PERFORMING BASIC VEHICLE MANEUVERS CHAPTER 6 PERFORMING BASIC VEHICLE MANEUVERS

CHAPTER 6 6.1 STEERING, SIGNALING, AND CHANGING LANES 6.2 MAKING TURNS AND TURNING THE VEHICLE AROUND 6.3 PARKING

STEERING OVERSTEER: TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOO MUCH UNDERSTEER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOg2ydEY7Q&feature=PlayList&p=7E77DD493AC8C8BB&playnext=1&index=1 UNDERSTEER: NOT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL ENOUGH

CHAPTER 6 STEERING BACKWARDS: HOLD BRAKE/SHIFT TO REVERSE TURN BODY TO RIGHT LEFT HAND AT TOP OF STEERING WHEEL SLOWLY RELEASE BRAKE LOOK THRU BACK WINDOW/PUSH TOP OF STEERING WHEEL IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT THE BACK OF THE CAR TO GO KEEP FOOT OVER THE BRAKE PEDAL

SIGNALING: SIGNAL WELL IN ADVANCE GIVES OTHERS TIME TO REACT TO YOU! CHAPTER 6 SIGNALING: SIGNAL WELL IN ADVANCE GIVES OTHERS TIME TO REACT TO YOU!

CHANGING LANES: CHECK TRAFFIC IN FRONT/LEFT- FRONT. CHECK REAR ZONES THROUGH REARVIEW MIRRORS SIGNAL AND CHECK BLINDSPOT OVER LEFT SHOULDER CHANGE SPEED AS NEEDED STEER OVER SMOOTHLY CANCEL SIGNAL AND ADJUST SPEED ACCORDINGLY

Hand Over Hand or Slide? MAKING TURNS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16SoOOfftkE

Approaching an Intersection Getting Ready to Turn

MAKING TURNS: CHECK ALL TRAFFIC!!! LOOK FOR PED’S AND ONCOMING VEHICLES

MAKING TURNS: 3. BE IN CORRECT LANE WELL IN ADVANCE 4. OBEY ALL SIGNALS AND SIGNS 5. BE PREPARED TO YIELD

TURNING PROCEDURES 1. CORRECT POSITION 2. BRAKE EARLY

TURNING PROCEDURES 3. SEARCH “ZONES” 4. SLOW TO APPROPRIATE SPEED

TURNING PROCEDURES 5. TURN WHEEL APPROPRIATE DIRECTION 6. CHECK BLIND-SPOT AS YOU BEGIN TURN

TURNING PROCEDURES 7. ACCELERATE HALFWAY THROUGH TURN 8. RETURN WHEEL GRADUALLY

TURNABOUT MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE FAR ENOUGH IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DO NOT ON HILLS OR CURVES NEVER IN HIGH SPEEDTRAFFIC

OTHER WAYS TO TURN AROUND U-TURNS THREE POINT TURNS CHAPTER 6 OTHER WAYS TO TURN AROUND U-TURNS THREE POINT TURNS

PARKING: ANGLE PARKING PERPENDICULAR PARALLEL PARKING PARKING ON HILLS

ANGLE PARKING SIGNAL AND CHECK AFTER TURN, STRAIGHTEN WHEELS AND PULL FORWARD IN CNETER OF SPACE SLOW DOWN MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE CENTER OF SPACE UNOBSTRUCTED

PERPENDICULAR PARKING BE AS FAR AWAY FROM SPACE AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE BEFORE TURNING INTO IT SIGNAL AND CHECK SLOW DOWN BEGIN TURN AFTER FRONT BUMPER HAS CLEARED REAR BUMPER OF PARKED CAR PULL IN SLOW AND KEEP CHECKING BOTH SIDES SLOWLY STRAIGHTEN WHEELS AND PARK

PARALLEL PARKING SIGNAL AND CHECK PULL NEXT TO CAR IN FRONT OF SPACE REVERSE, BACK SLOWLY, TURN AND AIM FOR BACK CORNER OF SPACE WHEN YOUR SEAT CLEARS BACK BUMPER, START TO STRAIGHTEN WHEELS STEER SHARPLY LEFT WHEN YOU CLEAR THE CAR IN FRONT WHEN CAR IS PARALLEL, PULL FORWARD AND STRAIGHTEN WHEELS

UPHILL PARKING WITH A CURB CHAPTER 6 UPHILL PARKING WITH A CURB DOWNHILL PARKING WITH A CURB (SAME AS UPHILL W/NO CURB) http://golocalnet.net/drive/hills.htm

CHAPTER 6 HILL PARKING WITH A CURB SIGNAL TO THE CURB PULL OVER WITHIN 6”-10”OF CURB SHIFT TO NEUTRAL UPHILL-TURN WHEELS LEFT DOWNHILL-TURN WHEELS RIGHT SLOWLY RELEASE BRAKE AND ROLL TIRES TO CURB SHIFT TO PARK SET PARKING BRAKE TURN OFF CAR

CHAPTER 6 LEAVING A HILL PARK RELEASE PARKING BRAKE 1A.IF DOWNHILL-REVERSE AND STRAIGHTEN WHEELS SHIFT TO DRIVE SIGNAL CHECK SIDE MIRROR AND BLIND SPOT PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND CANCEL SIGNAL