Driving 101

Riding tips for learner drivers

Learning to drive is an important milestone in your lifetime, but at that place are great deals on things to read and recall. These hints will assist you make the most out of your driving sessions and help you become a safe driver.

Before embarking on your driving sessions:

1. Review your knowledge of the road rules
2. Put your L plates on your car
3. Store your learner logbook in your glove box or other safe position (you will need to fill it out after every effort)
4. Determine where you are working to hold your learner license (you will need to have it on you every time you drive).

Getting a supervisor

You can push with anyone you select, as long as they have taken an open license for at least 1 year for the class of vehicle you will be riding.

It is a sound thought to combine professional driving lessons with regular exercise sessions with your parents or acquaintances.

Driving range, practice ground

1. You must have your learner permit for at least 1 year this yields you enough of time to use your driving skills in a diversity of places.
2. You should fan out your driving practice out over the entire learner license period, instead of waiting until just before your virtual driving exam.
3. Weekly practice in different situations is important for developing safe driving skills.
4. Make sure you drive in different conditions in the dry, in the wet, during peak hour, at twilight and at nighttime.
5. When resolving to practice driving with a supervisor, make certain you are alert and concentrated.

Do not drive if you:

1. Are tired
2. Have had alcohol as a learner, you must comply with the no alcohol limit
3. Are affected by medication either illegal or prescription drugs.

Before you start your first drive:

1. Find out that the tires have at least 1.5mm tread and are blown up properly
2. Make certain you receive enough fuel and that the oil and water is broad
3. Adjust your seat so you have good visibility and control
4. Adjust the head restraint and then the summit is at least equally high as your eye layer
5. Correct the steering wheel height so you are well-to-do and have a full perspective of the instrument panel and the route in front
6. Make certain your feet can comfortably touch the foot levers
7. Call for your supervisor to walk round the car and help you execute a mirror check to detect blind spots
8. Call for your supervisor to determine that the indicator and the brake lights are playing correctly
9. Strike tone of where important controls, such as the hand-brake, demister, windscreen wipers, indicators and horn are located and make sure they all work right.

If you are learning to drive in more than 1 car, take the time to adapt to the different cars some may have power steering, differential brakes or mirrors.

See maintaining your car for more hints on preserving your car in a safe, safe condition.

On your first driving sessions:

1. Turn the wireless off so that it doesn’t distract you or your supervisor
2. Think about other road users and how you’re driving might affect them.
3. Especially when driving at night

When you ride at night time:

1. Move around your headlights on between sunset and sunrise or when visibility is reduced not only do you need good visibility to drive, other drivers also require to be able to understand you.
2. If a vehicle comes toward you with its lights on high beam, slow down and look to the left border of the road until the vehicle has gone past you.

When you ride in rainy, foggy or smoky conditions:

1. Reduce your speed significantly
2. Increase your following distance behind the vehicle in front
3. Avoid sudden braking, speeding or turning to thin out your risk of skidding
4. Turn on your headlights
5. Use your air conditioning or demister so the windows and windscreen do not cloud up
6. Obey all road closure signs
7. Never ride on a route or street covered with urine

When you ride along country roads:

1. Look out for wildlife and livestock on roads, roadsides and near water crossings particularly at dawn and at nighttime
2. Look out out for tractor towing farm machinery
3. Don’t break on or near bridges, floodways or narrow sections of roads
4. Be leery of long or heavy vehicles on narrow roads
5. If it is safe to execute so, pull over to the left and stop off the road completely when a road train or long vehicle is coming near you this prevents damage to your windshield
6. Don’t pass a road train on a crest, curve or bridge you should only ever overtake on flat, straight ground if you deliver a clear perspective.

When you ride on mountain or range roads:

1. Set your speed and carry a note of yellow warning signs as these roads are frequently outrageous and have loads of bends
2. Pay special attention to choosing the correct gear to drive in, this will help to reduce over-function of your brakes
3. Allow extra following distance, in case some vehicles struggle to hold their speed up steep climbs, and only overtake if it is safe and legal to do this
4. Take special charge if you are following large vehicles on up-hill and down-hill sections of roads.

When you ride along dirt roads:

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2. Recall that different surfaces have different gripping characteristics (for example, gravel is really different to sand)
3. Slow down, increase your following distance and correct your driving techniques for the conditions
4. Be careful in dry conditions dust clouds can conceal ruts and potholes, and in wet weather, dirt roads can turn muddy, slippery and boggy.

When you ride in the city:

1. Always deliver your itinerary planned and make certain you are in the right lane to keep off any sudden changes and emphasis
2. Be extra mindful of road signs, signs and road markings, such as one way signs, no entry signs, shared zones and pedestrian crosswalks
3. Look out out for reduced speed limits in areas with high pedestrian traffic.

When you drive on suburban streets:

1. Keep your eyes open when driving near parked cars children and other pedestrians can be hard to spot if they are crossing the road from behind parked cars
2. Get hold of special caution in countries where kids are likely to be around, such as schools and resort areas
3. Stay alert at stop and give way signs, and at unmarked crossroads
4. You should never ride faster than 50km/h unless there is a sign indicating otherwise.

When you drive on primary roads:

1. Increase your following distance behind the vehicle in front of you. Because you ride faster on a principal route, you need to take into account for a longer stopping time. In serious weather, there should be at least 2 minutes between your vehicle and the vehicle you are travelling along.
2. Drive to the conditions and to the speed limit.
3. Approach intersections with care even when you take in a greenish light.
4. Pay tending to what other road users are performing.
5. Count for the hazards ahead of the vehicle you are observing this will leave you more time to respond.
6. Plan your moves in forward motion and pay plenty of warning of what you mean to perform. Indicate these intentions correctly, such as when you want to switch lanes or go.