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How the weight of the vehicle affects stopping distance?

Fully loaded trucks take longer to stop or the buses loaded with passengers take less distance than empty ones.
If brakes work the same no matter what is the weight of the vehicle for both trucks and buses.
Empty trucks take longer to stop than if loaded, but this is not the normally case for buses.

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When you are starting to move up a hill from a stop:

Release the parking brakes as you apply engine power.
Engage the clutch and accelerate quickly.
Keep the trailer brake hand valve applied until you reach 20 mph.

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What is a true about using a heater?

You must have at least one extra heater such as a mirror heater, battery pack heater or fuel tank heater when a temperature drops below freezing point.
If you feel sleepy, warming of your cab with the heater will help you stay alert.
When driving at winter weather, you should check that the heater is working properly before starting your trip.

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Why a damage of exhaust system is a danger?

Noise can damage the driver’s ears.
Poisonous fumes can enter into the cab or sleeping compartment.
You can pollute the air with the exhaust smoke.

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Which of these s NOT a danger when an automatic transmission is forced into a low gear at high speed?

A loss of engine braking effect.
Damage to the transmission.
A loss of steering control.

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Perception distance is the distance your vehicle travels from the time:

Your eyes see a hazard to the time your foot pushes to the brake pedal.
The brain tells the foot to push the brake pedal to time the foot responses.
The eyes see a hazard to the time the brain knows that this is a hazard.

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Extra care is needed to keep your vehicle centered in your lane because commercial vehicles:

Require a lot of room to change lane.
Are often wider than other vehicles.
Tend to sway from time to time.

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You should lightly apply your brakes to flash the brake lights if:

You are about to exit the road and need to slow down.
A police car is approaching you from the other direction.
A driver tailgates your vehicle.

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Merging to the road is safest if you:

Gain speed on the shoulder and then merge.
Wait for a large enough gap in the traffic to enter the road.
Bend over into the nearest lane so the other vehicles will give you room.

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Which of these s NOT something you should do if your headlights are not working properly?

Leave on your high beams.
Clean your headlights.
Adjust headlights.

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Which of the statement about backing a heavy vehicle is NOT true?

You should back and turn toward the drivers side whenever it is possible.
You should use a helper and communicate with him with hand signals.
Because you cannot see you should back slowly until you slightly bumped into the dock.

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The distance that you should look ahead of your vehicle while driving is about ____ at low speed.

1/2 blocks.
1 block.
2 blocks.

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Which of these is correct about emergency or evasive action?

In order to turn quickly you must have a firm grip on the steering wheel.
You can stop more quickly than you can turn to miss obstacles.
Stopping is always the safest thing to do in a traffic emergency.

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