1. PERFORMING BASIC VEHICLE MANEUVERS
CHAPTER 6
PERFORMING BASIC VEHICLE MANEUVERS

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

3. STEERING OVERSTEER: TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOO MUCH UNDERSTEER:
UNDERSTEER:
NOT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL ENOUGH

4. 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

5. SIGNALING: SIGNAL WELL IN ADVANCE GIVES OTHERS TIME TO REACT TO YOU!
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SIGNALING:
SIGNAL WELL IN ADVANCE
GIVES OTHERS TIME TO REACT TO YOU!

6. 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

7. Hand Over Hand or Slide? MAKING TURNS

8. Approaching an Intersection
Getting Ready to Turn

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

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

11. TURNING PROCEDURES
1. CORRECT POSITION
2. BRAKE EARLY

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

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

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

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

16. OTHER WAYS TO TURN AROUND U-TURNS THREE POINT TURNS
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OTHER WAYS TO TURN AROUND
U-TURNS
THREE POINT TURNS

17. PARKING: ANGLE PARKING PERPENDICULAR PARALLEL PARKING PARKING ON HILLS

18. 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

19. 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

20. PARALLEL PARKING
MUST COMMONLY USED IN URBAN AREAS
THAT MEANS CITY!

21. FIND AN OPEN SPACE
SIGNAL (RIGHT)
PULL FORWARD RIGHT NEXT TO CAR IN FRONT OF THE SPACE

22. REVERSE
BACK SLOWLY
STEER TOWARDS THE BACK CORNER OF THE SPACE

23. WHEN YOUR FRONT BUMPER CLEARS THE REAR OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU, COUNTER STEER SHARPLY TO STRAIGHTEN THE VEHICLE IN YOUR SPACE

24. 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

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

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

27. 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