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Highbrook Lesson Notes

19/2/2022

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Key Points:

Keep Both hands on the wheel while moving, Don't drop your hands as you slow down.
Parallel Parking - Recheck the right side, use the space behind you and take your time.
When entering Turning Bays - Check your blindspot before entering.
Right Turns - Don't rush to turn.
Wherever you indicate, check your blindspot.
Keep Left - You can drive over empty bus stops.
Narrow Roads - Drive to the road conditions. Indicate to pass parked cars and avoid bottlenecks.
Don't rush - speed up gradually

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Mt Wellington Lesson Notes

19/2/2022

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Key Points:

Look ahead and find a fixed point and aim for it to keep the vehicle straight.
Keep your heel on the ground and push with your toes
Left Turns - Angle the car with the road
You must see 100 meters on each side before turning.
Don't brake hard and then speed up. Just let go of the speed and cover your brake, let the car slow down before braking
Steering - Move your hand and make big turns when needed. Turn the wheel back don't just let go.
Traffic Lights - Look outward and be ready before. Check both sides at all intersections.
Aim to stop before and roll up
Check your center mirror before braking / slowing down.
Shoulder Checks / Blindspot Checks - Turn your head 90 degrees.
Blind Corners - If you can't see around the corner, Vehicles coming towards you can't see you. Be slow and keep left.

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Indicating
Alway indicate for 3 seconds before turning, merging, changing lanes, parking, parallel parking, doing a 3 point turn or u turn.

Scanning - Ahead
Look 100+ meters ahead and identify all hazards.

Mirrors - Behind
Know what is behind you before slowing down. Anything you do before you do it, know what is behind you.

Blindspot Checks - Next
Avoid having vehicles in your blindspot, Always know what is next to you.

Speed
Drive to the road condition and don't exceed the posted speed signs.

Braking
Don't brake hard, cover your brake and roll around corners. Always aim to stop before and roll up.

Position
Keep on your side of the road and in your lane.

Gap Selection
When waiting to turn, decide before the last vehicle passes if it's going to be safe. Check and recheck but be ready before.

Steering
You can move your hands around and make big turns when needed. While moving keep both hands on the wheel.

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Glen Innes Lesson Notes

12/2/2022

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Points To Remember:

"Turn Left With Care" Sign - Don't stop for no reason. You have your own lane.
Left Turning Bay - Keep indicating while in the turning and bay.
Motorway Offramp - Check your left blindspot.

In General :

Carpark - go slow
Pedestrian Crossing - Check both sides and center mirror before moving over. Make sure there is enough room on the other side before moving and don't on it
Check all side streets.
When stopped in a queue, stay back so you can see the ground.
Merging and lane changing, Don't move suddenly into the other lane.
When entering turning bays - check your blindspot.
Don't indicate too early
On Narrow roads indicate to pass parked cars.
Parallel Parking - Recheck the right side, take your time and use the space behind you.
3 Point Turn and U Turn - Indicate right and recheck the right side.
Blind Corners - If you can't see around the corner, the oncoming vehicles can't see you. Be prepared for oncoming vehicles.
Stop Signs - Stop, pause and then move if safe.
Hill starts - don't roll back.
Left Turn - Angle the car with the road.
When one lane splits into 2 lanes aim to be in the left lane.
Don't drop your hands as you slow down.
Dual lanes - Be prepared to change lanes.
Speed Control - Drive to the road conditions. School Zones 40km, School Bus 20km, Road Works 30km.
When waiting to turn check both sides.
Don't queue across intersections, when following buses or trucks stay back.
Motorway use all of the on ramps.
Avoid bottle necks, look ahead and be slow before.
If you can't see them, they can't see you.

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Mt Wellington Lesson Notes

12/2/2022

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Points To Remember:

Keep left and drive to the road conditions
Left turn keep left
Check center mirror before and after turning.
Changing lanes or merging always check your blindspot. The side you are moving into.
Use the whole onramp when entering the motorway.
Steering, speed control and braking to erratic.
When entering the turning back check your blindspot. Don't brake for no reason.
On straight roads look outward more, see all the side streets.
U Turn - you must indicate and check your right blindspot.
Parallel Parking - Go slow and recheck the right side.
Don't stop on the cycle lane, while waiting at traffic lights.
Steering move your hands when needed.
Watch your speed when going downhill.
Dual lane right turn - stay in your lane.
3 Point Turn - Don't speed up, just roll and indicate right on your turn. Check both sides for vehicles.
Right Turn - Don't rush to turn.
Foot Position - keep heel on the ground.
Notice speed signs when entering high speed zones.
Turning Bays - merge into them, nothing sudden.
Don't get too close to vehicles, when waiting in a queue.
Don't drop your hands while moving. Stop fully before letting go of the steering wheel.
Bottlenecks on narrow roads - Don't rush look ahead and be slow before.
Right Turn - Don't cut corners, stay on your side of the road.
Narrow Roads - When moving around parked cars, you must indicate and check your blindspot.
Moving over to park on the road side - you must indicate and check your left blindspot and when taking off when safe you must indicate and check your right blindspot.
Use the flush median when needed.

