Performing Basic Vehicle Maneuvers

Steering

• What is the correct hand position?

• Hand over hand steering. Can you demonstrate?

• Push and Pull steering

Turn Signals

• Develop the habit of signaling every time you plan to turn, change lanes, slow, or stop.

• Use your turn signal at least 100 feet before turning in a residential area and at least 200 feet if you are in the country or traveling fast.

What do these hand signals mean?

Changing Lanes

• Change lanes to prepare for a turn. To get a better view.

• Check mirrors, blind spots and road ahead.

What is a shared left turn lane?

• A center lane added to let you turn left from the middle of the block.

6.2 Making Turns and Turning the Vehicle Around

Backing Left and Right• Before backing, check for

traffic, pedestrians, parked vehicles, and any stationary objects.

• Keep both hands on the wheel, turn in the direction you want the back of the car to go.

• Back slowly. Make quick glances to the front and sides to be sure no one is near.

U Turns – Are they safe? Legal?

3 pt Turnabout

Three Point Turn

• What are the disadvantages of a 3 point turnabout?

Making Turns and Turning the Vehicle Around

Making Turns and Turning the Vehicle Around

Uphill Parking with a Curb

• Signal over, shift to to Neutral

• Turn wheels to Left (away from the curb)

• Roll to Curb

• Parking Brake & Park

Uphill Parking with a Curb

Uphill with No CurbWhat are the steps?

• Signal & pull over

• Turn wheels to Right

• Parking Brake & Park

Uphill with No Curb

Downhill Parking

• Signal & pull over to the curb

• Shift to N roll to curb

• Parking brake and Park

• What do you do when leaving????

Hill Parking

Angle ParkingIs parking your car diagonally to the

curb.Procedure

• Signal and check for traffic• Position your vehicle

approximately 6 feet from the parked cars and begin slowing down.

• Pull forward until your front right bumper is just past the painted line on the pavement of the space you are parking in.

• Turn the wheel sharply right.• Enter the space slowly and

straighten out the wheels when you are centered in the space.

• Pull forward until your car is in the space.

Perpendicular ParkingIs parking your car at a right angle to the

curb.Procedure

• Signal and check for traffic• Position your vehicle approximately 8

feet from the parked cars and begin slowing down.

• Pull forward until your front right bumper is just past the painted line on the pavement of the space you are parking in.

• Turn the wheel sharply right.• Enter the space slowly and straighten

out the wheels when you are centered in the space.

• Pull forward until your car is in the space.

How not to parallel park

Parallel Parking

Parallel Parking

• Start about 3 feet away from the first car with your back bumpers even.

• Turn the wheel to the right & back slowly.

Left turn from One Way to a One Way Street

• Turn from the left lane into the left lane.

One Way to a Two Way Street

• Turn from the left lane on the one way street into the lane to the right of the yellow line.

Two Way to a Two Way Street

Two Way to a One Way

Two Way to a Two Way StreetGas Station

What do yellow lines mean?

New Seat Belt Law