car car alcholol October 5, 2024October 10, 2024 Car Driving Test - Alcohol and Drugs 1 / 20 If you are taking several medications and you want to drive, you should: A. Ask your passengers to let you know if you are not driving as well as you should. B. Ask your doctor if the combination of drugs will make it dangerous to drive. C. Drive carefully around your local streets to see if you are affected. Explaination: "Prescription drugs need the advice of a doctor or pharmacist before you take them, and they may have unwanted side effects that affect your ability to control a vehicle" 2 / 20 If you are taking any sort of medicine, you should: A. Only drive a motor car not a heavy vehicle. B. Find out from your doctor or chemist whether the medicine or drug will affect your driving and act accordingly. C. Only drive during the day after taking the medicine or drug. Explaination: "Your doctor or pharmacist will advise you of any potential side effects of your medication." 3 / 20 If you are affected by a legal drug, such as a medicine (e.g. cold or allergy tablets) A. You may drive only in daylight hours. B. You must have a passenger to help you drive. C. You must not drive. "Medications can make you drowsy and less able to judge situations on the road." 4 / 20 If you take medicine and then drink alcohol: A. It can have a particularly bad effect on your driving ability. B. The alcohol will have less effect than if taken alone. C. Your ability to react to emergencies will improve. You should avoid all alcohol when taking medicine, and you should also check with your doctor that it is OK to drive when taking a specific medication." 5 / 20 If you are driving a bus, taxi, hire-car, heavy motor vehicle (over 13.9 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass), or a vehicle with a dangerous load, it is an offence when the level of alcohol in your blood reaches: A. 0.08. B. 0.02. C. 0.05. "Correct. The level is 0.02. This means there is 20mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. Although, bear in mind that any alcohol in your system will affect your ability, even if you can't notice it." 6 / 20 If you are going out and going to drink alcohol, the best way to avoid having to drink and drive is to: A. Wait for one hour after your last drink before you drive home. B. Organise before hand a way of getting home where you are not the driver. C. After you have had a few drinks, start to think about how you will get home. "Organise a taxi, dedicated driver that doesn't drink, or public transport to get home." 7 / 20 If you have used illegal drugs you: A. Must not drive. B. May drive only in light traffic. C. Should drink coffee before driving. Using illegal drugs can have serious side effects and impair your ability to safely control a vehicle." 8 / 20 You want to drive your car but you have a very bad headache. A friend gives you some of their headache tablets to kill the pain. What should you do before you take these tablets? A. Read the label and confirm they are not prescription drugs and there are no special warnings on the label. B. Ask your friend if the tablets have affected them. C. Drink a large glass of milk because this reduces the adverse effects of medicines and drugs. Prescription drugs need the advice of a doctor or pharmacist before you take them, and they may have unwanted side effects that affect your ability to control a vehicle" 9 / 20 Is it an offence to refuse to take a POLICE breath test? A. No, if you are a learner driver. B. No, if you say you haven't been drinking alcohol. C. Yes, always. "It's always an offence to refuse a breath test." 10 / 20 Is it an offence to refuse to take a POLICE breath test? A. No, if you are a learner driver. B. No, if you say you haven't been drinking alcohol. C. Yes, always. "Correct. It's always an offence to refuse a breath test." 11 / 20 When drivers have been drinking, the crashes they are involved in are generally: A. About the same. B. Less serious. C. More serious. "Alcohol impairs your ability to react, therefore the crashes tend to be more serious." 12 / 20 If you are taking any sort of medicine, you should: A. Only drive a motor car not a heavy vehicle. B. Find out from your doctor or chemist whether the medicine or drug will affect your driving and act accordingly. C. Only drive during the day after taking the medicine or drug. "Correct. Your doctor or pharmacist will advise you of any potential side effects of your medication." 13 / 20 Before taking any drugs and then driving it is most important to: A. Have some food in your stomach. B. Plan to have some other person with you. C. Know what the effects of the drug are. "Your doctor or pharmacist will advise you of any potential side effects of your medication." 14 / 20 Alcohol is a depressant. This means: A. It makes you calm down and think more clearly. B. It speeds your brain up so you can work better. C. It slows down how quickly your brain works. Any amount of alcohol impairs your ability to think." 15 / 20 After drinking alcohol you could: A. Be able to pay close attention to details in the traffic. B. Be able to drive the same as you normally can. C. Misjudge speed (your own and others). "Any amount of alcohol impairs your ability to think." 16 / 20 If you are affected by a legal drug, such as a medicine (e.g. cold or allergy tablets) A. You may drive only in daylight hours. B. You must have a passenger to help you drive. C. You must not drive. "Medications can make you drowsy and less able to judge situations on the road." 17 / 20 If you hold a learner or provisional licence class what is the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit? A. Zero. B. 0.02. C. 0.05. Explaination: "Correct. You must not drink any alcohol and drive on a learner or provisional licence." 18 / 20 What is the safest way to stay under the legal alcohol limit? A. Exercising and drinking black coffee. B. Buying a breathalyser (alcohol measuring instrument). C. Not drinking any alcohol. "Not drinking alcohol is the safest way to be sure you will be under the limit." 19 / 20 If you are going out and going to drink alcohol, the best way to avoid having to drink and drive is to: A. Wait for one hour after your last drink before you drive home. B. Organise before hand a way of getting home where you are not the driver. C. After you have had a few drinks, start to think about how you will get home. "Organise a taxi, dedicated driver that doesn't drink, or public transport to get home." 20 / 20 Alcohol is a depressant. This means: A. It makes you calm down and think more clearly. B. It speeds your brain up so you can work better. C. It slows down how quickly your brain works. Explaination: "Any amount of alcohol impairs your ability to think." Your score isThe average score is 95% 0% Restart quiz
