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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I have not memorized all of those correctly. They were all on the test that I took (I guess it is not randomized) and I did not get all of them correct. This is a test to see whether you *do* remember 80% of what it takes to make good decisions. I feel pretty good that I was able to remember enough of the quantitative answers to pass the test without looking at any handbook in almost 50 years.
What possible good would an open-book test for driving be? Under what circumstances would a driver have time to reach into the glove compartment for a handbook to look up the right answer to the situation he found himself in?
And no, most people are not good at estimating distance. It does no good to know you should dim your headlights at a 500ft distance if you have no idea how far 500 feet is. But, maybe there is some value in at least knowing that your tires need to be close to the curb, your car needs to be not too close to a train or fire hydrant, and you need to dim your lights well in advance.
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I once dimmed my headlights at 470 feet and got warning. How do I know? I measured it. I wonder if all the new cars with automatic dimming dims them at 500 feet exactly?
IMO yards would be better measurement number.
