- Do you have to have a drivers license to race?
- Kinda, I mean pretty much.
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My name is George Perez and I'm from Pacific Coast Driving Academy
and today I'm going to administer two
sample driving tests to two NASCAR drivers
- There's your mother flippin' driving test.
- I'm William Byron, a Nascar driver for
Hendrick Motorsports driving the number 24 Axalta Chevrolet.
- My name is Daniel Suarez, I drive the car number 19
for Arris Toyota Camry and I'm from Morelia, Mexico.
- Just so that you know,
if you do fail your test today,
I'm required to take your driver's license away.
- Wow, no pressure.
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- When you are merging onto the freeway
you should be driving--
- One option is at or near the same speed
as traffic on the freeway.
- Five to ten miles per hours slower
than the traffic on the freeway.
- The posted speed limit for traffic on the freeway.
- Wow, I guess--
- Five to ten miles per hour slower
than the traffic on the freeway.
No?
- No.
- The posted limit for traffic on the freeway.
- At or near the speed,
same speed as the traffic on the freeway.
- Bravo.
At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway.
Because the freeway isn't always going at 65.
Sometimes there's traffic.
- California's basic speed law says--
- One, you should never drive faster
than posted speed limits.
- You should never drive faster
than is safe for current conditions.
- Or three, the maximum speed limit in California
is 70 miles per hour on certain freeways.
Man, I think just because
the last one says speed in it
and the question has speed in it,
I think that's the answer.
So maximum speed limit in California
is 70 miles per hour on certain freeways.
- No man.
- You should never drive faster
than is safe for current conditions.
- Yes!
- Finally I got something right.
Now I'm on a roll.
- To avoid last-minute moves,
you should be looking down the road to where
your vehicle will be in about--
- Five to ten seconds.
- 10 to 15 seconds.
- 15 to 20 seconds.
- Yeah I don't normally think that far ahead
five to ten seconds from now in my race car,
but I think its probably five to ten seconds.
Is that?
That's not correct again?
- Nope.
- I will guess five to ten seconds.
- That's what the last guy said.
If you're scanning 15 seconds ahead of you,
you're looking almost as far as your eye can see.
- I only need five to ten seconds because I'm quicker.
I'm a Nascar driver.
- That's true.
- Or maybe even less than that.
- To turn left from a multilane,
one-way street onto a one-way street,
you should start to turn from--
- Any lane as long as it still is safe.
- The lane closest to the left curb.
- The lane in the center of the road.
Uh I guess.
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- Like a u-turn?
- No.
- No, just to keep it straight, right?
- Yeah, just to make a left turn.
- You've gotta be at the farthest left lane.
- That's correct.
- The closest to the the left curb.
- That's correct.
- I'm holding on.
- We're not gonna remove your license thus far.
- You are driving on a freeway post for 65 miles per hour.
The traffic is traveling at 70 miles per hour.
You may legally drive--
- 70 miles per hour or faster
to keep up with the speed of traffic.
- Between 65 and 70 miles per hour.
- Or no faster than 65 miles per hour.
I mean I know what I would do.
Just kinda 70 miles per hour or faster
to keep up with the speed of traffic.
- I'd go between 65 and 70.
- Legally you're supposed to drive between 65 and 70.
But logically, you would want to be
70 miles an hour or faster.
- No man, you just missed two on the same question.
You can't break the law.
If everybody jumps off a building
or off a cliff, are you gonna jump off too?
- Maybe
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- Alright so just finished a regular test
with both of these gentlemen,
and William answered the best, scored the highest.
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