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Mt Wellington OS Lesson Notes

9/2/2022

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Key Points:

When turning aim for around 20km and roll around, keep on your side of the road
When doing a U Turn you must indicate right and check your right blindspot while keeping left.
Left turns angle with the road and right turn move up and make a big turn.
Keep more left then right
On curved roads, roll around.
Overall speed was too slow. Drive to the road conditions. Stay within 5km of the speed limit.
When turning move your hands and make big turns when needed.
Give way sign - always aim to stop and if safe move through (if you can see 100 meters on each side.
All intersections check both sides.
Merging - you must indicate and check your blindspot.
Curved road - rear left wheel hit curb.
Metal Object vs Painted Line on Road. You can move away from parked car and drive over the white line. Wing mirrors too close to other vehicles.
On narrow roads - you must indicate to pass parked cars.
Speed bumps - you must cover the brake and check your center mirror, aim for about 20-15km and roll over.
Roundabouts - check both sides and behind you as you get closer, angle the car with the road and give way to all vehicles in the roundabout and on your right. Aim for around 20km and look for cover vehicles. Don't go because the other cars are moving. Make sure you can see before moving. Indicate left to exit.
Changing / switching lanes - Don't brake for no reason.

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Highbrook Lesson Notes

8/2/2022

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Immediate Fails:

Critical Errors:

When following trucks double your following distance.
Stay back when waiting in a queue.
Narrow Roads - Indicate to pass parked and drive to the road conditions.

Needs Improvement:

Roundabouts indicate left when exiting.
Left Turn - Angle the car with the road.
Merging - Look ahead and don't make a sudden movement into the other lane.
Lane Changing - indicate for 3 seconds before and keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
Keep reasonable to the left, you can drive over empty bus stops.
Right Turn - Aim to stop before and roll forward.
Left Turn - angle the car with the road
Parallel parking - go slow and recheck the right side.
Searching - Move your chin

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Manukau Restricted Lesson Notes

8/2/2022

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Key Points:

Moving Out - Merge into traffic.
Left Turn - Angle the car with the road.
Roundabout - Angle the car with the road
Indicating - You must indicate for 3 seconds before turning, merging or changing lanes.
When entering turning bays - Check the blindspot before entering.
When turning left - Check the blindspot before moving left to turn. (Cycle / bus lane)
Check your center mirror before slowing down or stopping.
Dual lanes - Be ready to change lanes, avoid having vehicles in your blindspot.
Stopping Distance - Stay back when waiting in a queue.
Check both sides at every intersection including green lights.
Right Turn - Aim to stop before and roll up, find the center before turning.
Steering - Move your hands and make big turns when needed.
Parallel Parking - Recheck the right side.
3 Point Turn - Indicate on 3rd turn and recheck before moving.
Narrow Roads - Drive to the road conditions and indicate to pass parked cars.
Lane Changing and merging - Don't get too slow when check to see if it is safe.
Keep Left - You can drive over empty bus stops.
When turning left - You can enter the bus lanes 50 meters before the turn.
Be slow before turning and roll though the turn
Using the Flush Median - Don't make a sharp turn. curve in

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Papateoteo Lesson Notes:

7/2/2022

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Key Points:

Keep your heel on the ground and cover your brake.
Keep Left.
Look outward on straight roads and try to see 100 meters on each side, search for potential hazards
Left Turn angle the car.
When turning right, find the center of the road and keep left.
Avoid bottle necks look ahead.
If you can't see them they cant see you.
When waiting to turn check both sides.
When turning aim to stop before and roll forward.
When turning left check your left blindspot.
When moving out, merge onto the road.

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Lesson Notes Wiri / Manukau

7/2/2022

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Key Points:

More Searching before and after all intersections.
Left turns - angle the car with the road.
Move your hands when needed and make big turns if required.
When turning you must see 100 meters on each side before moving out. Don't stop for no reason.
Check your blindspot before entering a turning bay.
Parallel Parking - Go Slow and recheck the right side. Use the space behind you.
Left Turn - stay on your side of the road
When changing lanes or merging you must keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
On narrow roads, you must indicate and check your blindspot before passing parked cars.

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Highbrook lesson notes:

7/2/2022

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Key Points:

Reversing out of the car park - beware of the cars and curb next to you.
Steering - move your hands and make big turns when required. Turn the wheel back rather than just letting go.
When turning right, stop straight and stay back enough so you can move forward to make the turn.
On curved roads roll around the corners while keeping left.
Be slow before the corners or turns and then roll around.
3 Point Turn - use the space behind you and don't go into a driveway.
Right Turn - keep on your side of the road and don't turn suddenly.
Parallel Parking - using the space behind you and recheck the right side.
Wide Roads - keep left
Dual lane right turn - you must stay in your lane.
Right Turn with a give way sign you must stop behind the white lines.
When asked to pull over you must be under 30cm from the curb.
When moving out from a parked position, you must merge in and not move suddenly out.
Flush Median - use it when needed and if safe drive through it. Focus on positioning, reaction time and gap selection.
Turning right at traffic lights - Don't rush to turn, be slow before and roll around.
Narrow Roads - driving to the road conditions.
When entering a turning bay, don't brake for no reason.
When turning left into a high speed zone, you must angle the car and speed up once on the road.

