Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight here. What special dangers must you consider?

The road is slippery

There is acute danger of tipping if I enter the curve too fast

The curve has a very tight radius

The road slopes outward in the curve

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with a manually shifted transmission and 38 t gross weight. How should you behave after these traffic signs?

I select a low gear when the engine speed indicator drops below the green range

I use the retarder

I accelerate when the engine speed indicator starts to drop

I select a higher gear

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 12 t gross weight at about 50 km/h. How should you behave?

I drive all the way to the right up to the snow poles to leave enough room for the oncoming truck

I switch on the dipped headlights or fog lights

I must immediately stop and mount snow chains on the drive wheels of the tractor unit

I increase the distance to the station wagon driving in front of me

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight. The tractor unit has a manually shifted transmission. How should you behave after these traffic signs?

I accelerate

I brake and shift down to a low gear

I use the retarder on the descent

I select a higher gear

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight here. How should you behave?

I switch off the ESP system of the articulated vehicle before the curve

I avoid heavy braking while driving through the curve

I do not drive faster than 40 km/h

I avoid sudden steering movements while driving through the curve

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 12 t gross weight at about 70 km/h. Why should you brake carefully now?

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

Because otherwise the EBS brake system would not respond

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

Because the vehicles in the column in front of me have started braking

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight. The tractor unit has a manually shifted transmission. How can you tell when driving down this descent that the selected gear is too high?

When the speed of the articulated vehicle constantly increases despite using the retarder

When the engine speed indicator drops into the green range

When the speed of the articulated vehicle constantly decreases despite using the retarder

When the engine speed indicator rises into the red range

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 12 t gross weight at about 50 km/h. Why should you increase the distance to the station wagon in front of you?

The driver of the station wagon is keeping only a small distance to the vehicles in front. There is a danger of a rear-end collision

If the station wagon should start to skid, there is a danger of a rear-end collision

Because I must expect that my articulated vehicle has a shorter braking distance than the station wagon

Because I must expect that my articulated vehicle has a longer braking distance than the station wagon

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 12 t gross weight at about 70 km/h. How should you behave?

I expect that the car on the left lane could start to skid

I brake carefully

I immediately swerve right onto the emergency lane

I immediately swerve to the left lane

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 38 t gross weight. Why should you select a low gear here and use the retarder?

Because a steep descent is announced

So the articulated vehicle remains controllable

Because a steep climb is announced

Because the steep descent lasts 1,100 m

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle here at about 40 km/h. How should you behave in this situation?

If necessary, I fold in the left mirrors on the tractor unit after stopping

I steer right toward the edge of the road and stop before the cross street

I brake to about 15 km/h and swerve right into the cross street

I steer right toward the curb and continue at about 40 km/h

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight here at about 80 km/h. How should you behave?

I must change to the middle lane

I pay particular attention to the lateral distance of my articulated vehicle to the concrete barrier wall on the right

I pay particular attention to whether vehicles in the lane next to me are maintaining too little lateral safety distance

I maintain at least 2 seconds safety distance to the car in front of me

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle here. Why should you stop at the right edge of the road before the cross street in this situation?

Because otherwise there is a danger of an accident with the oncoming truck

Because otherwise there is a danger of damaging the traffic sign on the left

Because the road is too narrow for a safe encounter with the oncoming truck

Because the cyclist could be endangered

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 38 t gross weight. Why should you select a low gear here and accelerate?

So the articulated vehicle loses as little speed as possible when driving up the incline

Because a steep climb is announced

So the brakes of the articulated vehicle do not overheat

So the articulated vehicle is operated as fuel-efficiently as possible when driving up the incline

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Category: Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving an articulated vehicle with 40 t gross weight here at about 80 km/h. What special dangers must you consider?

The car in front of me is driving very close to the concrete barrier wall

The distance to the concrete barrier wall on the right is very small

There is dense column traffic

The vehicles in front of me are already braking

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Class E (Truck) -5- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention – Level 2