Exam 36اِگزیم

When driving in heavy rain or downpour with our vehicle, we must first brake more gently to prevent the wheels from skidding, since the grip of the wet road will be less than if it were dry.

We will also moderate our speed to have more reaction time, even stopping the vehicle if necessary, and we will leave a greater safety distance with the vehicle in front of us to avoid a possible collision.

If the downpour is very intense, we will stop the vehicle and look for a safe place to park until it passes, leaving the parking lights on.

The vast majority of traffic accidents can be avoided if you pay attention to traffic, don’t engage in dangerous behavior, maintain the vehicle correctly, avoid risk factors at the wheel and avoid making unpredictable and imprudent actions that could result in a traffic accident.

When we prepare to choose a child restraint device we must take into account both the height and weight of the child who will use it, always adapting it to each case and without acquiring larger sizes than they need.

These child restraint systems are divided into 3 groups, being group 0 and 0+ indicated for new born up to 13 kilograms, group 1 from 9 to 18 kilograms, and group 2 and 3 from 15 to 36 kilograms.

For efficient driving that causes a minimal amount of pollution, drivers should follow a series of guidelines that will save energy and reduce vehicle emissions. Among other things, you should avoid to the extent possible abrupt acceleration and unnecessary braking, drive at a consistent speed whenever possible, and turn on the engine without stepping on the accelerator pedal.

Road works that may pose a danger to road users must always be signposted and marked with road markings, for example, to ensure their safety and that of the road workers.

In the case of the yellow road markings in the image, they will inform of the existence of the works, they will order the circulation and the vehicles will have to follow these yellow road markings and not the white ones when circulating through a works zone.

If we are traveling on a road with a roundabout, island or similar feature, we must go around it to carry out a turn, following the traffic flow, even if there’s no sign indicating this, unless there’s another signalling indicating the opposite.

Drivers of passenger cars, buses and trucks with MAM greater than 3500 kg, non-agricultural conjoined vehicles and the drivers and auxiliary personnel of escort vehicles are required to wear an approved high-visibility reflective vest when they exit the vehicle and occupy the roadway or shoulder of interurban roads.

A round yellow fixed traffic light means that the drivers must stop under security conditions as if it was a red light, unless if it’s unable to do so safely. If, instead, there is an intermittent yellow light, we must extreme cation and give way if necessary.

Motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, quadricycles, quads, three-wheeled motorcycles and light quadricycles which are more than 5 years old must pass the MOT technical inspection every two years. They must pass the first technical inspection 4 years from the date of their first registration, and from that first inspection, they must pass the MOT every two years for the entire life of the vehicle.

The different causes of traffic accidents among novice drivers (who have had their driver’s license for less than one year) include less risk perception, taking more risks than other drivers, and not observing traffic rules.

When you drive with the front airbag system activated, you should situate yourself at a distance of 10- 25 centimeters from the steering wheel so that, in case of collision, the airbag does not abruptly impact your face and so it works effectively. In any case, your distance from the steering wheel should never be less than 10 centimeters.

A load which overhangs from the back of a vehicle must always be signalled, both during the day and at night, using a red and white diagonally striped panel that should be placed on the rear-most part of the load, in addition to a red light. During the day, only the striped panel must be used, while the red light is only obligatory at night.

Elderly people may have greater difficulties as pedestrians than someone younger, as they may suffer from orientation problems and unfamiliarity with the roads they travel on.

Also elderly have to their credit the fact that they are very respectful of traffic rules, do not exceed the speed limit, do not drink alcohol, but nevertheless suffer more accidents as a result of the loss of their psychomotor abilities.

When making a long trip in a vehicle, you should stop to rest for 20 to 30 minutes every 2 hours of driving or every 200 kilometers. In this way, you will prevent getting sleepy or fatigued behind the wheel.

