CAA Check Your Own Performance Quiz

INSTRUCTIONS:

Congratulations on deciding to take the Check Your Own Performance quiz!

As you answer each question, think about what tasks you do every time you get behind the wheel of a car. You must coordinate the actions of your hands, feet, eyes, ears, and body movements. At the same time, you must decide how to react to what you see, hear, and feel in relation to other cars and drivers, traffic signs and signals, conditions of the highway, and the performance of your car.

These decisions are usually made close to other vehicles and must be converted quickly into action - brake, steer, accelerate, or a combination of all - to maintain or adjust your position in traffic. And these decisions must be made frequently. About 20 major decisions are needed for each mile driven; drivers frequently have less than one-half second to act to avoid a collision.

Purpose of this Quiz:
The premise of this quiz is that through knowledge and self-awareness, you will be able to gauge your performance behind the wheel and to recognize how to improve your driving habits to become a safer driver. In some cases, you may wish to consult with a driving specialist for more information on safe driving procedures.

By answering these questions honestly, you will help to locate those areas where your physical and mental abilities call for a change in your driving habits and skills. At the end of the quiz, you will be offered suggestions to improve your weaker driving skills. Your answers are confidential and won't be recorded.