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Vocabulary Terms by Chapter

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Chapter 1

1.  Highway Transportation System

2.  By-laws

Chapter 2

  1. Defensive driving
  2. Following distance
  3. 3-second rule
  4. Space cushion
  5. Tailgate
  6. SAFE
  7. Scan
  8. Orderly visual search
  9. Assess
  10. Execute

Chapter 3

  1. Field of vision
  2. Central vision
  3. Peripheral vision
  4. Fatigue
  5. Road rage

Chapter 4

  1. Gauge
  2. Speedometer
  3. Tachometer
  4. Odometer
  5. Alternator
  6. Running lights
  7. Parking lights
  8. Blind spots
  9. Ignition
  10. Power brakes
  11. Gearshift
  12. Clutch
  13. Cruise control

Chapter 5

  1. Choke
  2. Flooded engine
  3. Friction point
  4. Downshift
  5. Tracking
  6. Hand over hand method
  7. Push pull method
  8. Double parking
  9. Curb parking
  10. Parallel parking
  11. Angled parking
  12. Perpendicular parking

Chapter 6

  1. Traction
  2. Torque
  3. Inertia
  4. Kinetic energy
  5. Force of impact
  6. Centrifugal force
  7. Loading
  8. Banked road
  9. Crowned road
  10. Oversteering
  11. Understeering
  12. Antilock braking system
  13. Threshold braking
  14. Pumping the brakes
  15. Locking the brakes
  16. Reaction distance
  17. Braking distance
  18. Stopping distance
  19. Basic speed law

Chapter 7

  1. Regulatory sign
  2. Crossbuck
  3. Guide sign
  4. Service sign
  5. Recreational sign
  6. Reversible lane
  7. Lane-use signals
  8. Center turn lane
  9. Limit line
  10. Botts’ dots
  11. Rumble strips

Chapter 8

  1. Controlled intersection
  2. Uncontrolled intersection
  3. “stale” green light
  4. Traffic circles
  5. Right-of-way
  6. Right hand rule

Chapter 9

  1. Protected turn
  2. Two point turn
  3. U-turn
  4. Three point turn

Chapter 10

  1. Covering the brake
  2. Riding the brake
  3. Gridlock

Chapter 11

  1. Divided highway
  2. Median strip
  3. T-intersection
  4. Y-intersection
  5. Crossover
  6. Velocitation
  7. Highway hypnosis

Chapter 12

  1. Interchange
  2. On ramp
  3. Acceleration lane
  4. Merging area
  5. Deceleration lane
  6. Weave lane
  7. Express lane

Chapter 13

  1. No zones
  2. Off-tracking
  3. Moped

Chapter 14

  1. Overdriving your headlights
  2. Shoulder
  3. Soft shoulder
  4. Switchbacks

Chapter 15

  1. Hydroplaning
  2. Vapor lock

Chapter 16

  1. Head-on collision
  2. Side-impact collision
  3. Chain reaction
  4. Hit and run
  5. Good Samaritan law
  6. Brake and hold
  7. Passive restraint

Chapter 17

  1. Blowout
  2. Brake fade
  3. Jump start
  4. Skid
  5. Power skid
  6. Braking skid
  7. Cornering skid
  8. Downshifting skid

Chapter 18

  1. Blood Alcohol Concentration
  2. Intoxication
  3. Oxidation
  4. Tunnel vision
  5. Inhibitions
  6. Synergistic effect
  7. DUI
  8. DWI
  9. Implied consent law
  10. Breath alcohol test
  11. Field sobriety test
  12. Open container laws
  13. Administrative per se laws
  14. Zero tolerance laws

Chapter 19

  1. Restricted license
  2. Graduated license
  3. Financial responsibility laws
  4. Policy
  5. Premium
  6. Deductible
  7. Liability insurance
  8. Collision insurance
  9. Comprehensive insurance
  10. Exclusion
  11. Demerit point system
  12. License suspension
  13. License revocation
  14. Habitual offender
  15. Depreciation
  16. Title
  17. Mileage allowance

Chapter 20

  1. Preventive maintenance
  2. Adaptive equipment
  3. Antitheft devices
  4. Kill switches

Chapter 21

  1. Scale
  2. Legend
  3. Loop
  4. Spur
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