Cars & Transportation: Safety: “Question: Who has the right of way?” plus 5 more |
- Question: Who has the right of way?
- Question: Do you put your foot on the brake when reversing?
- Question: If a person fall asleep at the wheel and runs into a wall at a high rate of speed, dying instantly...?
- Question: How many hours should I practice parking for my road test?
- Question: What does swaying your car mean? A road rage incident?
- Question: Could I get a ticket from the traffic cameras?
| Question: Who has the right of way? Posted: 20 Aug 2015 03:07 PM PDT Best Answer: The basic rule is first come, first served. However, sometimes according to other drivers or situations, the rule has to be modified. So if I get to the stop first, I should go first as long as no other cars are trying to go at the same time. Make sure it's obvious that you're watching for what other cars are doing too, rather than just blindly following rules. If you get there at the same time as someone else, you can communicate with hand signals sort of. I usually let them go first, meaning I just wave at them to go ahead. If they wave you to go ahead, just go, and you can even politely wave a thank you as you pass. If you get in that awkward situation where you've both waved each other ahead at the same time and are at a standstill, watch their car to see if they look like they intend on moving. If not, creep forward, still watching their car (just in case they've changed their mind), and go (or yield if they decided to go after all). Source(s): Asker's rating
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| Posted: 20 Aug 2015 12:51 PM PDT In general, people whose muscles are relaxed during a crash tend to fare better than those who tense up beforehand, expecting the impact. This is why you hear horror stories about people dying in a collision involving a drunken driver, but the drunk ends up with minor injuries and a vehicular manslaughter charge. So your protagonist might fall asleep at the wheel or pass out, but they'll likely slump down over the wheel or back against the B-pillar of the vehicle. At that point, it's down to physics. Size of the person, the kind of car you put them in, any applicable safety equipment, the angle at which they hit the wall, and whether the car erupts into a giant fireball afterwards. As a fellow writer, I found this question interesting enough that I texted a friend of mine who is an EMT and responds to traffic accidents, and she said that the police in our jurisdiction would not make that kind of a call at the scene. They would collect all the evidence and wait for the coroner's findings before coming to a conclusion. Of course, in the world of Jerry Bruckheimer's CSI, you just have to wait an hour and you have all the answers. So there's that. |
| Question: How many hours should I practice parking for my road test? Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:10 AM PDT Yes, the parking maneuver is a modified version of parallel parking. It is a skill all should know, even if it isn't used very often - and some new cars are able to do it automatically. You should practice driving between 40-80 hours, focusing each practice session on certain maneuvers, while touching on others. Parking is a once and done, but if you mess up, the test is over, with failure. The more you practice, using the proper techniques, the more it becomes an automatic reaction, not just to do it, but knowing why you do it, and what you're looking for when you look, or make a certain movement. The more you do them, the better you get. The lessons are not just to pass the test, but to become good enough, while under supervision, to be ready to do it on your own, after you get your license, and continue those activities until you no longer drive, perhaps at the end of your life. These are not trivial activities, but things to do, for the safety of yourself, your passengers, and others driving, walking or doing other things around where you're driving. |
| Question: What does swaying your car mean? A road rage incident? Posted: 20 Aug 2015 06:05 AM PDT Hello Swaying is another word for swerving. Normally not as bad, Going from one edge of a lane to the other rather than from one lane to another lane Andy C |
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