CONTENTS
TERMINOLOGY
7
CAR CONTROLS
8
Remote control
Hand Brake lever
9
Transmission Selector lever and Overdrive button
11
Turn signal & Light switch
13
Emergency Flashers button
18
Instrument panel
19
Mirror control
24
Windscreen Wiper switch
27
Pedals
28
Foot Brake pedal & Braking technique
31
Accelerator pedal
32
Steering wheel
34
Steering technique
35
Starting the car engine
41
Shutting down the engine
44
RIGHT OF WAY
PRIORITY OF ROADS: MAJOR, MINOR AND EQUAL ROADS
45
PRIORITY OF VEHICLES
48
PRIORITY OF TRAFFIC CONTROLS
49
BLIND SPOT AND MIRROR CHECKING TECHNIQUE
50
MOVING OFF AND PULLING OVER
MOVING FROM THE KERB
53
Driving elements
Explication
KERBSIDE STOP
61
HILL START
71
ON THE ROAD
LANE SELECTION
73
Roads in a built-up area
78
Highway with speed limit up to 80 km/h
84
Freeway, motorway and roads with speed limit over 80 km/h
87
Special lanes
88
SPEED
90
GIVING WAY TO PEDESTRIANS
111
DRIVEWAYS & SIDE ROADS
119
PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MAJOR ROAD
124
DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MINOR ROAD
127
LEFT TURN TECHNIQUE
134
LEFT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD
141
LEFT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD
146
RIGHT TURN TECNIQUE
160
RIGHT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD
169
RIGHT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD
181
DRIVING ON A ROUNDABOUT
197
IRREGULAR T-INTERSECTIONS
213
GIVING WAY AT AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION OF EQUAL ROADS
216
BYPASSING AN OBSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD
219
FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE
DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE
221
IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC
225
PROCEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS
230
DIAGONAL TRAFFIC ARROW
231
STOPPING FOR YELLOW AND RED TRAFFIC LIGHT
233
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHTS
240
GIVING WAY ON FULL GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT
242
PROCEEDING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT
LEFT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
246
RIGHT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
267
HOOK TURN
291
TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING
292
TURNING AROUND
REVERSING
295
U-TURN
300
You must not do a U-turn...
303
3-POINT TURN
304
PARKING
PARALLEL PARKING
311
BAY PARKING FRONT TO THE KERB
315
REVERSING OUT OF A BAY
318
REVERSE BAY PARKING
321
FORWARDING OUT OF A BAY
326
REVERSE PARALLEL PARKING
327
You must not park or wait...
336
CHANGING LANES AND OVERTAKING
CHANGING LANES
347
You must not change lanes...
355
Diverging lanes
356
Merging lanes
357
OVERTAKING
360
You must not overtake...
367
ON YOUR OWN
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
369
Sun in your eyes
Night driving
370
Rain
372
Passing a bus
373
Following/passing a truck
374
Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance vehicle with flashing lights and siren
376
Driving downhill and hill climbing
377
Hand and high beam signals
378
Freeway, motorway
381
EMERGENCIES
383
If you face a “Wrong Way - Go Back” sign
If the windscreen fogs up
384
When another vehicle threatens with collision
385
If your engine stalls on full drive
386
Emergency braking
387
Skidding
388
Front wheels locking
389
Emergency stop in a freeway
390
Tyre blowout or bulging
391
If you drift onto a soft shoulder
392
Insecure environment
393
IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT
394
BASIC SERVICE OPERATIONS
397
Filling fuel
Inflating tyres
403
Checking level of fluids
408
Checking turn, reverse and brake lights
412
MISCELLANEA
DRIVING TEST HINTS
413
REFERENCES
414
DRIVING PROCEDURES CHECKLIST – YOUR GLOVEBOX COPY
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INDEX
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