

Recent NHTSA research reports that an estimated ________ lives are saved by air bags each year:

1,500

When driving in windy weather, you want to drive in a crosswind situation.

false

When traveling, you should adjust your driving speed to take into consideration the surroundings you are driving through.

true