Arizona Defensive Driving Test Questions With Complete Solutions
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Arizona Defensive Driving Test Questions With Complete Solutions
What are the speed limits under Arizona Motor Vehicle Laws?
What precautions should you take when entering an intersection on a green light?
What is an intersection?
What traffic law violations are primarily associated with traffi...
Arizona Defensive Driving Test Questions With
Complete Solutions
1). What are the speed limits under arizona motor vehicle laws?
Ans: Arizona law 28-701 sets the speed limit in a business or residential district at 25
mph. AZ law 28-702.04 sets the speed limit on the interstate in urbanized areas (pop. of
55,000 or greater) 65 mph. In non-urbanized areas, the interstate speed limit is 75 mph.
The speed limit may be lower in certain metropolitan areas. AZ law sets the maximum
speed limit in a school zone at 15 mph.
Arizona as well as many other states, requires drivers to always drive at a safe,
reasonable and prudent speed. This means the driver of a motor vehicle may be required
to drive at a speed lower than the posted limit. This applies when the roadway is slippery,
visibility is poor, or traffic conditions are such that it is unsafe to drive at the posted speed
limit. This also includes pedestrian traffic. For example, a driver may be cited for driving
the posted speed limit when it is not safe to do so.
2). What precautions should you take when entering an intersection on a green light?
Ans: Always look for oncoming traffic. Use good defensive driving techniques to
anticipate red light runners. Watch for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycles that may
have entered the intersection. If starting out from a stopped position hesitate a couple of
seconds before accelerating to give additional time for the intersection to clear. Someone
behind you may honk their vehicles horn, but better to be honked at than dead.
3). What is an intersection?
Ans: Under AZ law 28-601, an intersection means the area embraced within the
prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two highways that join one another at, or approximately at, right angles,
or the area within which vehicles traveling on different highways joining at any other angle
may come in conflict. If a highway includes two roadways thirty or more feet apart, each
crossing of each road of the divided highway by an intersecting highway is a separate
intersection. If the intersecting highway also includes two roadways thirty or more feet
apart, each crossing of two roadways of the highways is a separate intersection.
4). What traffic law violations are primarily associated with traffic collisions?
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, Ans: Speeding, DUI, failure to yield the right of way, and failure to reduce speed or
control speed. Remember that speeding is responsible for approximately 30 percent of all
the fatal collision in the United States. 38 percent of the fatalities are due to impaired
driving and that the majority of collisions occur at intersection as a result of someone
usually failing to yield the right-of-way.
5). Is attention frequently associated with traffic collisions?
Ans: As drivers, we are distracted by many things that have nothing to do with driving.
Things like eating, grooming, listening to the radio, or cassette or CD, looking at billboards,
reading, and even sex can distract drivers. A National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration report indicates that the majority of collisions in the United States are due
to driver distraction. The same report reveals that driver error is responsible in 99 percent
of all collisions.
6). A pedestrian usually has the right of way. true or false?
Ans: AZ law 28-792 states pedestrians who are walking across streets have the right of
way over motor vehicles if they are walking lawfully within any marked or unmarked
crosswalk. AZ law 28-794 states that blind pedestrians always have the right of way. AZ
law 28-796 states that where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along
and upon a highway shall walk only on the left side of the road or its shoulder, facing
traffic that may approach from the opposite direction. Pedestrians should also remember
to wear light clothing. Reflective self-adhesive strips that can be added to clothing or
portable flashing lights attached to clothing can assist motorists in helping to see
pedestrians.
7). Is it ok to pass a car going less than 15 mph in a school zone?
Ans: AZ law 28-701 makes it a violation to pass a vehicle that is traveling the posted
speed limit in a school zone. It is also a violation to pass the front of another vehicle in a
school zone even if the other vehicle is traveling below the posted speed limit. This is why
it is very important to give yourself additional travel time so you do not feel rushed and
more apt to violate the law.
8). When driving in blowing dust or fog, a driver should use a car's low beams. true or false?
Ans: Arizona has varied climates that produce adverse road conditions that affect
driving. Summer winds pick up dry, loose dirt particles and form dust storms. The reddish-
brown cloud will, at times, limit a driver's visibility to zero. Drivers may panic and stop their
vehicle in the traffic lane, causing a rear-end collision. If you encounter a dust storm,
immediately reduce the speed of your vehicle and drive carefully off the highway. Stop
your vehicle as near to the right-of-way fence as possible. Turn your vehicle's lights off
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