The manual says that if you must make a cell phone call while driving, what should you do?
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A.
Turn on the hazard flashers and dial.
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B.
Ask a passenger to steer while you dial.
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C.
Pull safely off the road and make the call. Correct
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D.
Slow to 20 mph and make the call briefly.
The answer is "Pull safely off the road and make the call."
The manual tells you to pull safely off the road and make the call. Turning on hazard flashers is the tempting wrong answer; drivers borrow it from breakdown guidance, but flashers warn other cars without freeing your eyes or hands.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turn on the hazard flashers and dial.
Hazard flashers warn other drivers but do not free your attention; the manual still expects you to pull off the road. This answer treats flashers as a permission slip drawn from breakdown guidance where they belong.
B. Ask a passenger to steer while you dial.
Splitting the steering and dialing between two people is not something the manual endorses; it names having a passenger place the call instead. This answer confuses letting a passenger make the call with letting one take the wheel, a substitution the manual never allows.
D. Slow to 20 mph and make the call briefly.
Slowing down does not substitute for pulling over; the manual's fix is to leave the driving task, not to reduce speed. This answer trades the pull-off rule for a reduce-speed habit borrowed from adverse-weather guidance.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Texting While Driving," p.54..
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