1. 1st question you should ask driver? Were youdriving?

2. A family moving from San Antonio toDallas and renting a U HAUL truck tomove their household possessions.This transport would be considered:

Not In Commerce

3. According to traffic collision &investigation, the safety of your______ is important.

partner

4. According to traffic collision &investigation, when completing asupplemental report, the officershould

use date whensupplementalreport is beingcompletedNOT same dateas crash/incident

5. According to traffic collision &investigation, while conducting trafficdirection, an officer should?

needs to bevisible and safewhere he can beseen and heardcoordinate thetraffic controlwear reflectivevest

6. According to traffic control &collision, upon arrival at the scene

secure and makescene safecheck for injuriesask who wasoperatingvehiclesobtain DL andinsurance

7. at grade intersection intersection orjunction whereall roadwayscross or join atthe same level

8. Basic crash report criteria Motor VehicleTraffic wayInjury or damageUnintendedEvent(Need all 4)

9. Both sides of report must becompleted. What kind of form must becompleted for each CMV involved in amotor vehicle traffic crash?

A separatecommercialmotor vehiclesupplement CRB3C form

10. By law, every lawenforcement officer whoinvestigates a motor vehiclecrash that results in injury,death or damage to propertyover $1,000 is required toforward a written reportwithin ____ ____ of crash

10 days

11. Casualties that are not inmotor vehicles

Pedestrian, bicyclist, trainoperator, horse

12. Cataclysm a cloudburst, cyclone,earthquake, flood,hurricane, lightning, tidalwave, rain, tornado,volcanic eruption, gust ofwind. All excluded, not acrash.

13. Conditional factors deficiencies in basicattributes of roads, vehicles,people as related tohighway transportationExp.) Impaired visibility/noglasses

14. crash identified event thatproduces injury, death ordamage

15. Distraction in Vehicle when the driver's actions orthe actions of others inhis/her vehicle are suchthat a lack of observanceand or vehicle controloccurred to the extent itcontributes to the crash

16. Driver Inattention when a driver's lack ofattention to the highway ortraffic occurs andcontributes to the crash

17. Factors to consider inplacement of warningdevices

speed/stopping distance ofvehicledriver's reaction timehills,curves, overpassesweather conditionshazardous situationsamount of traffic

18. Failed to Control Speed when the speed of thevehicle was unreasonablefor the circumstances orconditions and the driver'slack of control resulted in acollision with a person,vehicle or conveyance thatwas legally on the roadway.

19. Failure to Leave ID (FLID) Class B misdemeanor

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20. Flares, cones andemergency lights areexamples of?

warning devices

21. GVWR or GrossCombination WeightRating or both of______ or more

10,01 lbs or more

22. Harmful event occurrence of injury or damage23. If a person dies within

____ ___ of crash dueto injuries sustained incrash, a supplementalreport must becompleted andsubmitted toDepartment of PublicSafety.

30 days

24. If there is no damage orinjury, a report shouldnot be submitted eventhough it wasinvestigated.

MUST result in damage or injury

25. Impaired visibility when a driver's view isobstructed by the vehicle's loador occupants; or when vehiclesand/or objects on or near thehighway obstruct driver's view ofpedestrian and/or traffic. Alsoincludes weather or objectsplaced over windows.

26. In securing the crashscene, you mustconsider

availability of assistancetype of problemseverity of conditions

27. In traffic direction,what factors should betaken intoconsideration?

Amount of trafficLength of time traffic may bestoppedNeed for manpowerAvailability of alternate route

28. legal intervention deliberate intent involcingintentional acts by a lawenforcement agent or otherofficial

29. Measurements are all tobe taken at ?

the same fixed point

30. Most difficult element toidentify in a hit n run?

the identity of suspect

31. motor vehicle trafficcrash

any motor vehicle crash thatoccurs on a traffic way/occursafter motor vehicle runs offroadway before events arestabilized.

32. MotorVehicles doinclude:

automobiles, bus, motorcycle, motorizedbike, scooter, truck, vanconstruction machinery, farm machinery,road roller, TRACTOR, while in transportunder own power to move persons, themachine itself or property from one place toanother

33. Non contactunit

-should be identified and reported-vehicle, pedestrian which contributes to acrash by unusual or illegal behavior butstrikes nothing and suffers neither damagenor injury. -Information may include contributingfactors

34. Off set skidmarks

skid mark suddenly changes directionwhere the POINT of IMPACT occurred

35. On a crashreport, NativeAmericanwouldclassifiedunder?

Other

36. person every natural person, firm, co partnership,association, or corporation. Fetus is notconsidered to be a person.

37. Proper use ofWhistle

1 long blast means STOP2 short blasts means GOSeveral short rapid blasts (usually 3) meanWarning or to get driver's attention

38. RailroadCrossingCrash is an

intersection crash

39. ramp interconnecting roadway of trafficinterchange or any connection betweenhighways at different levels or betweenparallel highways on which vehicles mayenter/leave a designated roadway

40. road part of traffic way includes both roadway andshoulder alongside roadway (ROADWAY +SHOULDER = ROAD)

41. Roadway that PORTION of a traffic way designed,improved and ordinarily used for motorvehicle travel. Separate roadways may be provided for alldirections of travel or for trucks andautomobiles.

42. Shadow the first part of a skid markvery lightshould be figured into total length of skidmost efficient slowing action of breakingactionshort lived evidence

43. shoulder part of traffic way next toroadway for emergency use,accommodation of stoppedvehicle, lateral support ofroadway structure

44. Skids Marks can determine placement of vehiclesestimating minimum speedsdetermine whether wheelswere locked by hard braking

45. The failure to use propercaution in obedience to anofficial traffic control deviceor warning sign contributesto the crash

Failure to Heed WarningSign

46. The three primary ways tolearn of a crash

radio (dispatched)passing motorist (flaggeddown)on viewdrove up on

47. To determine the severity ofcrash

number of vehicles involvednumber of people injuredextent of injuriespeople pinned in vehicles

48. Traffic control devices aredesigned to

expedite movementlimit congestionrestore traffic flow

49. traffic way any land way open to thepublic as a matter of right orcustom for MOVINGpersons/property from oneplace to another

50. Transportation from Dallasto El Paso is an example of ?

Intrastate Commerce

51. Types of warning devices FlaresTraffic ConesBarricadesArrow BoardsPatrol Emergency Lights

52. unstabilized situation set of events not underhuman control. It startswhen control is lost andends when control isregained

53. What kind of speed can beestimated during skidmarks?

minimum speed

54. When a chain of events isdefinitely broken by time orplace, the events should bereported as

separate crashes

55. When directing traffic, thelaw enforcement officermust ?

stand in best position

56. Which is not an example of a motorvehicle

train, it is aRAILWAYVEHICLE

57. While planning the route to get to crash... plan mostexpeditiousroteavailable1)determineexactlocation ofcrash2)directionof travel ofcrash

58. Yaw Mark rear wheelstrackingoutside frontwheels

59. You should make a crash report wheninjuries/damage is greater than ____?

$1,000

60. You should never TURNYOUR BACKONTRAFFIC

61. You should not directly point flashlightbeam in _____ ____ but in the directionof oncoming traffic to gain attention.

driver's eyes

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