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CONTENTS

TERMINOLOGY

7

CAR CONTROLS

8

 

Remote control

8

 

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

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

HILL START

71

 

Driving elements

 

ON THE ROAD

LANE SELECTION

73

 

Explication

 

 

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

 

Explication

 

GIVING WAY TO PEDESTRIANS

111

 

Explication

 

DRIVEWAYS & SIDE ROADS

119

 

Explication

 

 

PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS

DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MAJOR ROAD

124

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MINOR ROAD

127

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

LEFT TURN TECHNIQUE

134

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

LEFT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD

141

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

LEFT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD

146

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

RIGHT TURN TECNIQUE

160

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

RIGHT TURN FROM A MAJOR ROAD

169

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

RIGHT TURN FROM A MINOR ROAD

181

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

DRIVING ON A ROUNDABOUT

197

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

IRREGULAR T-INTERSECTIONS

213

GIVING WAY AT AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION OF EQUAL ROADS

216

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

BYPASSING AN OBSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD

219

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

 

FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE

DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE

221

 

Explication

 

IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC

225

 

Explication

 

 

PROCEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS

 

230

DIAGONAL TRAFFIC ARROW

231

STOPPING FOR YELLOW AND RED TRAFFIC LIGHT

233

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHTS

240

GIVING WAY ON FULL GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT

242

PROCEEDING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT

242

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

LEFT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS

246

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

RIGHT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS

267

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

HOOK TURN

291

TRAFFIC LIGHTS NOT WORKING

292

 

Explication

 

 

TURNING AROUND

REVERSING

295

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

U-TURN

300

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

 

You must not do a U-turn...

303

3-POINT TURN

304

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

 

PARKING

PARALLEL PARKING

311

BAY PARKING FRONT TO THE KERB

315

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

REVERSING OUT OF A BAY

318

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

REVERSE BAY PARKING

321

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

FORWARDING OUT OF A BAY

326

REVERSE PARALLEL PARKING

327

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

You must not park or wait...

336

 

Explication

 

 

CHANGING LANES AND OVERTAKING

CHANGING LANES

347

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

 

You must not change lanes...

355

 

Diverging lanes

356

 

Merging lanes

357

OVERTAKING

360

 

Driving elements

 

Explication

 

 

You must not overtake...

367

 

ON YOUR OWN

SPECIAL SITUATIONS

369

 

Sun in your eyes

369

 

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

383

 

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

397

 

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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