What Is The Heavy Vehicle Formula
Question: Where should your reflectors be placed when stopped on a undivided highway?
Answer: Place within 10 feet of the front or rear corners to mark the location of the vehicle and 100 feet behind and ahead of the vehicle.
Question: When should you downshift automatic transmissions?
Answer: Before going down a hill.
Question: Which of the following best describes the “Heavy Vehicle Formula”?
Answer: One second for each 10 feet of vehicle length at speeds below 40 mph adding 1 second for speeds over 40 mph.
Question: T or F You should use low beams whenever you can.
Answer: False
Question: What are the two ways to know when to shift?
Answer: Engine speed and road speed.