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This document contains a quiz about texting while driving with 7 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of the risks and laws around texting and driving. The questions cover topics like how far a vehicle travels while a driver's eyes are off the road texting, whether texting is allowed at red lights or in traffic, if holding a phone is allowed, how much more likely an accident is while texting, where it is allowed to stop to text, if browsing the web while driving is prohibited, and if some people are safer texting due to being able to multitask. The document then provides the answers to the questions and encourages safe driving practices like turning off phones before driving or having passengers handle calls and texts instead of the driver

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Test Knowledge Texting Driving

This document contains a quiz about texting while driving with 7 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of the risks and laws around texting and driving. The questions cover topics like how far a vehicle travels while a driver's eyes are off the road texting, whether texting is allowed at red lights or in traffic, if holding a phone is allowed, how much more likely an accident is while texting, where it is allowed to stop to text, if browsing the web while driving is prohibited, and if some people are safer texting due to being able to multitask. The document then provides the answers to the questions and encourages safe driving practices like turning off phones before driving or having passengers handle calls and texts instead of the driver

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Te s t Yo u r K n o w l e d g e

Texting and Driving


Questions:

1. Answer each question.


2. Check your answers on the back.
3. See how well you scored.

1. Texting while driving increases the risk of accident, because your


eyes are away from the road from 4 to 6 seconds. At a speed of
90 km/h, how much distance is covered while you are looking away
from the road?
Approximately 50 metres
Approximately 80 metres
Approximately 110 metres
2. Texting at the wheel is allowed when you are
stopped at a red light or stuck in traffic, since
your vehicle isnt moving.
True
False
3. You are allowed to hold a cell phone in
your hand while driving, as long as it isnt
used to talk or text.
True
False
4. How much more likely are you to be involved in an
accident while texting at the wheel than while not texting?
15 times more likely
23 times more likely
28 times more likely
5. To text safely, you are allowed to park anywhere on the road
network; the important thing is for your vehicle to be stopped.
True
False
6. Browsing the Web while driving is prohibited, even if you
use a device that does not have a telephone function,
like an iPod or tablet.
True
False
7. Driving and texting is dangerous, except
for people who are used to multitasking.
True
False

Answers
1. Approximately 110 metres
This is like travelling the length of a football field
with your eyes closed.

2. False
If you bring your vehicle to a stop for road signs,
traffic signals or traffic obstructions, you are still
considered to be driving. You are therefore not
allowed to hold a device equipped with a
telephone function.

3. False
Drivers holding a cell phone in their hand are
presumed to be using it. Simply holding this type
of device in your hand while driving, regardless
of use, is an offence. Reading or writing text
messages and emails or consulting Web pages
is also prohibited.

4. 23 times more likely


A study conducted by a team from Virginia Tech
in the United States has concluded that
heavy vehicle drivers who text while driving
are 23 times more likely to be involved in an
accident than drivers who arent texting.

Remember that, except in an emergency,


no one is allowed to bring a vehicle to a stop on
the shoulder of a highway or on highway access
and exit ramps.

6. True
Browsing the Web with a device that is not
equipped with a telephone function is also
prohibited under section 439 of the Highway
Safety Code. The law includes all devices
equipped with a telephone function, whether
it is activated or not, in addition to other devices
with a screen.

7. False
It is not safer for anyone. The human brain
cannot process two pieces of information
simultaneously, but rather processes them one
after the other. Either the brain is busy driving
or it is busy texting. Furthermore, the drivers
eyes are away from the road while texting.

5. False

Are you tempted


to text at the wheel?
Stop temptation in its tracks by
blocking incoming calls and text
messages. Download the Focus
Mode app for free at
www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/
focusmode.
Turn off your phone before
getting behind the wheel.
You can ask passengers in the
vehicle to answer calls, read or
write text messages for you.

To find out more, visit


www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/cell.

Evaluation
Between 6 and 7 right answers
Congratulations! You are a
responsible driver and know that
texting at the wheel is dangerous
and prohibited.

Between 4 and 5 right answers


Be careful! Despite your knowledge, you have not learned a few
important things about texting at
the wheel.

3 or fewer right answers


Danger! You should improve your
knowledge about the prohibition
and dangers of texting while
driving.

C-5218-A-4 (14-01)

If you have to use your cell phone, to do so


safely, stop in a place where parking is
authorized, such as on the shoulder of a
road where the speed limit is below 70 km/h,
in a parking lot or in a service area.

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