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Michigan Vehicle Control and Equipment: five situations explained

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In this video

0:00Intro
0:17What cancels a cruise control setting?
1:03How many crashes in two years can lead to a reexamination?
2:00Until when must a Michigan child ride in a car seat or booster seat?
3:03Who must be buckled up in Michigan?
3:59What must a Michigan teen have to get a Level 3 Full License?
5:18Recap

In short

The five situations

Pick an answer first, the way the video pauses for you. Each one cites What Every Driver Must Know.

Situation 1
What cancels a cruise control setting?
Answer: C. Pressing the brake pedal. Acceleration does not cancel the cruise control setting; depressing the brake pedal will.
What Every Driver Must Know › Chapter 7 › Cruise control
Situation 2
How many crashes in two years can lead to a reexamination?
Answer: A. Three or more with injury or property damage. A reexamination may follow three or more crashes resulting in injury or property damage in two years.
What Every Driver Must Know › Chapter 2 › Driver reexamination
Situation 3
Until when must a Michigan child ride in a car seat or booster seat?
Answer: C. Until age 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first. Children must be in a car seat or booster until they are 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first.
What Every Driver Must Know › Chapter 4 › Protecting children and teens
Situation 4
Who must be buckled up in Michigan?
Answer: B. Everyone in the front seat, and all passengers under 16 in any seat. All front-seat occupants must be buckled, and all passengers under 16 in all seating positions.
What Every Driver Must Know › Chapter 4 › Buckle up, it’s the law!
Situation 5
What must a Michigan teen have to get a Level 3 Full License?
Answer: B. Age 17, six months on Level 2, and 12 months in a row with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension. You must be at least 17, have held Level 2 at least six months, and have driven 12 consecutive months with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension.
What Every Driver Must Know › Chapter 1 › Under 18 – Graduated Driver Licensing

Transcript

0:00Intro

Your car, your equipment and your passengers come with rules of their own. Here are five of them from Michigan's What Every Driver Must Know. For each one, pick your answer before I reveal it.

0:17Situation 1

Your cruise control is set on the highway. What cancels a cruise control setting? The answer is C: Pressing the brake pedal. Acceleration does not cancel the cruise control setting; depressing the brake pedal will. Pressing the brake pedal cancels it. Pressing the accelerator does not.

1:03Situation 2

A Michigan driver has had several crashes recently. How many crashes in two years can lead to a reexamination? The answer is A: Three or more with injury or property damage. A reexamination may follow three or more crashes resulting in injury or property damage in two years. Three or more crashes with injury or property damage in two years can lead to a reexamination.

2:00Situation 3

Your seven-year-old nephew is riding with you. Until when must a Michigan child ride in a car seat or booster seat? The answer is C: Until age 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first. Children must be in a car seat or booster until they are 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first. Children ride in a car seat or booster until they're 8 years old or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first.

3:03Situation 4

You're driving with friends in the front and back seats. Who must be buckled up in Michigan? The answer is B: Everyone in the front seat, and all passengers under 16 in any seat. All front-seat occupants must be buckled, and all passengers under 16 in all seating positions. Everyone in the front seat must be buckled, and so must every passenger under 16, in any seat.

3:59Situation 5

A Michigan teen on a Level 2 license wants a full license. What must a Michigan teen have to get a Level 3 Full License? The answer is B: Age 17, six months on Level 2, and 12 months in a row with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension. You must be at least 17, have held Level 2 at least six months, and have driven 12 consecutive months with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension. They must be at least 17, have held Level 2 for at least six months, and have driven 12 months in a row with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension.

5:18Recap

Acceleration does not cancel the cruise control setting; depressing the brake pedal will. A reexamination may follow three or more crashes resulting in injury or property damage in two years. Children must be in a car seat or booster until they are 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first. All front-seat occupants must be buckled, and all passengers under 16 in all seating positions. You must be at least 17, have held Level 2 at least six months, and have driven 12 consecutive months with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension. Nice work. Try more vehicle and equipment questions in Practice by Topic, then test yourself with a full mock exam.

The rules in this lesson

Acceleration does not cancel the cruise control setting; depressing the brake pedal will.
A reexamination may follow three or more crashes resulting in injury or property damage in two years.
Children must be in a car seat or booster until they are 8 or 4 feet 9 inches tall, whichever comes first.
All front-seat occupants must be buckled, and all passengers under 16 in all seating positions.
You must be at least 17, have held Level 2 at least six months, and have driven 12 consecutive months with no violation, at-fault crash or suspension.

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