You are in a collision inside a snow squall. What does the manual say to do whenever possible?
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A.
Remain inside your vehicle until help arrives. Correct
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B.
Cross to the opposite shoulder and wait there.
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C.
Stand behind the nearest guardrail off the roadway.
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D.
Walk back up the road to warn approaching drivers.
The answer is "Remain inside your vehicle until help arrives."
Getting out of your vehicle in a whiteout puts you in the path of drivers who cannot see you or your car, so the manual says to stay inside. C carries over the get-clear-of-the-vehicle habit from ordinary crash advice, when the manual would rather you keep a belted seat around you than step out onto the shoulder in these conditions.
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B. Cross to the opposite shoulder and wait there.
Crossing lanes during a squall crash puts you directly in front of drivers who cannot see you. Draws on the escape-the-scene reflex without accounting for the visibility the squall has taken away.
C. Stand behind the nearest guardrail off the roadway.
The manual would rather you stay inside a car with a seat belt than expose yourself on the shoulder. Applies the get-clear-of-the-vehicle habit from ordinary crash advice.
D. Walk back up the road to warn approaching drivers.
In near-zero visibility a walking driver is invisible to traffic and likely to be hit. Copies a good-samaritan instinct that the whiteout makes deadly.
This question tests your knowledge of Adverse Conditions in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Snow Squalls," p.43..
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