Avoiding collisions — Kansas Permit Test

In avoiding a Kansas collision a driver has three options: brake, steer or accelerate.

Panic makes people do nothing at all. Knowing there are exactly three choices makes one of them possible.

In avoiding a collision, you have three options: brake, steer or accelerate.

With an anti-lock braking system a Kansas driver who needs to stop quickly presses the brake pedal as hard as they can and keeps pressing it.

The pedal will push back and buzz. Lifting off because of that is how ABS gets switched off by the driver.

Press on the brake pedal as hard as you can and keep pressing on it.

A Kansas driver may feel the brake pedal pushing back when ABS is working and must not let up, because ABS will only work with the brake pedal pushed down fully.

The shuddering pedal is the system doing its job. It feels like a fault and it is not.

Do not let-up on the brake pedal. The ABS will only work with the brake pedal pushed down fully.

Without an anti-lock braking system a Kansas driver applies the brakes as hard as they can without locking them, and if the brakes lock up eases off the pedal then reapplies with control.

A locked wheel cannot steer. Easing off just enough is what gives the steering back.

If the brakes lock-up, you will feel the vehicle start to skid. Ease up on the brake pedal and then reapply with control. Do not take your foot off the brake pedal.

In most Kansas cases a driver can steer the vehicle quicker than they can stop it, so they should consider steering in order to avoid a collision.

Braking takes hundreds of feet; steering takes a car's width. That is why steering is often the better answer.

In most cases, you can steer the vehicle quicker than you can stop it.

A Kansas driver should always steer in the direction they want the vehicle to go, because some drivers steer away from one collision only to end up in another.

Looking at what you want to miss is how you hit it. Looking at the gap is how you reach it.

Always steer in the direction you want the vehicle to go.

With an anti-lock braking system a Kansas driver who needs to steer quickly continues pressing the brake pedal as hard as they can while steering in the direction they want to travel.

ABS is what lets you brake and steer at once. Without it you have to choose.

Continue pressing on the brake pedal as hard as you can and keep pressing on it while steering in the direction you want to travel.

Without an anti-lock braking system a Kansas driver avoids hard braking while steering, and once steered to the intended path with the vehicle straight can begin to brake harder.

Tires cannot do both jobs at once without ABS. Steer first, then brake.

Avoid hard braking while steering, if possible.

Sometimes it is necessary for a Kansas driver to accelerate to avoid a collision, such as when another vehicle is about to hit them from the side or behind and there is room ahead, and they should slow down once the danger has passed.

Speeding up feels wrong and is sometimes the only gap available. It only works while there is room in front.

This may happen when another vehicle is about to hit you from the side or from behind and there is room to the front of your vehicle to get out of danger.

What three options does Kansas give for avoiding a collision?

Brake, steer or accelerate. Panic makes people do nothing at all. Knowing there are exactly three choices makes one of them possible. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.73: “In avoiding a collision, you have three options: brake, steer or accelerate.”