Professional Police Driving Exam

As the speed of your police vehicle increases, the effectiveness of your audible (sirens) warning devices ________?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Is the same as it is normally

• None of the other answers are correct

Components of a pre-shift vehicle inspection include

• Mechanical check

• Interior check

• Exterior check

• Required inventory

• All of the required answers are correct

Defensive driving is an acknowledgment that an accident can happen

• Only to careless people

• To person's who have not taken a driver's education course

• To anyone-----Evan a peace officer

• When safety belts are not fastened

In negotiating a curve, which of the following actions describes the correct procedures on dry pavement?

• Slow down before entering the curve; then accelerate through the curve to utilize centripetal force to the driver’s advantage

• Do not brake before entering the curve; maintain a constant pressure on the accelerator at all times

• Brake the vehicle all the way through the curve

• None of the answers respond to the question

Most Law Enforcement officers spend approximately this much of their duty time operating a police vehicle…

• 66%

• 50%

• 40%

• 75%

Next to intersections listed at 53 %, which of the following shows to have the highest percentage of law enforcement involved collisions?

• Backing

• Passing

• Parking

• Unsafe speed

Proper braking occurs when the operator __________ the brake pedal.

• Jams

• Pumps

• Squeezes

• None of the answers are correct

The proper position for your hands when operating a vehicle are

• 10 & 2

• 12 & 6

• 9 & 3

• 4 & 7

Turning radius _____________ as speed increases?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Remains the same

• None of the answer's are correct

What percentage of pursuits end in vehicle crashes?

• 65%

• 25%

• 3%

• 40%