GPSTC WEEK 3 AND 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED
Accident - ANSWER an unstable situation with at least one damaging incident.
A traffic accident is one in which
(1) the unstabilized situation arises on a trafficway or
(2) a dangerous occurrence occurs on a roadway.
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) - ANSWER crash involving a motor vehicle in
transport, does not involve an aircraft or watercraft, and does not include any
adverse event involving a railroad train in transport prior to the involvement of
a motor vehicle in transport.
($500 or more of damage!)
Examples of MVCs: • Collision with another motor vehicle (in transit or
parked)
• Collide with a pedestrian.
• Collide with another road vehicle.
• Collide with an animal.
Deliberate Intent - ANSWER the classification given to the cause of an event,
which happens when a person acts deliberately to create the event or
deliberately refrains from prudent acts that would prevent the event from
occurring.
,Highway (Street) - ANSWER the entire width between the boundary lines of
any public way when any part thereof is exposed to the public for the purpose of
vehicular transport.
In-Transport - ANSWER the state or condition of a vehicle that is in motion or
within the segment of a transport way normally used by similar transport
vehicles.
Road - ANSWER that part of a trafficway that includes both the roadway and
any shoulder alongside it.
Roadway - ANSWER that part of a trafficway designed, improved, and
normally utilized for motor vehicle travel; or, where distinct classes of motor
vehicles are separated, that part of a trafficway used by a particular class.
Shoulder - ANSWER that area of a trafficway adjacent to the roadway for
emergency usage, accommodation of stopped cars, and lateral support of the
roadway structure
Trafficway - ANSWER any land way exposed to the public as a matter of right
or custom for transferring people or property from one location to another
There are two sorts of MVCs: ANSWER collision and non-collision.
MCAs have two levels of severity: ANSWER harm and damage.
Injury severity: ANSWER deadly.
Possible harm.
, There was no injury.
Damage severity: ANSWER debilitating
There was no harm.
functional
Point of Possible Perception – ANSWER when and where a normal person
could have perceived the hazardous circumstance.
Point of Actual Perception of Hazard – ANSWER the point when an individual
sees, feels, hears, or otherwise perceives that an accident is about to occur.
Point of No Escape - ANSWER refers to the place and time after which a
specific individual cannot avert or prevent an upcoming accident.
Key Event/Key Point: ANSWER dictates the time, place, and type of accident
that will occur.
Point of Initial Engagement (Point of Impact) – ANSWER the first point of
contact during a collision.
The point of maximum engagement is where the greatest collapse of material or
overlap of objects occurs.
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