Exam 34اِگزیم

Consumption of stimulant substances, such as coffee or tea, by the driver of a vehicle who is drowsy, may be more dangerous than helpful for overcoming sleep. These stimulants can be useful in the short term in certain situations, but once the effects wear off there can be a rebound effect, with drowsiness appearing suddenly and catching the driver off guard.

Most traffic accidents can be avoided if we consider all the risk factors: vehicle condition, physical condition of the driver or weather conditions for example. When an accident is caused by a mechanical failure, it’s in many cases avoidable if we keep a regular servicing and maintenance of the vehicle.

Passenger cars must always be fitted with at least two rear-view mirrors and must in any case be driven with the left rear-view mirror. The right and central mirrors are optional but recommended and at least one of them must accompany the left mirror. Therefore, the car in the image may only be driven with the left mirror and the central interior mirror.

Traffic regulations prohibit all types of vehicles from driving with any door open, and from opening a door before the vehicle has come to a complete stop. Also, you must not get out of the vehicle before first checking that opening the door will not create a hazard or obstacle for other road users.

As your driving speed increases, it becomes more difficult to drive safely because your ability to control the vehicle decreases with increasing speed. In addition, excessive and inappropriate speed will prevent you from being able to control your vehicle in problematic situations.

The vertical prohibition or restriction sign R-308 shown in the image prohibits parking for all types of vehicles on the side of the road where the sign is placed. This sign does not prohibit stopping, and the prohibition begins at the placement of the sign and ends at the next intersection.

Police, firefighting, civil protection and rescue and emergency medical vehicles, public or private, driving in emergency service, will warn of their presence using both special light signals and acoustic signals. Exceptionally, they may use only the light signals to warn that they are driving in emergency service when the absence of acoustic signals does not present a danger to the other road users. In any case, when they are driving in emergency service, you must give way and facilitate their passing.

Yes, in the rear-vision mirrors, so that lights must be dipped: Correct
High beam headlights can cause glare not only to vehicles facing you but also to vehicles traveling in front of you, especially in their rear-view mirrors. The intense light from high beams can make it difficult for drivers in front to see clearly, causing discomfort and impairing their ability to drive safely. As a result, drivers are typically required to dip their headlights when approaching other vehicles from behind to avoid causing glare.
No, glare is caused only to facing vehicles: It is incorrect While high beam headlights do cause glare to oncoming vehicles, they can also affect vehicles in front of you through the rear-view mirrors. The glare is not limited to only facing vehicles.
Yes, reflected off the road: It is incorrect While high beam headlights can cause glare when reflected off surfaces like the road, the primary concern in this context is the glare experienced by vehicles in front through their rear-view mirrors, which is why headlights should be dipped when following or approaching other vehicles.

Article 65 of the Road Traffic Regulations establishes that drivers have priority of way for their vehicles, with respect to pedestrians, except when they are going to turn with their vehicle to enter another road and there are pedestrians crossing it, even if there is no signalled pedestrian crossing. In that case, it will be the pedestrians who have the priority.

In the case of drivers of vehicles designed for transport of goods with a maximum authorized mass greater than 3500 kilograms, vehicles designed for transport of passengers with more than nine seats, or public service, school or child transport, transport of dangerous goods, or emergency service or special transportation, drivers may not drive with a blood alcohol level above 0.3 grams per litre, or above 0.15 milligrams per litre of exhaled air.

It is very important to correctly place the seat belt in a vehicle to prevent injury to its occupants. If the chest strap is placed over the neck or above the chest, it can cause severe injuries if it engages during an accident. Likewise, the lap strap should be placed over the hip bones, below the passenger’s abdomen, because if it is placed directly over the abdomen, there is a risk of serious injuries during a potential accident.

Distractions tend to appear more easily, provided that while driving we check that the road environment is monotonous and that we are in conditions with light traffic, since it is the changing environment that makes us alert, thus avoiding distractions and the onset of drowsiness.

