A forklift tips over more often when turning than when driving straight, because the load shifts the center of gravity toward the outside of the turn. Operators are trained to slow well before a corner rather than while inside it, since braking mid-turn throws weight forward and sideways at the same time. Warehouses that track incidents find that most tip-overs happen not on ramps, where drivers are already cautious, but on flat, familiar floors where a driver has made the same turn a hundred times and stops paying attention to speed.
As used in the passage, the word familiar most nearly means
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Correct answer to question 62 (Paragraph Comprehension): well known from repetition
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The passage contrasts familiar floors with ramps where drivers are cautious, meaning floors the driver knows from repeated use, fitting well known from repetition.
Updated: November 2026
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