In fatal crashes that involve cars and big trucks, who does the manual say most often contributes to the cause?
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A.
The truck driver, because of the truck's longer stopping distance.
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B.
The car driver, in more than 60 percent of these crashes. Correct
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C.
Road conditions, in the majority of fatal collisions.
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D.
Both drivers share the blame roughly evenly across all crashes.
The answer is "The car driver, in more than 60 percent of these crashes."
In more than 60 percent of fatal crashes involving a car and a big truck, the car driver contributes to the cause. Drivers who assume the larger vehicle must be at fault because it takes longer to stop pick the truck-driver answer in option A; the manual's figure points the other way.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The truck driver, because of the truck's longer stopping distance.
The manual assigns cause the other direction and names the car driver in most fatal car-truck crashes. This answer assumes bigger vehicle equals bigger fault, though the manual assigns cause the other direction in most fatal car-truck crashes.
C. Road conditions, in the majority of fatal collisions.
The manual's crash-cause figure names the car driver, not the roadway. This answer reaches for road conditions because that framing leads news coverage of bad crashes, but the manual answers with a driver-fault figure.
D. Both drivers share the blame roughly evenly across all crashes.
The manual's figure sits well above half on the car driver's side, not evenly split. This answer defaults to a 50/50 split whenever two vehicles are involved, missing that the manual reports a specific number rather than a fairness assumption.
This question tests your knowledge of Sharing the Road in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Chapter 11 - Sharing the Road: Large Vehicles," p.74..
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