Eight Hazards. Forty-Five Seconds. How Many Will You Spot?
Scan the roadway, click the unsafe situations, and see whether your eyes catch the risks that can develop around large trucks, merging traffic, work zones, and distracted drivers.
Find all eight hazards before time runs out.
Click directly on anything in the scene that creates a highway-safety concern. Each correct find unlocks the reason it matters. There is no penalty for an incorrect click.
Large trucks have substantial blind spots. Avoid remaining beside a truck longer than necessary.
Cutting closely in front of a large truck reduces the stopping space available to the truck driver.
Staying back preserves sight distance and reaction space and reduces underride risk if traffic stops suddenly.
Work zones can involve lane shifts, sudden stops, uneven surfaces, equipment, workers, and changing traffic patterns.
Eyes and attention belong on the roadway. Distraction reduces the time available to recognize changing conditions.
Road workers and flag crews require extra attention. Slow down, follow signs and signals, and be prepared to stop.
Large trucks need extra turning room. Do not try to use the apparent opening between a right-turning truck and the curb.
Give trucks and buses extra room when they are changing lanes or merging into traffic.
Highway hazards rarely occur one at a time. Safe driving requires scanning ahead, maintaining space, staying out of large-vehicle blind spots, anticipating stopping and turning limitations, and remaining alert to work zones and changing traffic.
Would you know when it is safe to merge?
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