Performing Basic Car Maneuvers

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Chapter 6

• Performing Basic Car Maneuvers

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Steering Straight Forward

• Aim high with your visual search
• Do not look at the center line or hood ornament
• Avoid looking at your hands or feet
• Make slight steering corrections
• Over steering
• Under steering

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Steering strait backward

• Hold the brake pedal down and shift to REVERSE
• Turn your body to the right, and put your right
  arm over the back of the seat.
• Left hand at the top of the steering wheel
• Release pressure on the brake
• Move the top of the steering wheel in the
  direction you want the back of the car to go.
• Cover the brake while the car moves back, glance
  to the front and sides to check traffic.
• Continue looking through back window

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Signaling
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Changing Lanes

• Check traffic ahead in both lanes and through
  both rearview mirrors
• Signal and make a blind spot check over your left
  shoulder to see if any vehicle is about to pass
  you
• Steer gently into the next lane if it is clear
• Cancel your signal and adjust speed

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Hand-over-hand Steering

• Begin the turn from a balanced hand position.
• Place your right hand near the top of the wheel
  and pull down to the left while releasing your
  left hand from the wheel.
• Pull down about a quarter turn with your right
  hand while crossing your left hand over your
  right.
• Pull down with our left hand again as you release
  your right hand. Continue until you have steered
  enough to complete the turn.

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Procedure for Turning

• Position your car in the correct lane
• Brake gently
• Visual search pattern
• Slow
• Turn right when your front wheels are even with
  the corner
• Turn left just before the center of the
  intersection
• Turn into the nearest lane of traffic

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Backing Left and Right

• Check for traffic and pedestrians
• Turn you head towards the direction you will back
• Pull the wheel to the left to back left
• Pull the wheel to the right to back right
• Back slowly as you enter the turn

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Turnabout

• Do not make a turnabout near hills or curves or
  within 200 feet of intersections
• Never in heavy traffic
• Check local laws
• Have at least 1 ½ football fields of clear
  visibility in each direction
• Be sure you have enough space to complete the
  maneuver

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Back Into Driveway on Right Side

• Check traffic to the rear and signal a stop
• Stop next to curb and check traffic again then
  back slowly to the right to position 3
• Signal a left turn
• Drive forward to position 4

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Midblock U Turn

• Check traffic ahead to the rear and signal right
• Signal a left turn
• Check traffic and turn sharply left
• Check traffic to the rear, straighten the wheels
  and accelerate gently into the proper lane

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Pull Into Driveway on Left

• Check traffic ahead and to the rear. Signal a
  left turn
• Back slowly to the right to position 3
• Accelerate gently an drive forward to position 4

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Pull Into Driveway on Right Side

• Check traffic ahead and to the rear. Signal a
  right turn
• Check traffic again, back slowly across the
  street turning left toward position 3
• Drive forward to position 4

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3 Point Turnabout

• Check traffic to the rear
• Signal right and stop close to position 2
• Signal a left turn
• Turn sharply left to 3
• Back to position 4
• Move to position 5

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Parking

• Angle
• Perpendicular parking
• Parallel
• On hills

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Angle Parking

• Position your car about five feet out from the
  row of parked cars
• Signal right turn
• Flash break lights
• When you can see down the right lane of the
  parking stall, turn sharply to the right
• Straighten the wheels when you are centered

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Perpendicular Parking

• Position car as far to the left of your lane as
  possible.
• Signal a right turn.
• Flash your brake lights.
• Check traffic.
• When the front bumper of your car passes the left
  rear taillight of the car to the right of the
  space, turn the wheels sharply right.
• Straighten wheels when you are centered.

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Leaving an Angle or Perpendicular Parking Space

• Creep straight back while you cover the brake
• When your front bumper is even with the left
  cars rear bumper begin to turn right
• Back into the nearest lane and stop with the
  wheels straight. Shift to a forward gear and
  proceed

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Parallel Parking

• Flash brake lights and signal a right turn.
• Stop when your rear bumper is even with font car.
• Check traffic.
• Back slowly as you turn right.
• When the back of your seat is even with the rear
  bumper of the front car , straighten the wheels.
• When your front bumper is a t the cars back
  bumper, turn sharply left.
• When you car is parallel to the curb, straighten
  wheels.
• Center your car in the space.

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Leaving parallel parking

• Back straight until your rear bumper almost
  touches the car behind
• Turn wheels sharply left just before you stop
• Signal a left turn
• Check traffic
• Check right front fender for clearance
• Turn wheels slowly to the right when halfway out
  of the parking space
• Center your car in the lane

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Uphill Parking With a curb

• Position car close to curb
• Turn you steering wheel sharply left
• Shift to neutral, let the front right tire touch
  the curb
• Shift to park

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Uphill Parking With No Curb

• Pull as far off the payment as possible
• Turn steering wheel sharply right
• Shift to park

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Downhill Parking With a Curb

• Position your car close to the curb and stop.
• Let the car creep forward slowly while you turn
  the steering wheel sharply right.
• Let the right front tire touch the curb.
• Shift to park.

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Downhill Parking With No Curb

• Same as with a curb