EVOC Questions With Complete Solutions (100%
Accurate)
Offensive Driving Right Ans - driving in a manner which controls or
influences the situation for a desired outcome
Name three attitudes which result in poor driving habits. Right Ans - 1. Ego
2. Overconfidence
3. Unwillingness to change false ideas
What are the causes of accidents Right Ans - 1. brakes
2. steering
What is the tire pressure changes for outside air temperature? Right Ans -
1 psi per 10* F
What are the goals of EVOC? Right Ans - 1. Reduce the number of traffic
accidents
2. reduce severity of accidents, which do occur
3. Increase efficiency thereby reducing wear and tear on the vehicles and the
officers
4. Impress upon the officer the responsibility, liability and personal dangers
involved in emergency vehicle operations
Biscoe v. Arlington County Right Ans - 3rd party liability
City of Canton v. Harris Right Ans - Failure to train - "failure to train
amounts to deliberate indifference"
Brower v. Inyo County Right Ans - 4th amendment seizure
Sacramento County v. Lewis Right Ans - violation of 14th amendment right
- "shock the conscience"
Lowrimore v. Dimmitt Right Ans - Discretionary Immunity
Scott v. Harris Right Ans - Reasonableness standard 4th amendment
, NRS 484B.700 Right Ans - the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle or
an official vehicle of a regulatory agency when responding to an emergency
call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when
responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, or a vehicle escorting
a funeral
• Audible and visual signals or
• Visual signals only, as required by law
NRS 484B.267 Right Ans - operation of vehicle on approach of authorized
emergency vehicle, official vehicle of regulatory agency or police vehicle
(failure to yield)
making use of flashing lights
NRS 484B.550 - stop required on signal of peace officer; penalties Right
Ans - • Except as otherwise provided in this section, the driver of a motor
vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring the vehicle to a stop, or who
otherwise flees or attempts to elude a peace officer in a readily identifiable
vehicle of any police department or regulatory agency, when given a signal to
bring the vehicle to a stop is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• The signal by the peace officer described in subsection 1 must be by flashing
red lamp and siren
• Unless the provisions of NRS 484B.653 apply if, while violating the
provisions of subsection 1, the driver of the motor vehicle:
(a) Is the proximate cause of damage to the property of any other person; or
(b) Operates the motor vehicle in a manner which endangers or is likely to
endanger any other person or the property of any other person, the driver is
guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term
of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine
and imprisonment.
Driving is merely a repetition of three basic actions Right Ans - 1. Perceive
2. Predict
3. Perform
what are the 5 components of driving Right Ans - 1. Aim high in steering -
establish a 15 second eye lead time
2. Get the big picture
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