Driving with Large Trucks
Worksheet
1.
Match the following signs and their meaning?
1. Steep grade
A.
B.
2. Truck Rollover
3. Low Ground Clearance
C.
D.
4. Height Limit Overhead
2.
When you see signs that are really more for trucks, what do these signs mean to you?
3.
Materials transported that may be solid, liquid, or gas and because of its concentration,
physical and/or chemical characteristics, may pose dangers to the environment and/or
humans are known as
4.
.
There are 9 classes or groups of hazardous materials. Name 3 examples of hazardous
materials that might be transported by large trucks.
a.
b.
c.
5. Tanker trucks that carry liquid loads are often dangerous. When the liquid inside the
tank shifts from side to side causing the center of gravity to change in the tank, it is a
situation known as …
a.
b.
c.
d.
Surging
HazMat
Sloshing
Rotation
6. When a tanker truck stops suddenly the liquid inside the tank rolls from front to back
and back to front. This is called …
a.
b.
c.
d.
Surging
HazMat
Sloshing
Rotation
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7.
In the picture to the right, identify and shade the
blind spots or No Zones around the truck.
8. The front blind spot or No Zone may
extend up to
feet in front of
the truck.
a. 15 feet
b. 20 feet
c. 25 feet
d. 35 feet
9. The largest and most dangerous of the
truck’s blind spots is found on the …
a. front
b. rear
c. left side
d. right side
10. Besides being illegal and dangerous to “draft” a truck, list 2 other reasons why this might be
dangerous to do.
a.
b.
11. After passing a large truck and before returning to the lane in front of the truck, you
must signal your intention, and you must also see the entire front of the truck and its
wheels …
a.
b.
c.
d.
in the side view mirror of your car
in rearview mirror of your car
with a head check after you pass the truck
as you pass the truck’s front bumper
12. When merging or exiting the freeway, you should, if possible, adjust your speed
and spacing to help the truck’s driver merge onto or exit the freeway.
a. True
b. False
13. Total stopping distance is made up of 3 parts. Match the components to its definition.
1. Perception Time
a. When you move your foot to the brake
2. Reaction Time
b. Pushing down on the brake until the car
3. Braking Time
comes to a complete stop
c. Seeing and evaluating the situation
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14.
Identify 3 things that affect the stopping distance of a large truck.
a.
b.
c.
15. While it takes a car going 55 miles per hour about 265 feet to stop, the distance it would
take a fully loaded tractor trailer truck to come to a complete stop when going 55 miles
per hour is …
a. 5 city blocks
b. Just over the length of a football field
c. The height of the Washington Monument
d. The straight line distance from home plate to second base
16. When traveling beside or behind a large
truck that is turning right or left, you should
be careful because a truck will often swing
wide in the opposite direction of the turn
causing you to have a partially or fully
blocked path of travel.
a. True
b. False
17. The truck on the right is making a right-hand turn.
Mark on the picture the area or areas where you
should not enter while the truck is making its turn.
18. Stop lines at intersections are designed to …
a. Warn pedestrians not to walk near a turning truck
b. Indicate where cars should stop to allow trucks the maximum turning space (radius)
to complete a turn safely
c. Provide reflective strips that help drivers and pedestrians know where the curb ends
and the intersection begins
d. Assist police officers when blocking intersections for specialized truck convoys
19. High winds do not cause any driving problems for large trucks.
a. True
b. False
20. When traveling behind or beside a loaded flat bed truck, you need to allow enough
space between you and the truck to avoid objects that might spill or drop unexpectedly
onto the roadway.
a. True
b. False
21.
List 2 characteristics of a truck carrying an oversized load and name 1 precaution that you
can take to be safe when sharing the road with these vehicles.
a. 2 characteristics are (1)
(2)
b. 1 precaution is
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