1. 1st question you should ask driver?

Were you
driving?
2. A family moving from San Antonio to
Dallas and renting a U HAUL truck to
move their household possessions.
This transport would be considered:
Not In Commerce
3. According to traffic collision &
investigation, the safety of your
______ is important.
partner
4. According to traffic collision &
investigation, when completing a
supplemental report, the officer
should
use date when
supplemental
report is being
completed
NOT same date
as crash/incident
5. According to traffic collision &
investigation, while conducting traffic
direction, an officer should?
needs to be
visible and safe
where he can be
seen and heard
coordinate the
traffic control
wear reflective
vest
6. According to traffic control &
collision, upon arrival at the scene
secure and make
scene safe
check for injuries
ask who was
operating
vehicles
obtain DL and
insurance
7. at grade intersection intersection or
junction where
all roadways
cross or join at
the same level
8. Basic crash report criteria Motor Vehicle
Traffic way
Injury or damage
Unintended
Event
(Need all 4)
9. Both sides of report must be
completed. What kind of form must be
completed for each CMV involved in a
motor vehicle traffic crash?
A separate
commercial
motor vehicle
supplement CRB
3C form
10. By law, every law
enforcement officer who
investigates a motor vehicle
crash that results in injury,
death or damage to property
over $1,000 is required to
forward a written report
within ____ ____ of crash
10 days
11. Casualties that are not in
motor vehicles
Pedestrian, bicyclist, train
operator, horse
12. Cataclysm a cloudburst, cyclone,
earthquake, flood,
hurricane, lightning, tidal
wave, rain, tornado,
volcanic eruption, gust of
wind. All excluded, not a
crash.
13. Conditional factors deficiencies in basic
attributes of roads, vehicles,
people as related to
highway transportation
Exp.) Impaired visibility/no
glasses
14. crash identified event that
produces injury, death or
damage
15. Distraction in Vehicle when the driver's actions or
the actions of others in
his/her vehicle are such
that a lack of observance
and or vehicle control
occurred to the extent it
contributes to the crash
16. Driver Inattention when a driver's lack of
attention to the highway or
traffic occurs and
contributes to the crash
17. Factors to consider in
placement of warning
devices
speed/stopping distance of
vehicle
driver's reaction time
hills,curves, overpasses
weather conditions
hazardous situations
amount of traffic
18. Failed to Control Speed when the speed of the
vehicle was unreasonable
for the circumstances or
conditions and the driver's
lack of control resulted in a
collision with a person,
vehicle or conveyance that
was legally on the roadway.
19. Failure to Leave ID (FLID) Class B misdemeanor
Traffic Collision & Investigation
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20. Flares, cones and
emergency lights are
examples of?
warning devices
21. GVWR or Gross
Combination Weight
Rating or both of
______ or more
10,01 lbs or more
22. Harmful event occurrence of injury or damage
23. If a person dies within
____ ___ of crash due
to injuries sustained in
crash, a supplemental
report must be
completed and
submitted to
Department of Public
Safety.
30 days
24. If there is no damage or
injury, a report should
not be submitted even
though it was
investigated.
MUST result in damage or injury
25. Impaired visibility when a driver's view is
obstructed by the vehicle's load
or occupants; or when vehicles
and/or objects on or near the
highway obstruct driver's view of
pedestrian and/or traffic. Also
includes weather or objects
placed over windows.
26. In securing the crash
scene, you must
consider
availability of assistance
type of problem
severity of conditions
27. In traffic direction,
what factors should be
taken into
consideration?
Amount of traffic
Length of time traffic may be
stopped
Need for manpower
Availability of alternate route
28. legal intervention deliberate intent involcing
intentional acts by a law
enforcement agent or other
official
29. Measurements are all to
be taken at ?
the same fixed point
30. Most difficult element to
identify in a hit n run?
the identity of suspect
31. motor vehicle traffic
crash
any motor vehicle crash that
occurs on a traffic way/occurs
after motor vehicle runs off
roadway before events are
stabilized.
32. Motor
Vehicles do
include:
automobiles, bus, motorcycle, motorized
bike, scooter, truck, van
construction machinery, farm machinery,
road roller, TRACTOR, while in transport
under own power to move persons, the
machine itself or property from one place to
another
33. Non contact
unit
-should be identified and reported
-vehicle, pedestrian which contributes to a
crash by unusual or illegal behavior but
strikes nothing and suffers neither damage
nor injury.
-Information may include contributing
factors
34. Off set skid
marks
skid mark suddenly changes direction
where the POINT of IMPACT occurred
35. On a crash
report, Native
American
would
classified
under?
Other
36. person every natural person, firm, co partnership,
association, or corporation. Fetus is not
considered to be a person.
37. Proper use of
Whistle
1 long blast means STOP
2 short blasts means GO
Several short rapid blasts (usually 3) mean
Warning or to get driver's attention
38. Railroad
Crossing
Crash is an
intersection crash
39. ramp interconnecting roadway of traffic
interchange or any connection between
highways at different levels or between
parallel highways on which vehicles may
enter/leave a designated roadway
40. road part of traffic way includes both roadway and
shoulder alongside roadway (ROADWAY +
SHOULDER = ROAD)
41. Roadway that PORTION of a traffic way designed,
improved and ordinarily used for motor
vehicle travel.
Separate roadways may be provided for all
directions of travel or for trucks and
automobiles.
42. Shadow the first part of a skid mark
very light
should be figured into total length of skid
most efficient slowing action of breaking
action
short lived evidence
43. shoulder part of traffic way next to
roadway for emergency use,
accommodation of stopped
vehicle, lateral support of
roadway structure
44. Skids Marks can determine placement of vehicles
estimating minimum speeds
determine whether wheels
were locked by hard braking
45. The failure to use proper
caution in obedience to an
official traffic control device
or warning sign contributes
to the crash
Failure to Heed Warning
Sign
46. The three primary ways to
learn of a crash
radio (dispatched)
passing motorist (flagged
down)
on view
drove up on
47. To determine the severity of
crash
number of vehicles involved
number of people injured
extent of injuries
people pinned in vehicles
48. Traffic control devices are
designed to
expedite movement
limit congestion
restore traffic flow
49. traffic way any land way open to the
public as a matter of right or
custom for MOVING
persons/property from one
place to another
50. Transportation from Dallas
to El Paso is an example of ?
Intrastate Commerce
51. Types of warning devices Flares
Traffic Cones
Barricades
Arrow Boards
Patrol Emergency Lights
52. unstabilized situation set of events not under
human control. It starts
when control is lost and
ends when control is
regained
53. What kind of speed can be
estimated during skid
marks?
minimum speed
54. When a chain of events is
definitely broken by time or
place, the events should be
reported as
separate crashes
55. When directing traffic, the
law enforcement officer
must ?
stand in best position
56. Which is not an example of a motor
vehicle
train, it is a
RAILWAY
VEHICLE
57. While planning the route to get to crash... plan most
expeditious
rote
available
1)determine
exact
location of
crash
2)direction
of travel of
crash
58. Yaw Mark rear wheels
tracking
outside front
wheels
59. You should make a crash report when
injuries/damage is greater than ____?
$1,000
60. You should never TURN
YOUR BACK
ON
TRAFFIC
61. You should not directly point flashlight
beam in _____ ____ but in the direction
of oncoming traffic to gain attention.
driver's eyes