Test your driving knowledge

 

- First published in Feb. 28, 2011 Fleet Safety Newsletter

As driver educators we hear many myths about driving rules and procedures, as a professional fleet driver can you answer these basic questions?

  1. Travelling 50km/h on an icy snow covered road that is posted at maximum 50km/h would be considered legal. True or False?
  2. A shopping mall parking lot is considered a highway.
    True or False?
  3. If no traffic is approaching, a U-turn is permitted in an urban area on a roadway in between intersections.
    True or False?
  4. Most collisions in Alberta happen on wet road surfaces. True or False?
  5. Unless otherwise posted, you should stop directly behind the stop sign when stopping for a stop sign. True or False?
  6. A slow moving vehicle sign must be placed on all vehicles driven on a highway that are not capable of maintaining a speed over 50km/h. True or False?

 

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Check your answers

  1. False: Speed limits do not indicate the speed you should travel. Speed limits are the maximum speeds permitted if conditions are favourable. Any speed which is unsafe under the prevailing conditions is illegal.
  2. True: A "highway" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane, alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestleway or other place or any part of any of them, whether publicly or privately owned, that the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the passage or parking of vehicles.
  1. False: A U-turn is not permitted in an urban area on a roadway in between intersections or at an alley intersection or at an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal.
  2. False: Almost 60% of all casualty collisions in Alberta occur when surface conditions are dry.
  3. False: Stop at the stop line before a marked crosswalk or where there is no stop line, stop before the marked crosswalk and if there is no stop line or marked crosswalk at the intersection, you must stop within three metres of the intersecting roadway.
  4. False: A slow moving vehicle sign must be placed on all vehicles driven on a highway that are not capable of maintaining a speed over 40km/h.

 

You have now completed the quiz. How did you stack up?

·  If you scored between 5 and 6 correct you are a very knowledgeable driver.

·  If you scored between 3 and 4 correct you need to review the Alberta Driver’s handbook

·  If you had 2 or less questions correct or you had trouble answering these questions, you can learn more about proactive driving and avoiding a collision by taking the AMA Fleet Proactive Defensive Driver course.