Your windshield wipers stop working in a heavy Nevada rainstorm. What does the manual say to do?
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A.
Speed up to reach your destination before the rain worsens.
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B.
Turn on the interior lights so you can see better through the glass.
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C.
Slow down, lower the window, and put your head out so you can see. Correct
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D.
Stop right where you are in the lane and turn on the flashers.
The answer is "Slow down, lower the window, and put your head out so you can see."
The manual's answer is direct: slow down, drop the window, and put your head out until you can move safely off the highway. Interior lights would make the reflection problem worse, not better; stopping in an active lane invites a rear-end crash from the following traffic that also has degraded visibility; speeding up compounds the exact problem the driver just lost the ability to see through.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Speed up to reach your destination before the rain worsens.
Increases risk in reduced visibility; the manual's instruction is to slow down, not accelerate. This answer inverts the manual's slow-down instruction into speeding up.
B. Turn on the interior lights so you can see better through the glass.
Interior lights add reflection on the windshield and worsen the visibility problem. This answer confuses interior lighting with the manual's window-open remedy.
D. Stop right where you are in the lane and turn on the flashers.
Stopping in an active traffic lane invites a rear-end crash and is not what the manual instructs. This answer skips the manual's slow-down-and-move-off-the-highway step and stops in the lane instead.
This question tests your knowledge of Adverse Conditions in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Chapter 5 - Special Driving Conditions: Driving Emergencies (Windshield Wipers Fail)," p.58..
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