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| The ability to move or be moved. |
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| When a motor vehicle hits another motor vehicle, a pedestrian, an animal, a bicyclist, or a fixed object, this is called a crash. |
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| Highway Transportation System (HTS) |
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| A system made up of roadways, motor vehicles, and people. |
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| A crash; the result of oneself or others and of damage to vehicles and property. |
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| The distance and area a driver can see and the ability of a vehicle or pedestrian to be seen. |
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| The ability to judge your speed and the speed of other vehicles and highway users. Time can also refer to how long it will take your vehicle or another vehicle to stop or intersect paths. |
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| The distance between your vehicle and other vehicles or highway users. |
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| Costs are measured in dollars and lives. |
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| The way you weigh the benefits you receive from driving versus what driving a vehicle actually costs. |
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| The chance of injury to oneself or others and of damage to vehicles and property. |
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| Laws that regulate driver licensing, vehicle registration, financial responsibility of drivers and vehicle owners, or minimum equipment and vehicle standards. |
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| To take away a person's driver's license for a specified period of time, usually 30 to 90 days. |
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| To cancel a person's license to drive a vehicle, usually for the period of a year or more, after which time the driver can apply for another license. |
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| A system used to keep track of traffic violations by individual drivers. |
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| The right of one roadway user to go first or to cross in front of another, right-of-way must be yielded to others in many situations. |
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| A posted speed limit that cannot legally be exceeded. |
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| A speed limit that interrupts normal driving speed for a limited time and provides guidelines for adjusting speed. |
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| A rule making it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) above a certain level. |
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| A law stating that any licensed driver charged with driving under the influence or while intoxicated cannot legally refuse to be tested for blood-alcohol concentration. |
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| Aggressive Driving-A combination of dangerous acts committed while driving. |
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| Reckless driving causing the death of another person. |
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| A sign that controls the flow of traffic. |
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| A sign that alerts drivers to potential dangers or conditions ahead. |
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| A sign, including a route marker or destination, mileage, recreational area, or roadside service sign, used to guide and direct drivers. |
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| A road sign that conveys meaning through symbols, not words. |
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| A lane that drivers moving in either direction use to make a left turn. |
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| A lane on which the direction of traffic changes at certain times of day. |
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| High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Sign |
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| A lane reserved for use by vehicles having two or more occupants. |
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| An electronic signal, such as a colored light, used to keep traffic moving in an orderly manner. |
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| A signal providing information on whether you should stop, slow down and stop, slow down and go, depending on the color of the light. |
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| A signal at busy intersections using words or signals to tell pedestrians, or people on foot, how to proceed. |
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| An electronic signal mounted above a reversible lane that indicates whether the lane can or cannot be used at a particular time. |
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