Chapter 5 Key Terms

5. Being able to operate a motor vehicle while using operator controls and devices and scanning the roadway, mirrors, and the dashboard all at the same time.
8. Checking to sides and rear for speed and lane position options and making predictions to what other drivers may do.
9. There are five choices for lane positions within a lane: center, left, right, far left, and far right.
10. Used to judge depth and position. It provides information about objects close to the travel path and lane position. Use this to check your reference points and detect changes in your rearview and side view mirrors.
12. Changing speed, change position, and/or communicating.
13. How far your vehicle travels, in ideal conditions; from the time your eyes see a hazard until your brain recognizes it.
14. The amount of space around a vehicle that separates it from possible sources of danger in traffic.
15. An area 20 to 30 seconds of travel time to the front of the vehicle.
16. The space into which you can safely direct your vehicle with the lowest risk possible.

1. The entire area of the highway and surroundings that you can see at any given moment
2. Letting other roadway users know where you are and what you plan to do by using vehicle lighting, signaling devices, or horn on the vehicle
3. The distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead, which gives you more space between vehicles, in case of an emergency.
4. How far your vehicle will travel, in ideal conditions; while you are breaking (pushing down on brake until the vehicle comes to a stop).
6. The space or area that is not available for the car's path of travel or there is a restriction to the driver's line of sight. An alternative path of travel must be identified.
7. Looking for other roadway users or conditions in or adjacent to the projected path of travel that could increase the level of risk.
11. The five-degree cone that makes up only 3% of a driver's total visual field.