Safe Driving Techniques

to help save lives of people in a moving vehicle who might get hurt in an accident.

It is decided by state and federal laws and the people make the laws.

It varies by country and/or state. In most areas, the person opening the door is liable for any damage.

Their operation doesn't change in any way - they work the same way on a downgrade as they do on flat ground. Now the manner in which they're used will change - occasional snub braking will be used to regulate speed on the downgrade.

Maintaining a three seconds gap - or bigger - gives you a basic chance to to brake in time to avoid rear-ending the car ahead if that car should brake suddenly.

A shorter gap doesn't leave you enough time to react to what the car ahead of you does, and make you likely to hit it, if it should brake suddenly.

Turns and speed limit.

Yes it can. It will add throttle to match what speed it was set too.

Where on your licence is it? Is it listed as the licence class, does it appear on the list of restrictions, or....? That information would be needed before this question could be answered.

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5280 feet to a mile. California stripes the road at 9 feet of white line for 15 feet of unmarked line. One cat's eye per stripe would mean 2203 per mile. Varies with installation and specific state regulations.

The cooling system on liquid-cooled cars circulates a fluid through pipes and passageways in the engine. As this liquid passes through the hot engine it absorbs heat, cooling the engine. After the fluid leaves the engine, it passes through a heat exchanger, or radiator, which transfers the heat from the fluid to the air blowing through the exchanger. The cooling system in your car has a lot of plumbing. We'll start at the pump and work our way through the system. The pump sends the fluid into the engine block, where it makes its way through passages in the engine around the cylinders. Then it returns through the cylinder head of the engine. The thermostat is located where the fluid leaves the engine. The plumbing around the thermostat sends the fluid back to the pump directly if the thermostat is closed. If it is open, the fluid goes through the radiator first and then back to the pump. There is also a separate circuit for the heating system. This circuit takes fluid from the cylinder head and passes it through a heater core and then back to the pump.

It all depends on the actual car itself and how you take care of your car. I recommend that you refer to your service manual for more details.

The way you do it is when you attach the flag to the halyard, raise it all the way up and hesitate for a second before you bring it down to half-staff. If it is already up, simply bring it down to half-staff. You never attach the flag to the halyard and simply raise it to half-staff. It always goes to the top first.

Railroad tracks, tunnels, or intersections.

It depends upon the brand or model of heater. As a general rule, most salamanders or heaters can use either. You just have to try it and see. If it doesn't work and smokes a lot, you drain it out and resort to kerosene again.

That would be cheating!

The Cardington Special Test Report looks like a print out of the results from your driving test with a grade A-D on it.

Just let the car pass. It may be wrong for this car to try to pass you, however, it is not up to you to enforce driving laws. Your only concern is to avoid having an accident.

If every road user just followed the rules of the roads there would be no road rage. Obeying traffic signs and signals as well as road line markings is a good place to start. Stick to the speed limit and just be nice!

Yes, its true. I had driver's ed, and my teacher explained to us the mechanics.

No. They have annual medical examinations to prove fitness to drive already. Consider the restrictions you would want the authorities to insist you obeyed, if and when you become an elderly driver.

I believe the 4wd unit (or transfer case) must be in gear. If your vehicle has an owners manual, the answer is there. Also, there should be some indication, via a sticker on the dash or a diagram engraved directly on the 4wd shift lever, of which way to move the shift lever to engage it with a particular gear. For instance, on some vehicles, if the 4wd shift lever is all the way forward it will be in 2wd HI. All the way back might be 4wd HI. And half way back might be 4wd low.

Get out of their blind spot...

Turned so that your car will roll OFF the roadway if it rolls at all.