The Florida manual lists rules for when a crash is unavoidable. Which of the following does it prefer?
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A.
Hitting a stationary object over a vehicle coming at you Correct
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B.
Staying on the pavement over driving off the road
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C.
Hitting a solid object like a tree over a garden hedge
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D.
Hitting a vehicle head-on over one moving your way
The answer is "Hitting a stationary object over a vehicle coming at you"
The manual ranks the choices explicitly: it is better to hit something that is not moving than a vehicle coming toward you. Choice B tempts drivers who remember 'never leave the road' from teen driver classes, but the manual actually prefers driving off the road over skidding off the road, and prefers a fixed object over an oncoming vehicle.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Staying on the pavement over driving off the road
The manual prefers driving off the road to skidding off the road and to swerving into oncoming traffic. This answer applies the general 'stay on the road' habit rather than the manual's specific ranking of crash options.
C. Hitting a solid object like a tree over a garden hedge
The manual prefers hitting a 'soft object' like a hedge over a solid object like a tree. This answer reverses the manual's soft-object preference, perhaps recalling that trees feel more predictable than shrubs.
D. Hitting a vehicle head-on over one moving your way
The manual prefers hitting a vehicle moving in the same direction as you over a head-on crash. This answer half-remembers the same-direction preference as its opposite, since 'head-on' sticks in memory as the vivid option.
This question tests your knowledge of Emergencies in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Handling Emergencies - Defensive Driving," p.75..
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