If you become drowsy while driving you should:

Question: If you become drowsy while driving you should:

Answer options:

• Open a window and continue ✅ Stop in a safe place and rest
• Drive faster to arrive sooner
• Turn up the radio

Correct answer: Stop in a safe place and rest

Explanation: Stopping in a safe place to rest is correct because sleep is the only effective remedy for fatigue. Temporary tactics such as opening a window or turning up the radio provide a brief, false sense of alertness and fail to prevent dangerous micro-sleeps. Speeding to arrive sooner is highly hazardous, as fatigue severely impairs reaction time and spatial judgment. The ICBC Learn to Drive Smart manual emphasizes that drowsiness degrades driving skills similarly to alcohol impairment, requiring drivers to pull over safely to rest. On the Class 7 knowledge test, questions on fatigue emphasize choosing long-term physiological solutions over temporary, ineffective distractions to ensure road safety.