Driver Education

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Driver Education

• Day 7
• Basic Driving Skills

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Moving to and from Curbs

• Check Visibility, Time, and Space
• Signal
• Head check
• Steer away or to curb
• Accelerate or decelerate as necessary

3
Driving up and down hills

• Uphill - increase pressure on accel., if manual
  you may need to down shift for more power
• Downhill - may need to move selector to lower
  gear for auto, down shift before going down steep
  hills in manuals
• Dont use cruise in hilly areas

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Mountains

• Faced with steep grades, sharp curves
• Be extremely careful when passing
• Higher altitude - less oxygen affects both car
  and body, things heat up faster, you may feel
  dizzy
• Dont ride brakes going down hills, may heat up
  and fail.

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Changing lanes

• Manage visibility, time and space
• Check mirrors
• Signal intent to move
• head check
• adjust speed
• Move when you have time
• switch lanes smoothly

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Passing

• Manage visibility, time, and space
• other vehicle must be going 5-10 mph slower than
  you
• Check path ahead and behind
• signal your intent to change lanes
• check blind spot, accelerate smoothly
• when both headlights in mirror move back
• dont slow down or turn corner

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Being Passed

• Be aware of people behind you
• Dont speed up as you are being passed
• You may have to protect yourself and slow down
• Dim you lights if someone is passing

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Preparing Executing Right Turn

• Check, Choose, Communicate,Position
• Signal your intention
• Check for a 7-8 sec gap in traffic to left
• Recheck traffic
• start turning when wheels are even with curb,
  keep eyes on intended path of travel
• Follow general curve of curb
• Reverse steering and check signal

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Preparing Executing Left Turn

• Check, Choose lane, Communicate, position
• Check for vehicles, peds, bikes, etc.
• 9 sec gap to right, 7 sec gap to left
• Proceed into intersection, look to intended path
  of travel and steer towards it
• Complete maneuver by reversing steering and
  checking signal
• Always turn from closest lane to closest lane

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Executing a Reverse in Direction

• Is it legal
• do you have 500 visibility
• hill, curves, within 200 of intersection
• Traffic conditions
• enough space?
• Two-Point, Three Point, U-Turn, Going Around the
  Block

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Two-Point Turn

• Requires only 2 maneuvers
• Backing into Driveway
• Heading into Driveway on left
• Heading into Driveway on right
• Listed safest to least safe

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Three Point Turn

• Uses only street or road
• not a recommended turn-about

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U-Turn

• Can be used on wide roads or at intersections
• may be illegal
• Movement is one continuous move, no backing
  involved

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Around the Block

• Easiest and safest way to reverse direction

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Parking

• Angle Parking
• Perpendicular parking
• Parallel Parking

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Angle Parking

• Stay 5 feet from cars
• when you can see down the drivers side of the car
  steer sharply and proceed slowly
• Straighten the wheels and align with cars on
  both sides
• Always keep looking for clearance on both sides
  of your vehicle

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Perpendicular Parking

• Stay 7 - 8 feet from vehicles
• Start turn when front bumper is even with back
  driver side of car you are parking next to, drive
  very slowly keeping track of clearance.
• Leaving spot, start turning when you are even
  with back bumper, watch the front of your car.

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Parallel Parking

• Stay about 3 from cars, stop when center posts
  are even or when backs of cars are in the same
  spot.
• Turn sharply to the right and back up slowly
• When you get even with the rear bumper steer
  sharply in the other direction, watching the
  front of the car
• Center car in space nor more than 6 from the curb

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Parking in other spots

• Driveway - do not park over sidewalk or in other
  peoples driveways
• Garage - just like perpendicular parking, may
  want to put something to help you stop
• Make sure it is legal - cant park at bus stops,
  loading zones, double park, in yellow zones
  around fire hydrants, in handicapped areas
  without a permit

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Parking and Hills

• Automatic - shift into park and set parking brake
• Manual - Place vehicle in a gear opposite of
  direction front end is pointing in and set
  parking brake
• Down Hill with or with out curb - turn tires
  toward curb or ditch
• Up Hill with curb - turn tires away from curb
• Up Hill without curb - turn tires toward ditch