Where should you look when you are backing in a straight line?

To practice backing the vehicle in a straight line, have your teen:

check all areas behind the vehicle prior to and while backing;

pivot the heel, place the right foot on the brake, and shift to reverse;

grasp the steering wheel at 12 o’clock with the left hand;

look over right shoulder through the back window;

What is the last thing a driver should do just before accelerating away from a right curb to enter traffic?

Keep firm pressure on the brake pedal every time you shift to drive. Before entering traffic from the curb, what should you do? Use the left turn signal to alert other drivers. Check mirrors again.

How do you know when to adjust speed or position?

Study for Driving from the Ch. 1 Test B sheet

Question	Answer
What IPDE step do you use when you apply the brakes to stop?	execute
When you determine how to adjust speed or position, which IPDE step are you using?	decide
What must a driver do first to process traffic information accurately?	identify

Question

Answer

What IPDE step do you use when you apply the brakes to stop?

execute

When you determine how to adjust speed or position, which IPDE step are you using?

decide

What must a driver do first to process traffic information accurately?

identify

Why do you need to be prepared for changes in your immediate range?

About 20-30 seconds in front of you. Why do you need to be prepared for changes in your immediate range? Your response time is much slower. Counting seconds from when the driver in front of you passes an object until you pass it.

What can a driver do to avoid or recover from glare?

What can a driver do to avoid or recover from glare? (1 point) Squint and glance to the side. Speed up and change lanes. Turn on high-beam headlights.

What is the space your vehicle will occupy?

Professor Frederik R. A zone is an area of space around a vehicle that is the width of a lane and extends as far as the driver can see. The vehicle occupies the central area, or Zone 7. Each area must be managed in order to reduce risk of collision.

What is a turnabout?

1a : a change or reversal of direction, trend, policy, role, or character. b : a changing from one allegiance to another.

Where should you look when you are backing in a straight line?

To practice backing the vehicle in a straight line, have your teen:

check all areas behind the vehicle prior to and while backing;
pivot the heel, place the right foot on the brake, and shift to reverse;
grasp the steering wheel at 12 o’clock with the left hand;
look over right shoulder through the back window;

When reversing straight back How should you look at your path of travel?

When reversing straight back, how should you look at your path of travel? Look over your right shoulder. You may make a right turn on a red light if no sign prohibits it . . . After stopping completely then proceeding when it is safe.

When backing and turning you should look in the direction you are turning?

To back to the right, the driver will need to steer left. The accepted procedure for backing straight is to place the left hand on the steering wheel at the 12 o’clock position and look over the right shoulder. When backing and turning, you should look in the direction you are turning.

How should your body be positioned when backing?

Turn your head and body to the right until you can see clearly through the back window. To improve balance, a drivers right arm can be draped over the back of the seat. The left hand grips the steering wheel near the top and turns it in the direction a driver wants the vehicle to go.

What is the proper hand and body position for straight backing?

What is the proper hand and body position for straight backing? The motorist’s right hand and arm should be placed over the back of the front passenger; the left hand should grasp the top of the steering wheel.

Do you need to signal when backing around a corner?

2. Prepare the Car. Before stopping on the left, check your main mirror, your left mirror and signal to the left, just as you would normally park up. Signal around halfway across the junction – do not signal too early as it’ll confuse road users believing you are making the turn.

When should you signal in town?

You can signal with your hand and arm or with your vehicle’s turn signals and brake lights. You should signal at least 100 feet before you turn so the other drivers can be ready.

How many seconds before you turn should you signal?

If you’re turning right or left in traffic, changing lanes or merging, you must signal at least 100 feet before you make your move. At 60mph, that’s going to be about 1.2 seconds.

What might block your line of sight?

Your line of sight is the visible path of travel from your vehicle to the target area. This line can be blocked by a curve, the crest of a hill, a wooded area, a large truck, etc.

What is the area you can see around you called?

field of vision

What is the first step to the zone control system?

The Zone Control System monitors six zones, left-front, front, right-front, left- rear, rear, and right-rear. It consists of three steps: 1) See a zone change, 2) Check other zones, 3) Create time and space by getting the best speed control, lane position, and communication.

What are the six Zone locations around a vehicle?

There are six areas of space around a vehicle: front left, front, front right, rear left, rear, and rear right.

What does the R in safer stand for?

SAFER stands for Space, Attitude, Foresight, Eyesight and Responsibility.

What is a zone around your vehicle that is unencumbered called?

Line of sight is the path of travel from the starting position of the vehicle to the target area. So, a zone around your vehicle that is unencumbered is called an open zone.

What are the two types of fields of vision?

Our eyes provide two types of visions: Central vision. Peripheral or side vision.