Module #2: Setting Up a Vehicle, Getting Ready to Drive
When setting up your car what safety items and restraints should you take in to
consideration- how should you adjust each of them?
How far should the seat be back? What should the driver be able to do?
How far should the steering wheel be from the chest? How can you roughly
measure this?
Where should the steering wheel line up on a driver?
Where should head restraints be located?
Warning symbols- use mod 1-2 worksheet
What position should you hands be at when driving? Why should your hands be in this
position?
When is it ok to use hand over hand steering?
When is it ok to use one handed steering? Explain how it should be used
Before getting into your car what should you check for? What are the pre- driving tasks?
Where should you store personal items when traveling? Why
When parked at a curb how should you enter your car?
When parked in a parking lot how should you enter your car?
How can you tell if tires are properly inflated? Draw 3 pictures to describe each
possibility
List the starting tasks in order.
List the securing tasks in order
What are the five settings found on an ignition switch- define and describe each.
Define vehicle balance
When is optimal vehicle balance achieved?
Define and draw a picture of Roll
Define and draw a picture of Pitch
Define and draw a picture of Yaw
What affects vehicle balance?
When steering around a curve, what is over steering? Under steering?