CONTENTS
TERMINOLOGY
6
CAR CONTROLS
7
Remote control
Hand Brake lever
8
Transmission Selector lever and Overdrive button
10
Turn signal & Light switch
12
Emergency Flashers button
17
Instrument panel
18
Mirror control
23
Windscreen Wiper switch
26
Pedals
27
Foot Brake pedal & Braking technique
30
Accelerator pedal
31
Steering wheel
33
Steering technique
34
Starting the car engine
40
Shutting down the engine
43
RIGHT OF WAY
PRIORITY OF ROADS: MAJOR, MINOR AND EQUAL ROADS
44
PRIORITY OF VEHICLES
47
PRIORITY OF TRAFFIC CONTROLS
48
BLIND SPOT AND MIRROR CHECKING TECHNIQUE
49
MOVING OFF AND PULLING OVER
MOVING FROM THE KERB
52
Driving elements
Explication
KERBSIDE STOP
60
HILL START
70
ON THE ROAD
LANE SELECTION
72
Roads in a built-up area
77
Highway
83
Freeway, motorway
86
Special lanes
87
SPEED
89
GIVING WAY TO PEDESTRIANS
110
DRIVEWAYS & SIDE ROADS
118
PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MAJOR ROAD
123
DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MINOR ROAD
126
LEFT TURN TECHNIQUE
133
LEFT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD
140
LEFT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD
145
RIGHT TURN TECNIQUE
159
RIGHT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD
168
RIGHT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD
180
DRIVING ON A ROUNDABOUT
196
IRREGULAR T-INTERSECTIONS
212
GIVING WAY AT AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION OF EQUAL ROADS
215
BYPASSING AN OBSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD
218
FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE
DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE
220
IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC
223
PROCEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS
228
DIAGONAL TRAFFIC ARROW
229
STOPPING FOR YELLOW AND RED TRAFFIC LIGHT
231
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHTS
238
GIVING WAY ON FULL GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT
240
PROCEEDING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT
LEFT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
244
RIGHT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
265
HOOK TURN
289
TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING
290
TURNING AROUND
REVERSING
293
U-TURN
298
You must not do a U-turn
301
3-POINT TURN
302
PARKING
PARALLEL PARKING
309
BAY PARKING FRONT TO THE KERB
313
REVERSING OUT OF A BAY
316
REVERSE BAY PARKING
319
FORWARDING OUT OF A BAY
324
REVERSE PARALLEL PARKING
325
YOU MUST NOT PARK OR WAIT
334
CHANGING LANES AND OVERTAKING
CHANGING LANES
345
You must not change lanes
353
Diverging lanes
354
Merging lanes
355
OVERTAKING
358
You must not overtake
365
ON YOUR OWN
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
367
Sun in your eyes
Night driving
368
Rain
370
Passing a bus
371
Following/passing a truck
372
Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance vehicle with flashing lights and siren
374
Driving downhill and hill climbing
375
Hand and high beam signals
376
379
EMERGENCIES
381
If you face a “Wrong Way - Go Back” sign
If the windscreen fogs up
382
When other vehicles risk collision by not noticing you
383
If your engine stalls on full drive
384
Emergency braking
385
Skidding
386
Front wheels locking
387
Emergency stop in a freeway
388
Tyre blowout or bulging
389
If you drift onto a soft shoulder
390
Insecure environment
391
IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT
392
BASIC SERVICE OPERATIONS
394
Filling fuel
Inflating tyres
400
Checking level of fluids
405
Checking turn, reverse and brake lights
409
MISCELLANEA
DRIVING TEST HINTS
410
REFERENCES
411
DISCLAIMER
412
COPYRIGHT
SOURCE
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