What specific vision problem does the manual say alcohol worsens when driving at night?
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A.
Ability to see the edge of the roadway.
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B.
Ability to read overhead exit signs.
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C.
Ability to recover from the glare of headlights. Correct
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D.
Ability to see red brake lights ahead.
The answer is "Ability to recover from the glare of headlights."
The manual singles out one night-vision problem alcohol worsens: your ability to recover from the glare of oncoming headlights. The trap is A: drivers remember general vision loss from alcohol and assume roadway-edge vision is what the manual names at night, but the specific effect called out here is glare recovery.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Ability to see the edge of the roadway.
The manual's night-vision effect is glare recovery, not edge-of-road vision. This answer substitutes a general loss of peripheral vision, because that is the effect most drivers first remember about alcohol.
B. Ability to read overhead exit signs.
Sign reading is not the effect named in the alcohol section. This answer reads a sign-visibility question into the specific night-vision hazard the alcohol chapter names.
D. Ability to see red brake lights ahead.
The manual does not list brake-light visibility among alcohol's night effects. This answer fills in a plausible night hazard without checking whether the manual actually names it.
This question tests your knowledge of Defensive Driving in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "What Alcohol Does," p.54..
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