Which activity does the manual specifically list as one that can distract a driver's attention?
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A.
Reading billboards and other road advertisements. Correct
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B.
Watching your speedometer on the highway.
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C.
Signaling before every lane change.
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D.
Checking blind spots before merging.
The answer is "Reading billboards and other road advertisements."
The manual names reading billboards and other road advertisements among the activities that shift attention away from driving. Picking C reflects a habit of filing any hand movement inside the car as distraction, missing that signaling is required driving rather than an attention-shifting task.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Watching your speedometer on the highway.
Monitoring the gauges is expected driving behavior; the manual's distraction list points at outside objects and unrelated tasks. This answer reads any glance away from the windshield as distraction, missing that the list targets non-driving activity.
C. Signaling before every lane change.
Signaling is required driving behavior; the manual never files it among distracting activities. This answer treats any hand movement inside the car as a distraction, a habit that lumps required tasks in with optional ones.
D. Checking blind spots before merging.
Blind-spot checks are part of safe driving under space-management guidance; the manual does not list them as distractions. This answer confuses required scanning with the eyes-off-the-road warning that opens the section.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Distracted driving," p.53..
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