The answers are under here. Open after the parent and new driver complete the quiz. Please detach the new driver and parent sections and complete the quiz on your own. Then open the answer key and check your quiz answers together. How Roadsmart are you? Driving safely: It’s in your hands. Mark the answer that you think is correct. When both parties are finished, you may check the answers under the sealed panel. Make sure to take time to discuss your answers when you’re finished. Good luck! 1. The use of seat belts while driving is estimated to save how many lives per year in the United States? a. 3,000 b. 6,000 c. 9,500 2. Passing on the right is: a. Safe if the roadway is clear b. Always illegal c. Permitted if a blinker is used 3. When the traffic light turns green, the driver should: a. Proceed through the intersection b. Pause to make sure opposing traffic has stopped c. Accelerate slowly Do you know the answer? Make your own road rules. This quiz will test the safe driving know-how of both the new driver and his or her parents. Tear the quiz in half at the perforation. Fill in the quiz individually, then open the answer key and review your answers together. What do you think your rights and responsibilities should be? Talk it over and define some guidelines. The Y.E.S. Program’s Parent/New Driver Agreement will help you chart your own rules of the road. 4. A 16-year-old driver carrying one passenger is how much more likely to be killed in a crash than when driving alone? a. 0% b. 39% c. 100% Farmers gives you the keys to get you where you belong— safely. ® 5. Research shows that the most dangerous time for new drivers to be on the road is: a. Late night/early morning b. Early evening c. Afternoon 6. New-driver crashes in a recent 12-month period resulted in injuries to how many young adults? a. 25,000 b. 100,000 c. 500,000 Form 33-0956 New drivers: This is your section for answering the Roadsmart questions. New Driver Answers Answer Key Driving Agreement Question 1 Find out how Roadsmart you really are. A C O N T R AC T B E T W E E N R E S P O N S I B L E PA R T I E S Question 2 1. The use of seat belts while driving is estimated to save how many lives per year in the United States? This certificate acts as an agreement between _____________________________________________________________________________, who is a newly licensed driver, Question 3 c. Question 4 and _________________________________________________________________________, who is ultimately responsible for the above new driver. 2. Passing on the right is: Question 5 b. AGREEMENT 3. When the traffic light turns green, the driver should: 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Always illegal Question 6 The following rules and regulations have been entered as a formal agreement between said new driver and the named parent or guardian: 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9,500 Parents: Use this section to answer the Roadsmart questions. Parent Answers b. Pause to make sure opposing traffic has stopped 4. A 16-year-old driver carrying one passenger is how much more likely to be killed in a crash than when driving alone? 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________ b. 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6._____________________________________________________________________________________ It only takes a second to put on your seat belt. Many drivers and passengers die in crashes they could have survived because they didn’t wear seat belts and were thrown from their vehicles. 39% Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 5. Research shows that the most dangerous time for new drivers to be on the road is: a. When passing on the right, you’re not easily seen by the driver of the car you’re passing. That driver could start changing lanes before realizing you’re there. Watch out for irresponsible drivers who try to beat a red light. It only takes a couple seconds to make sure opposing traffic has stopped. A 16-year-old driver is 86% more likely to die in a crash when driving with two passengers than when driving alone and 182% more likely to die when carrying three passengers. The rate for 17-year-olds is even higher. Drivers ages 16 and 17 accumulate 14% of their miles — but 39% of their fatal crashes — between 9 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Late night/early morning Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 6. New-driver crashes in a recent 12month period resulted in injuries to how many young adults? c. 500,000 Of the more than half a million new drivers who were recently hurt in crashes, nearly 70,000 received injuries that were considered incapacitating.