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

2. 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

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

4. CONVEX MIRROR
BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE BLIND SPOTS

5. 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

6. 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

7. SIGNAL
EVERY TIME YOU TURN!

8. SIGNAL
WHEN YOU CHANGE LANES

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

10. SIGNAL
WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM THE CURB

11. 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

12. 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

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

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

15. LEFT SIDE TURN ABOUT

16. RIGHT SIDE TURNABOUT

17. 3 POINT TURN PULL TO THE RIGHT, SIGNAL LEFT, TURN LEFT SHARPLY
BACK VEHICLE SHARPLY RIGHT, ALWAYS CHECK MIRRORS!
TURN LEFT INTO PROPER LANE

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

19. PARKING A SKILL THAT REQUIRES PRACTICE
MUST UNDERSTAND REFERENCE POINTS

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

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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.

26. 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