ABC Manukau Full Lesson Notes

Key Areas to Focus On

🔵 Car Parks

• Go slowly and keep left.
• Indicate when entering the car park.
• Be alert for pedestrians, reversing vehicles, and other hazards.

🔵 Dual-Lane Roundabouts

• Check both lanes before entering and throughout the roundabout.
• Use cover vehicles to help judge safe gaps.
• Stay in your lane.
• Always indicate left when exiting.
• Be aware of vehicles beside you.

🔵 Lane Changing

• Always know what is happening behind and beside you.
• Check your centre mirror first.
• Indicate and perform a clear blind spot/head check before moving.
• Make smooth movements—nothing sudden.

🔵 Merging

• Indicate when required.
• Check your centre mirror and blind spot before merging.
• Avoid merging when a vehicle is sitting beside you.
• Match the speed of traffic and merge smoothly.

🔵 Curbside Parking

• Indicate left before pulling over.
• Check your left blind spot before slowing and stopping.
• Before moving out, indicate right and check your right blind spot.

🔵 Right Turns

• Check your centre mirror before slowing.
• Move towards the centre of the road where appropriate.
• Do not cut corners.
• Stay on your side of the road and make a smooth, controlled turn.

🔵 Left Turns

• Keep left and maintain good lane positioning.
• Check your left blind spot, especially for cyclists and vehicles in bus/cycle lanes.
• Make sure the lane is clear before turning.

🔵 Dual-Lane Turns

• Stay in your lane throughout the turn.
• Know what is happening beside you.
• Avoid drifting into the adjacent lane or sitting in another vehicle's blind spot.

🔵 Traffic Lights

• Check both directions when approaching and proceeding through intersections.
• Be alert for emergency vehicles.
• Avoid stopping on bus lanes or cycle lanes.
• Be prepared for changing lights and make safe decisions.

🔵 Turning Bays

• Indicate before entering the turning bay.
• Check your blind spot before moving across.
• Merge into the bay smoothly--nothing sudden.
• Move fully into the turning bay before slowing down where appropriate.

🔵 Narrow Roads & Blind Corners

• Keep left and drive according to the road conditions.
• Indicate when passing parked vehicles if you need to cross the centre line.
• Be alert for oncoming vehicles around blind corners.
• Avoid creating bottlenecks.

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🔵 Hazard Identification

• Keep scanning for cars, pedestrians, cyclists, animals, and other hazards.
• Remember that hazards can move into your path unexpectedly.
• Look well ahead and off the road.
• Adjust your speed and driving to the road and traffic conditions.