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Fatigue and Defensive Driving Practice Questions

Fatigue and defensive driving questions cover how tiredness affects your reactions and the defensive habits that keep you and other road users safe.

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On a long motorway journey boredom can cause you to feel sleepy. You should

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All 20 Fatigue and Defensive Driving questions

  1. 1. On a long motorway journey boredom can cause you to feel sleepy. You should
  2. 2. When following a large vehicle you should keep well back because this
  3. 3. When you see a hazard ahead you should use the mirrors. Why is this?
  4. 4. You are waiting to turn right at the end of a road. Your view is obstructed by parked vehicles. What should you do?
  5. 5. Under good conditions, when driving behind any vehicle, at any speed, you should
  6. 6. When driving in wet weather, your vehicle will
  7. 7. At night, if an oncoming vehicle's headlights dazzle you, you should
  8. 8. In wet weather when it becomes hard for you to see, you should
  9. 9. Why should you avoid heavy braking on a wet road?
  10. 10. When it is very foggy during the day or night and your vehicle has no fog lights, you should
  11. 11. At night, when you approach an oncoming vehicle, you should
  12. 12. You are about to move away from the kerb in your car. What is the last thing you should do before you move into traffic?
  13. 13. What is the best way to avoid hitting other vehicles, people or animals when moving off from the kerb?
  14. 14. You are planning to drive from Harare to Bulawayo with some friends. To minimise fatigue and make the trip as safe as possible you should
  15. 15. It is night time and you are driving home from the movies. You are travelling in a line of vehicles. What size gap should you leave between your vehicle and the vehicles in front of you?
  16. 16. While driving, you come across aggressive, selfish or ignorant driving behaviour by another driver. You should
  17. 17. You set out on a fairly long drive to see some friends. After a while you start feeling tired. What should you do?
  18. 18. It is important to scan while driving so you can see everything that is happening on the road. What does scanning involve?
  19. 19. Many people crash within the first few years of driving. What is the best way of learning to drive on your own without crashing?
  20. 20. Which of the following attitudes is most likely to make you a safer driver?

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