About Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt: which statement is correct?
- The headrest may sit low, as long as it is somewhere behind your head.
- You only need to re-adjust seat, headrest, steering wheel and mirrors when getting into a new or unfamiliar car, not on every trip in your own car.
- ✓ You put on your seatbelt before driving off, with no exception for road type or speed.
- You put on the seatbelt first and adjust your mirrors afterwards.
Correct answer: You put on your seatbelt before driving off, with no exception for road type or speed.
Explanation
You put on your seatbelt before driving off, with no exception for road type or speed. The seatbelt duty applies just as much in the city as on the motorway
Why learners get this wrong
- The headrest must sit flat behind your head; this gives you the best protection in a rear-end collision. A headrest set too low does not protect the neck
- The text literally says: check before EVERY trip. Even in your own, familiar car, a seat or mirror may have shifted
- The text lists the order seat, headrest, steering wheel and mirrors, and only then 'and of course you put on your seatbelt before departure' as the last step
Topic: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
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- Challenge: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
- The model: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
- Core: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
- Why it matters: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
- Active recall: Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt
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