CHAPTER 4
PERFORMING BASIC
VEHICLE MANEUVERS
Bell Ringer
• Read Chapter 4.1 and 4.2
• Pg. 65 (1-3)
• Pg. 70 (1-3)
CHAPTER 4
4.1 Mirror Usage and Backing
Procedures
4.2 Basic Driving Maneuvers
4.3 Parking Maneuvers
Mirror Usage
Rearview mirror checks
•Anytime you brake
•After completing turns
•When lane changing in
front of others
Outside Mirrors
• Must check before moving
vehicle to either side
• They will not show you
what’s in your blindspot!
STEERING
OVERSTEER:
TURNING THE
STEERING WHEEL
TOO MUCH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOg2ydEY7Q&feature=PlayLis
t&p=7E77DD493AC8C8BB&playnext=1&index=1
UNDERSTEER:
NOT TURNING THE
STEERING WHEEL
ENOUGH
Backing up!
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
CHAPTER 6
SIGNALING:
SIGNAL WELL IN
ADVANCE
GIVES OTHERS TIME TO
REACT TO YOU!
CHANGING
LANES:
CHECK TRAFFIC IN FRONT/LEFTFRONT.
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:
1. CHECK ALL TRAFFIC!!!
2. 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
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
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
1. SIGNAL TO THE CURB
2. PULL OVER WITHIN 6”-10”OF
CURB
3. SHIFT TO NEUTRAL
4. UPHILL-TURN WHEELS LEFT
DOWNHILL-TURN WHEELS
RIGHT
5. SLOWLY RELEASE BRAKE AND
ROLL TIRES TO CURB
6. SHIFT TO PARK
7. SET PARKING BRAKE
8. TURN OFF CAR
CHAPTER 6
LEAVING A HILL PARK
1. RELEASE PARKING BRAKE
1A.IF DOWNHILL-REVERSE
AND STRAIGHTEN WHEELS
2. SHIFT TO DRIVE
3. SIGNAL
4. CHECK SIDE MIRROR AND
BLIND SPOT
5. PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC
AND CANCEL SIGNAL