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9/15/65 1965 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY SAFETY DIVISION, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPT. FLORIDA FED OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

TO ALL CLUB PRESIDENTS AND PROGRAM CHAIRMEN:

Why not obtain those four (4) point on your Honor Score I wrote you about in June? It's all very easy - just have Traffic Safety as one of your Programs this year! The following are a few suggestions:

1. Well in advance of your meeting, obtain the assistance of the Information Officer of the Florida Highway Patrol in your area (or a local police or safety officer), inviting him to attend your meeting and to assist in explaining the answers to the test to be given and any other questions which may be directed to him; also, to obtain for your the Florida Driver's Handbook to be used in this Safety Program.

2. The meeting prior to your Safety Program distribute this Driver's Handbook to each member of your Club, instructing them to study the book carefully and learn the answers to the 41 questions contained in it.

3. Attached hereto is the Driver's Test to be given to the women. Have the test mimeographed and distributed to your members the day of the Safety Meeting. It will be a 20-minute test test. DO NOT divulge which questions will be used beforehand. After the test, is completed, the answers will then be given to the ladies, and they will grade their papers accordingly.

4. As mentioned before, a ten-to-fifteen minute question and answer period will follow. Afterwards, this same Florida Highway Patrol Officer, or an eye doctor, will give each woman an eye examination. If your Club is large in membership, you may need two or three members to assist in these examinations. Do not forget to obtain beforehand enough of the necessary equipment to conduct these tests quickly and smoothly.

5. In conclusion, a short film on Traffic Safety can be shown.

Now you may say, "Just what is the purpose of this program?" My answer is, as follow:

1. We will familiarize ourselves with the latest Florida Traffic Safety Laws and with the Florida Driver's Handbook.

2. We will know just how well we can see and will corrent any defects, if any, that may appear in the eye examination.

3. Through this film, the discussions, and our studying the manual, we will alert ourselves to the many responsibilities of being a GOOD, DEFENSIVE, ALERT, AND CAPABLE DRIVER and will impart this safely knowledge to our families and friends to lessen the terrible death tolls on Florida's highways.

My very best wishes for your success in this extremely worthwhile venture.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ray A. Shepard, State Chairman Division of Safety, FFWC P. O. Box 421, Edgewater, Fla.

NOTE - Answers to Test: 1.Pg.17; 2.Pg.10; 3.Pg.21; 4.Pg.34; 5.Pg.27; 6.Pg.33; 7.Pg.30; 8.Pg.26; 9.Pg.10; 10.Pg.19; 11.Pg.35; 12.Pg.37; 13.Pg.38; 14.Pg.2; 15.Pg.25; 16.Pg.27; 17.Pg.33; 18.Pg.12; 19.Pg.29; 20.Pg.15.

FLORIDA FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS SAFETY DIVISION, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPT.

SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS TAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA DRIVER'S HANDBOOK PUT OUT BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND USED WITH THEIR PERMISSION:

1. What is the speed limit?

2. When do Florida driver's licenses expire?

3. When may you not pass?

4. If you are involved as a driver in an automobile accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage of $50.00 or more, what must you do within 30 days in order to comply with the Financial Responsibility Law?

5. What is the method of giving hand and arm signals?

6. What lights are required on your car?

7. What should a driver do when he sees or hears an emergency vehicle approaching?

8. How far away from an intersection must you signal for a turn?

9. If you lose your license, what should you do?

10. If you are being passed by another vehicle, what are you require to do?

11. Can you identify the traffic signs by their shapes?

12. If a traffic light indicates "Go" and a police officer signals you "Stop", which would you obey?

13. What are you required to do when you meet a school bus which is loading or unloading children?

14. When must a driver have a Florida driver's license?

15. If two vehicles enter an open intersection from different highways at the same time, which one has the right-of-way?

16. What is required of a driver who stops or parks on a highway?

17. When are you required to turn on your lights?

18. For what reasons and for what length of time may a driver's license be revoked? Suspended?

19. How should you leave your car when you park parallel to the curb on a hill?

20. What are you required to do if you stike an unattended vehicle?