When at a narrow pass without signs expressly indicating priority, as a general rule the vehicle that has entered first will have right of way. When there are doubts as to who entered first, preference will be given to the vehicle that has greater difficulty going into reverse.

Whenever you intend to overtake on urban roads or within town limits, the driver of the overtaking vehicle is always required to leave a safe lateral separation proportional to their speed and the width and characteristics of the road.

Road users, including drivers of vehicles, are required to act in a way that does not unduly hinder traffic or cause danger, harm or unnecessary inconvenience to the other people and animals traveling on the road. This is why you should always be attentive to your driving and avoid possible distractions so that you do not endanger yourself or others on the road.

The complementary panel S-821 (S-820 if pointing to the left), placed underneath a vertical prohibition sign, indicates the distance that the prohibition applies in the direction of the arrow (in this case, to the right).

Young, newly licensed drivers, because of their limited driving experience and misunderstand traffic situations.

Young drivers overestimate their driving abilities or skills and their driving capacity more than adults and this creates dangerous situations.
Many young drivers show deficiencies in their personal maturity and this increases the likelihood of traffic accident.

Driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs, narcotics or psychotropic substances is defined as the crime of driving a motor vehicle or moped under the influence of such substances.

Also driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is one of the different offenses regulated within the crimes against road safety. Specifically, it is included in the Penal Code, in Art. 379, paragraph 2 and it’s not just a financial penalty.

There are three main risk factors involved in every traffic situation: the vehicle, the road and environment, and the driver. As for the vehicle risk factor, this can be reduced by doing period checks and maintenance work on the vehicle in order to prevent technical failures or breakdowns.

In those intersections where the right-of-way is not signalled, the Traffic Regulations establish that, in the absence of a sign regulating the right-of-way, the driver is always obliged to yield the right-of- way to all vehicles approaching from the right.
In this case, the motorcycle must yield to the red car on its right, and the red car must yield to the truck, which will be the first to pass at this intersection.

Drivers of vehicles shall always be obliged to warn other road users when they intend to make a lateral or reverse movement with their vehicle. These optical warnings may be made with the direction indicator light on each side or with the driver’s left arm.

We should stop at a crosswalk when the pedestrian is crossing, when he shows his intention to cross, or when we see him heading towards the crosswalk and we suspect that he intends to cross.

The maximum speed limit on motorways and dual carriageway for passenger cars towing a light trailer (whose maximum mass is less than or equal to 750 kilograms) will be 90 kilometers per hour, and 80 kilometers per hour in the case of towing a non-light trailer (with a maximum authorized mass greater than 750 kilograms).

Driving our vehicle with thick clothes or coats like the one in the image reduces the effectiveness of the seat belt in case of an accident.

This is because the seat belt will not tighten or fit tightly enough to the body with such thick clothing, and in the event of sudden braking, the false barrier created by the coat may cause the seat belt not to hold the occupant correctly.

The most common injuries suffered by cyclists when hit by a car are all over the body and the extremities, such as legs and arms. However, here we are referring to the most serious injuries, which affect the head, especially when riding without a helmet.

Driving while wearing thick clothing or coats as in the image reduces the effectiveness of the seat belt in the case of an accident. This is because the seat belt will not fit close enough to the body, and in the case of an abrupt stop, the barrier created by the coat can prevent the seat belt from correctly restraining the occupant.

Complementary panel, distance to beginning of hazard or instruction, S-800, shown in the image, indicates the distance from the place where the sign is located to the place where the hazard or instruction indicated on the sign begins. If it is placed below a hazard warning sign for a narrowing of the road, it may indicate the available width of the narrow section. In this case, it states that you will reach a section of road with an irregular surface in 10 meters.

The vertical instruction sign S-64 shown in the image indicates that you are on a road with a bike lane or cycle route next to the roadway, and, within the sign, the lane over which the cycle lane sign is placed can only be used by cycles and bicycles. The number of arrows, in this case 3, indicates the number of lanes on the roadway in each direction.