The manual says inattentive drivers more often fail to do what?
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A.
Recognize potential hazards such as pedestrians or debris in the road. Correct
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B.
Turn on their headlights at dusk or in bad weather.
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C.
Check the fuel gauge and other dashboard indicators.
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D.
Notice speed limit changes as they enter new zones.
The answer is "Recognize potential hazards such as pedestrians or debris in the road."
Missing hazards is one of the three named effects of distraction. The manual names pedestrians and debris in the road as the specific things drivers stop noticing. Choice D is the trap for a reader who assumes hazard means anything visual on the road, and picks speed-limit signs because they are the most familiar 'thing you have to watch for.' Speed-limit awareness is not what the manual is measuring here.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Turn on their headlights at dusk or in bad weather.
Headlight timing is a separate rule and not part of the manual's distraction paragraph. This answer confuses lighting law with the distraction effects the manual describes.
C. Check the fuel gauge and other dashboard indicators.
The manual does not point at dashboard scanning as a casualty of distraction. This answer confuses instrument-panel scanning with hazard scanning.
D. Notice speed limit changes as they enter new zones.
The manual names pedestrians and debris as the missed hazards, not speed limit signs. This answer substitutes traffic-control awareness for the pedestrian and debris hazards the manual actually lists.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Distractions," p.41..
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