Emergency Situations, Collisions, and Railway Crossings
This domain tests the few actions that decide whether a bad situation becomes a fatal one, plus your legal duties after a collision.
Collisions
- Stop, and never leave the scene of a collision you were involved in.
- Check for injuries, call 911, and give first aid only within your training.
- Exchange name, address, phone number, licence number, plate, and insurance details with the other driver.
- Report to police when there is injury, death, or damage above the provincial threshold; move vehicles off the road only when it is safe and nobody is hurt.
Emergencies
- Blowout: grip the wheel, keep straight, ease off the accelerator, and pull over gradually without hard braking.
- Brake failure: downshift, apply steady pressure, use the parking brake gently, and look for an escape route.
- Skid: look and steer where you want to go while easing off the accelerator.
- Vehicle in water: undo seatbelts, open or break a window, and get children out first rather than waiting for the car to fill.
Railway crossings
- Never stop on the tracks or enter a crossing unless the far side is clear.
- Obey lights, bells, and gates; without them, stop, look both ways, and listen.
- School buses and vehicles carrying dangerous goods must stop at every crossing.
- If you stall on the tracks, get everyone out and move away at an angle toward the approaching train to stay clear of debris.
Worked example
Your car stalls on the tracks and the lights begin to flash. Do not try to restart it. Get everyone out, leave the vehicle, and move diagonally toward the train and away from the track, which keeps you outside the debris field if the train strikes the car.
Traps
- Standing between two cars after a highway fender-bender.
- Waiting for the vehicle to fill with water before escaping.
- Braking hard during a blowout.
- Leaving the scene to 'sort it out later'.