According to the manual, what does a car that has just driven into water normally do before it starts to sink?
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A.
Float for a while. Correct
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B.
Roll onto its roof.
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C.
Turn over immediately.
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D.
Fill through the vents.
The answer is "Float for a while."
The manual says the car will normally float for a while, giving you time to release the seat belt and escape. Choice C reflects movie scenes of cars flipping on impact rather than what the passage actually describes.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Roll onto its roof.
The manual credits floating, not rolling, as the initial behavior. This answer confuses a later warning about the door causing a rollover with what happens on entry.
C. Turn over immediately.
The manual describes floating first, not an immediate roll. This answer draws on dramatic movie crashes rather than the manual's plain description.
D. Fill through the vents.
The passage does not mention water entering through the vents. This answer substitutes a mechanism the passage never names for the floating step it does.
This question tests your knowledge of Emergencies in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Driving Emergencies: Going Into Water," p.66..
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