You are driving on the interstate and see an approaching snow squall ahead. What does the manual tell you to do?
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A.
Exit the roadway and wait for the squall to pass Correct
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B.
Speed up to get through the squall before visibility drops
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C.
Stay in the left lane where snow accumulates more slowly
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D.
Continue at highway speed with your hazard lights flashing
The answer is "Exit the roadway and wait for the squall to pass"
Under its snow-squall guidance, the manual tells drivers to leave the road and wait the squall out rather than try to push through the sudden loss of visibility and traction. D scrambles the timing, borrowing hazard-light guidance meant for a squall you cannot avoid and applying it to one you can still get off the road ahead of.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Speed up to get through the squall before visibility drops
The manual calls for gradual slowing under extreme caution, never for accelerating into the burst of weather. This answer applies a beat-the-storm instinct the squall section directly warns against.
C. Stay in the left lane where snow accumulates more slowly
The manual gives no lane-choice rule for squalls; its instruction is to get off the road entirely. This answer confuses squall guidance with a lane-position rule of thumb from general snow driving.
D. Continue at highway speed with your hazard lights flashing
Hazard lights are for a squall you cannot avoid; when you see one coming, the manual says to leave the roadway. This answer mixes up the after-you-are-caught response with the before-it-hits response the question asks about.
This question tests your knowledge of Adverse Conditions in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Snow Squalls," p.42..
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