Trucks (lorry) «C1»
Questions Bank section: Safety
- Keeping distance has no connection to the driver’s field of vision.
- Keeping distance affects the driver’s field of vision while driving in high speeds and during stormy weather conditions only.
- The greater is the distance we keep from the vehicle in front, the better is our field of vision.
- Keeping distance affects the driver’s field of vision during traffic congestion only (“traffic jams”).
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- It is required to keep a proper distance to prevent accidents only, and it has no effect on the vehicle’s wear or fuel consumption.
- The shorter is the distance kept from the vehicle in front, the lower are both brake wear and fuel consumption.
- In order to keep proper distance from the vehicle in front you are required to constantly use the brakes, and therefore it causes quick brake wear.
- When proper distance is kept – brake wear and engine fuel consumption are reduced,
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- Driving that requires constant distance adjustments, according to the road’s conditions, and which is exhausting for the driver.
- Less stressed and relaxed driving, which doesn’t cause tiredness, and prevents risks.
- Keeping distance has no effect on the character of driving.
- A state of driving which encourages other drivers to enter into the distance which is kept in front.
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- Step on the brake pedal abruptly and continuously.
- Verify that the distance he keeps from the vehicle driving in front will allow him to brake moderately and avoid the risk of a collision from behind.
- You have nothing to do. The one driving behind is always found guilty in case of an accident.
- Accelerate immediately and increase the distance from the vehicle behind.
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- Drive as similarly as possible to the drivers in the adjacent right and left lanes,.
- The “two-second count” method.
- Vehicle length and engine volume method.
- Estimating a reasonable distance between yourself and the vehicle driving in front.
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- When driving in low speed on an urban road.
- When trucks or other heavy vehicles are in front of us.
- Never: A distance of two seconds is always sufficient.
- When visibility is poor, when driving on a slippery road or when we are tired.
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- It is permitted in a straight and level roadway only, and prohibited in any other type of road.
- Never: You are lawfully obliged to overtake only one vehicle during an overtaking maneuver, and to return to the right lane.
- When overtaking is not restricted, and there is enough space in the overtaking lane for safe completion of the overtaking maneuver.
- It is permitted when you overtake small vehicles only, and prohibited when you overtake big vehicles.
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- Is it permitted? Will I manage to complete it safely, without any doubt?.
- Does the road have a “hard shoulder”.
- Does the insurance cover the damages in case of an accident?
- What is the penalty for prohibited overtaking?
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- That the overtaking vehicle is delayed as a result of the slow driving of the vehicle in front.
- There are no conditions that justify an overtaking.
- That the difference in speed between the overtaking and the overtaken vehicles is sufficient to complete the manouver.
- That the overtaken vehicle drives slower than the maximum statutory speed.
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- Keeping distance is only required to keep distance while driving in high speeds, and when a heavy vehicle or a bus drives in front.
- Keeping distance is only required when the driver is very tired and his responses are not quick enough.
- Keeping distance prevents traffic congestion which damages road infrastructures.
- By keeping proper distance, an overtaking vehicle can enter the space in front.
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