Defensive driving for the intelligence impaired
I recently, for purely non-speeding-ticket-related reasons, found myself the lucky participant in an online defensive driving course.
These are actual questions with their correct answers (revealed after you have completed the quiz) which I copied and pasted from the text of the course.
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Q: Which of the following is not a physical force that will affect your car's handling ability? Centrifugal force, friction, kinetic energy, or police force?
A: Police Force
This question scares me.
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Q: Does anticipating the worst mean that safe drivers are pessimists?
A: Yes, because a driver makes a constant stream of life or death decisions.
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This one is part of a series of randomly inserted identity verification questions. If you answer too many of them incorrectly, you may not have your certificate.
Q: Do you own your own home or do you rent?
__Yes __No
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Well I know I feel much safer now.
2 Comments:
Hey, you're back!
I just set a section in a first aid chapter that said:
Amputation
What to Look for:
*Loss of body part
Good lord, if someone has to look THAT up, I'm screwed!
Who knew that driving required a philosophy degree? Whatever next? 'Do you regard driving as ontological or teleological?', or 'Is the clutch a categorical imperative?', or 'What would Jesus drive?'!
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