Which of the following daily activities does the Oregon handbook specifically call out as DANGEROUS to do while driving?
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A.
Eating or drinking. Correct
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B.
Talking with a passenger.
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C.
Adjusting the air conditioning.
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D.
Playing the radio at a normal volume.
The answer is "Eating or drinking."
The distraction list names removing clothing, applying makeup, texting, reading, and eating or drinking as activities that take your eyes off the road. Eating and drinking make the list because they require both hand and eye attention. Talking with a passenger tempts test-takers because the fatigue section on page 81 recommends it to stay alert, but the distraction list on page 80 flags eating or drinking, not conversation.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Talking with a passenger.
Conversation with a passenger is not on the distraction list. This answer borrows the fatigue tip on page 81 that recommends passenger conversation to stay alert and applies it to the distraction list on page 80.
C. Adjusting the air conditioning.
Climate-control adjustment is not called out in the distraction list. This answer overextends the eyes-off-road pattern to any dashboard control, when the manual's named list stops at removing clothing, applying makeup, texting, reading, and eating or drinking.
D. Playing the radio at a normal volume.
Normal-volume radio use is not on the distraction list. This answer widens the 50-foot loud-sound-system ban into a rule against any radio use, when only volume audible 50 feet from the vehicle is illegal.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Dangerous Driving Behaviors / Distracted Driving," p.80..
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