Vehicle trouble forces you to stop and you cannot get completely off the road. Where should you stop?
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A.
Just around the next curve so drivers slow before the turn
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B.
On the shoulder just past the crest of the next hill
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C.
Where people can see you and your vehicle from behind Correct
The answer is "Where people can see you and your vehicle from behind"
The manual says to stop where drivers behind you can see you and your vehicle. Choices A and B name the exact spots the manual warns against, hills and curves, because a driver reasons that reduced traffic speed there works in their favor; the manual's point is the opposite, since a vehicle hidden by terrain is what triggers the next collision.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Just around the next curve so drivers slow before the turn
The manual explicitly warns against stopping just around a curve because trailing drivers lose sight of the vehicle in time to react. This answer reasons that traffic already slows for a curve, missing that the sight-distance loss is the actual danger.
B. On the shoulder just past the crest of the next hill
The manual warns against stopping just over a hill for the same sight-distance reason it warns against curves. This answer treats the crest as an alert to approaching drivers, when in fact the vehicle stays invisible until the last moment.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "Using Your Emergency Flashers," p.12..
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