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Night Driving and Driver Fatigue

Night Driving and Driver Fatigue are required knowledge areas under 49 CFR 383.111(a)(11) and (a)(20), which name specific driver, roadway, and vehicle factors, and specific fatigue-awareness practices, directly in the regulation’s own text.

Practice Night Driving and Driver Fatigue

5 Questions

  1. Under 49 CFR 383.111(a)(11), federal regulation names specific vehicle-related factors a CDL knowledge test must cover for night driving. Which of the following is one of them?
  2. At night, why should a driver slow down enough that the vehicle can stop before reaching the edge of what the headlights actually illuminate?
  3. When facing bright headlights from an oncoming vehicle at night, what should a driver do?
  4. Under 49 CFR 383.111(a)(20), which of the following is one of the required fatigue-and-awareness practices that CDL knowledge tests must cover?
  5. What is the only reliable way to deal with becoming drowsy while driving a commercial motor vehicle?