Essay About Combination Vehicles And Trailer Wheels

Combination Vehicles
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Combination Vehicles
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1. Combination vehicles are usually heavier, longer and require more driving skill than single commercial vehicles.
True
False
2. More than half of truck driver deaths in crashes are the result of truck rollovers. Trucks turn over easier when fully loaded and are:
Easy to get turned back right.
Five times more likely to roll over in a crash than empty rigs.
Ten times more likely to roll over in a crash than empty rigs.
3. The following two things will help prevent rollovers.
Keep the cargo close to the front and drive slowly around turns.
Keep the cargo as close to the ground as possible and drive slowly around turns.
Keep the cargo to the back of the rig and drive the speed limit.
4. When you turn suddenly while pulling doubles, which trailer is most likely to turn over?
The rear trailer is twice as likely to turn over as the tractor.
The front trailer is twice as likly to turn over as the tractor.
Each trailer is equally likely to turn over as is the tractor.
5. Why should you not use the trailer hand brake to straighten out a jackknifing trailer?
Because the brake handle is too hard to reach.
Because the brakes on the trailer wheels cause the skid in the first place.
Because the brakes on the trailer wheels will not respond to the hand brake.
6. What is off tracking?
When a vehicle goes around a corner, the rear wheels follow a different path than the front wheels.
When a vehicle goes around a corner, and the driver pulls off the road.
When a vehicle goes around a curve and turns back the other way.
7. What is a “trailer jacknife?”
When the tires on a trailer blow out.
When the wheels of a trailer lock up and the trailer swings around.
When the wheels of a trailer lock up and the trailer pulls the tractor to a stop.
8. Should you swing wide to the left before starting a 90 degree turn?
Yes
9. Why should you not use the trailer hand valve while driving?
Because it wont work as well as the foot brake.
Because you should use the parking brake.
Because of the danger of making the trailer