A police officer moving his outstretched arm up and down indicates that all vehicles approaching to him in the lane signalled by the arm must reduce their speed. If the officer has both arms outstretched but stopped, or one arm raised vertically this will indicate that we must stop our vehicle.

Sleepiness at the wheel causes a decrease in the alertness needed for driving, making the driver take more risks and engage in more reckless behavior. This is why, to avoid fatigue and sleepiness at the wheel, you should make frequent stops to rest every two hours or every 200-300 kilometers driven.

The use of VAO lanes (HOV in English) enabled to improve traffic flow on a road will be limited to motorcycles, passenger cars and adaptable mixed vehicles of less than 3,500 kilograms of MMA and provided that they are not towing a trailer following the conditions set for their use.

Preventive driving is based on three basic principles: Vision, anticipation and space management. Anticipation techniques allow us, among others, to react to obstacles with sufficient time to avoid risks and to adapt the speed of our vehicle to stop it in time. In addition, vision techniques require the driver to look ahead to the area in which he or she will be in in about 15 seconds.

Cannabis has a serious effect of altering and distorting the perception of time and space, reducing attention and capacity for self-control, causing an increase in reaction time and causing drowsiness. It will also reduce their ability to concentrate.

The main purpose of our vehicle’s front fog light is to increase illumination at the front of the road when vehicles are driving and we must switch them on with adverse weather conditions that reduce visibility, such as fog, heavy rain, snow, smoke or dust clouds.

Whenever we perform the reverse manoeuvre as a complement to others such as stopping or parking. First make sure that we can do it without being danger to other road users, helping ourselves with the indications of other people, if necessary. The maximum distance we can drive backwards is 15 metres.

A continuous white line that is wider than the others can indicate the existence of a special lane on the roadway, and vehicles traveling in that special lane may cross the continuous line with caution when required for a manoeuvre or to reach their intended destination.

Distractions can cause up to 40% of traffic accidents, being the risk factor that has increased the most in recent years. They occur more frequently on the road, especially on highways and freeways, due to their monotonous nature.

When you are about to start a trip, you should first correctly adjust the headrest for all occupants, adjusting the seat so that the distance between the head and the headrest is as small as possible and no more than 4 centimeters. Also, make sure that the head’s center of gravity, at eye level, is level with the center of the headrest.

Whenever you want to warn of your intention to perform a manoeuvre, you may use acoustic signals and arm signals to warn the other users on the road, provided these signals are perceptible to the other users. Signals made with the arm prevail over acoustic and light signals, and will override any contradictory optical signal.

The vertical prohibition sign R-308C that we see in the image, indicates that parking will be prohibited on the side of the road where this sign is located, from 9 am on the 1st of each month until 9 am on the 16th, that is to say, parking will be prohibited during the first fortnight of the month. This sign does not prohibit stopping.

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers road traffic accidents to be a priority public health problem at the global level and that road accidents will be among the leading causes of death among the youngest.

On two-way urban roads, when you need to park your vehicle on the roadway or on the shoulder, you should situate your vehicle as close as possible to the right edge in the direction you are travelling. If, on the other hand, the road was one-way, you could also park your vehicle on the left side of the road.

According to traffic regulations, it is completely prohibited to park or stop in lanes designated exclusively for urban public transport, or those reserved for bicycles. In addition, stopping or parking in lanes designated for urban public transport is considered a serious infraction and may be sanctioned with fines up to 200 euros.

Spanish traffic law establishes that under no circumstances is it permitted to exceed the speed limit established on motorways, dual carriageway and in the city, not even to overtake another vehicle.

Statistics collected by traffic authorities indicate that the use of seat belts halves the risk of death in the event of a traffic accident and protects vehicle occupants from being thrown out of the vehicle and hitting the windscreen.

If the driver of a vehicle passes an exit on a motorway or dual carriageway, he/she must not back up or reverse under any circumstances as this is prohibited and is liable to a fine of 200 euros and 4 points off the driver’s license.

In addition, this recklessness will endanger his own life and that of the other occupants of the vehicles circulating on these types of roads.