Chapter 4 PERFORMING BASIC VEHICLE MANEUVERS 4.1 MIRROR USAGE AND BACKING 4.2 BASIC DRIVING MANEUVERS 4.3 PARKING MANEUVERS

REARVIEW MIRROR CHECK WHEN SOMETHING IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU MAY HAVE TO BRAKE BEFORE AND AFTER MAKING TURNS TO GET UPDATE ON TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU AFTER PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE AND AFTER MAKING A LANE CHANGE REARVIEW MIRROR

OUTSIDE MIRRORS CHECK BEFORE MOVING THE CAR TO EITHER SIDE YOU’LL ALSO NEED TO CHECK THE VEHICLES BLIND SPOT

CONVEX MIRROR BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE BLIND SPOTS

BACKING FOOT ON BRAKE, SHIFT TO REVERSE LOOK OVER RIGHT SHOULDER AIM FOR OPEN AREA CHECK MIRRORS WHILE BACKING TRAVEL SLOWLY USING YOUR BRAKE PEDAL TO CONTROL SPEED

SIGNALING BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE IN CASE YUR LIGHTS AREN’T WORKING, JUST USE THE SAME SIGNALS AS YOU WOULD ON A BIKE SIGNALING BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE

SIGNAL EVERY TIME YOU TURN!

SIGNAL WHEN YOU CHANGE LANES

SIGNAL EVERTIME YOU PULL OVER TO THE CURB ESPECIALLY IF YOUR BEING PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE

SIGNAL WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM THE CURB

ENTERING TRAFFIC CHECK BOTH WAYS FIND A SAFE SPACE TO ENTER SELECT PROPER/LEGAL LANE TO TURN INTO ACCELERATE GENTLY CANCEL SIGNAL CHECK REARVIEW MIRROR

MAKING RIGHT/LEFT TURNS POSITION CAR IN THE CORRECT LANE EARLY START BRAKING SCAN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR ANY PEDESTRAINS, BICYCLISTS, OR CARS SLOW TO 10MPH BEFORE THE CROSSWALK CHECK LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT TURN INTO THE NEAREST LANE GOING YOUR DIRECTION ACCELERATE AS YOU STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL

CHANGING LANES SIGNAL CHECK MIRROR AND BLINDSPOT ACCELERATE GENTLY AS YOU MOVE OVER CANCEL SIGNAL LOOK BEHIND YOU BLEND WITH TRAFFIC FLOW

TURNABOUT WHEN YOU NEED TO TURN AROUND AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION

LEFT SIDE TURN ABOUT

RIGHT SIDE TURNABOUT

3 POINT TURN PULL TO THE RIGHT, SIGNAL LEFT, TURN LEFT SHARPLY BACK VEHICLE SHARPLY RIGHT, ALWAYS CHECK MIRRORS! TURN LEFT INTO PROPER LANE

MIDBLOCK U TURN PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD CHECK AND MAKE SURE ALL TRAFFIC IS CLEAR TURN SHARPLY LEFT ACCELERATE GENTLY

PARKING A SKILL THAT REQUIRES PRACTICE MUST UNDERSTAND REFERENCE POINTS

REFERENCE POINT SOME PART OF THE VEHICLE, AS VIEWED BY THE DRIVER, THAT RELATES TO THE ROADWAY

ANGLE PARKING MOSTLY IN CITY SPACES USED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CURBSIDE SPACES.

ANGLE PARKING SIGNAL SEE THE CENTER OF SPACE TURN QUICKLY AIMING AT CENTER OF SPACE STRAIGHTEN THE WHEELS TO MATCH THE ANGLE STOP WHEN TIP OF BUMPER IS EVEN WITH CURB

PERPENDICULAR PARKING SIGNAL BE AT LEAST 3 FEET AWAY BEFORE TURNING INTO SPOT PULL INTO CENTER OF SPACE STOP WHEN BUMPER IS EVEN WITH CURB http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/parking/playgame

LEAVING A PARKING SPACE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE CAN BE RISKY THERE MAY BE TRAFFIC AND YOUR VIEW CAN BE BLOCKED BACK SLOWLY AND LOOK AROUND

PARALLEL PARKING SIGNAL RIGHT, PULL RIGHT BESIDE CAR IN FRONT OF SPACE BACK SLOWLY, CONTROLLING SPEED TURN THE CAR AIMING FOR BACK CORNER OF SPACE WHEN FRONT BUMPER IS EVEN WITH BACK BUMPER OF CAR IN FRONT, TURN SHARPLY LEFT STRAIGHTEN WHEELS AND CENTER CAR IN SPACE.

LEAVING A PARALLEL PARK TURN WHEELS TO THE RIGHT AND BACK UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SHIFT TO DRIVE TURN THE WHEELS LEFT SIGNAL MIRROR AND BLINDSPOT CHECK WHEN ITS CLEAR SWERVE AROUND CAR IN FRONT WHEN YOU CLEARED THE BUMPER STEER QUICKLY RIGHT TO CENTER CAR IN LANE