Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a regular service bus of vehicle class M3. The cyclist is riding at about 15 km/h. How should you behave in this situation?

I change to the left lane and overtake the cyclist now

As long as I am not overtaking, I maintain at least 3 seconds safety distance behind the cyclist

As long as I am not overtaking, I maintain 1 second safety distance behind the cyclist

I stay behind the cyclist and wait until I can safely overtake

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a regular service bus of vehicle class M3. Why should you only continue once the yellow truck in oncoming traffic has passed?

Because the cyclist would be endangered

Because I could cause a traffic jam

Because the small truck parked on the right could not drive away

Because I cannot foresee that there will be enough space for my bus after passing the small truck parked on the right for the yellow truck in oncoming traffic to pass unhindered

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 70 km/h. How should you behave?

I brake carefully

I expect that the car on the left lane could skid

I immediately swerve right onto the breakdown lane

I immediately swerve onto the left lane

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at 80 km/h. How should you behave?

I will change to one of the left lanes since there is less traffic there

I immediately brake to about 60 km/h to allow the truck on the left lane to change lanes

I will allow the vehicles on the second lane to change lanes

I continue on my lane

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a regular service bus of vehicle class M3 in rail replacement service and want to pull into the stop. How should you behave?

If the truck stops before the stop, I enter the area of the stop

I only stop at the stop and let the white truck pass there

If the truck continues, I stop before the stop and only continue when the white truck has passed my bus

I continue and force the white truck to brake because regular service buses always have priority at stops in urban areas

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3. Why must you brake to walking speed here?

Because the workers at the tractor would be endangered

Because I cannot see whether oncoming traffic is coming

Because I must always expect that the tractor will be driven away

Because otherwise I would have to drive over the sidewalk

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a regular service bus of vehicle class M3. Why should you carefully observe the behavior of the white truck?

If I meet the white truck at the level of the stop, passengers could be endangered

If I meet the white truck at the level of the stop, a traffic accident with property damage is to be feared

If I meet the white truck at the level of the stop, a traffic jam could arise

If I meet the white truck at the level of the stop, safe passing is not guaranteed

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 50 km/h. How should you behave?

I look in the left mirror and set the left indicator if I am not being overtaken

I brake to walking speed

I stop and have the workers guide me past the tractor

I change to the left lane and pass the tractor if I can estimate that no oncoming traffic will be endangered

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at 100 km/h. The trucks ahead of you are driving at about 80 km/h. You want to take a break at the next rest area. Why must you already start the lane change to the right now?

Because the deceleration lane could be too short

Because it is an exit with multiple destinations

Because I can no longer safely overtake all three truck combinations driving on the right lane before the exit to the rest area

Because I cannot safely merge between the three truck combinations driving on the right lane

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a regular service bus of vehicle class M3. How should you behave?

I stop and continue immediately as soon as the white small truck in oncoming traffic has passed

I brake to walking speed and immediately pass the small truck parked on the right on the left lane

I continue because regular service buses always have priority everywhere in urban areas

I stop, switch on the left indicator while doing so, and only continue once the yellow truck in oncoming traffic has passed

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3. Must you follow the instructions on the variable message sign system?

No, as these are only non-binding information for traffic control

I only have to follow the lane signals if they are explicitly displayed for buses

Yes, the prohibitions and commands on a variable message sign system apply like "normal" traffic signs

Yes, the lane signals must be followed as quickly as possible

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at 100 km/h. The trucks ahead of you are driving at about 80 km/h. You want to take a break at the next rest area. How should you behave?

I carefully reduce my speed to below 80 km/h

I overtake the trucks ahead of me and only then change to the right lane

I look in the right mirrors to see if other vehicles are next to me on the right in the danger zone

I change to the right lane if it is safely possible

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 with a manually shifted transmission. How can you recognize when driving on this downhill that the selected gear is too high?

When the tachometer indication for engine RPM drops into the green range

When the speed of the bus constantly increases despite operating the retarder

When the speed of the bus constantly decreases despite operating the retarder

When the tachometer indication for engine RPM rises into the red range

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 70 km/h. Why should you brake carefully now?

Because otherwise the EBS braking system would not respond

Because the vehicles in the queue ahead of me have started braking

Because due to the slippery road I must expect a longer braking distance than on dry roads

Because otherwise there is a danger of a rear-end collision

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 3

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 with a manually shifted transmission. How should you behave after these traffic signs?

I select a higher gear

I use the retarder on the downhill

I accelerate

I brake and downshift to a low gear

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Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention – Level 3