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Manukau Restricted Lesson Notes

7/2/2022

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Key Points:

More searching required - mirrors, shoulder check / blindspot checks and scanning ahead and outward.
U Turn - you must indicate and check your right blindspot.
When asked to pull over and when safe move out, you must check your center mirror and do a blindspot check tot he side you are moving. Indicate left if moving over to stop and indicate right when moving back on the road.
When entering a turning bay you must check your blindspot before entering.
Parallel Parking - use the space behind you, indicate left and check the right side for vehicle that may pass you.
Keep left
Lane Changing - you must indicate 3 seconds before and keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
Lane change - you must check your blindspot before moving over.
Roundabout - you must always indicate left when exiting the roundabout.
On Narrow roads you must indicate and check your blindspot when passing parked cars.
Left turn into a high speed zone, you must turn and speed up.
Left turn check the cycle lane before moving over it. Blindspot check.
Before braking check your center mirror, know what is behind you.
Stop Sign - Fully Stop. Stop, pause, check both sides and then move.
Don't twist your hands when turning, make big turns and move your hands when required.
Pedestrian Crossing - check both sides before moving over them and avoid stopping on them.
Right Turn at Traffic Lights - Don't rush to turn.
When turning right you must give way to all vehicles driving straight.
Speed bumps aim for about 20km and roll over. Check your center mirror.
Wide road - left turn you must keep reasonable to the left.
Merging - you must indicate 3 seconds before and keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
Speed Control - you must stay within 5km of the speed limit and drive to the road conditions when required.
Keep a safe following distance on wet roads and stay back when waiting in a queue.

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Full Wiri Lesson Notes

6/2/2022

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Key Points:

"Turn Left with Care" - don't be too slow for no reason.
Move your hands when you need to make a big turn.
Keep your heel on the ground.
When braking, check your center mirror, lift your chin up and see the mirror.
When asked about hazards, focus on moving hazards.
When using a turning bay, check your blindspot before entering them.
U Turn - keep left
Green Lights - check both sides

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Highbrook Full Lesson Notes

5/2/2022

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Posted 30km roads works sign, you must slow dow to 30km and stay at 30km till you have passed the work ends sign.
Merging indicate for a minimum of 3seconds.
Flush Median - Poor position - blocking traffic.
Turning left into a 2 lane road, you can turn if the left lane is clear. you don't have to wait for both lanes to be clear,

CE:

When turning left, you must check your left blindspot if there is a cycle lane, bus lane or parking bay before the turn.
Identify more moving hazards

Needs Improvement:

When exiting car park, you must keep left and indicate.
Keep left on wide roads
While waiting to turn check both sides and be ready to move when safe.
When doing a U Turn, you must always indicate right and check your right blindspot. At a dead end keep left all the way through your turn
When moving out of a flush median, merge out nothing sudden.
When changing lanes - nothing sudden.
When entering a turning bay - nothing sudden.
Orange light - aim to stop

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Mt Wellington Lesson Notes

5/2/2022

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Key Points:

When exiting the carpark stay in your lane.
When merging always indicate and check your blindspot.
Watch your speed when going down hill.
Angle the car when turning left
Every time you slow down check your center mirror, always know whats behind you.
Slow down before turning and roll around, don't brake after you have turned.
When moving out release the handbrake before moving forward.
When parallel parking check and recheck your right side and indicate left .
Keep your heel on the ground and push with your toe. Not your whole foot.
U Turn - keep left and indicate right and check your right blindspot.
Yellow triangles in the middle of the road point to the fire hydrant, use it as a reference for the center of the road.
More searching required, move your chin, look outward and know what is behind you.
When turning don't be afraid to move your hands, make big turns when needed.
When turning left angle the car with the road.
Use the flush median when needed, if clear no need to stop in the middle.
When turning slow down before the turn and don't brake after, roll through
On Narrow roads, keep on your side and always indicate and check your blindspot before moving around parked cars.
Waiting in a queue stay back, don't be too close to the vehicle in front.
When moving out from a parked space on the road side indicate and check your blindspot.
Keep reasonable to the left.

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East Tamaki Lesson Notes

5/2/2022

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Key Points:

Keep left
Use both hands when moving, don't drop your hands as you slow down.
On narrow roads indicate to parked cars
More searching required before and after intersections and while waiting at lights.
On narrow roads when turning right, keep left.
When entering turning bays - Check the blindspot before entering them, merge in and don't brake hard.
Parallel Parking - Check and recheck right sides and right blindspot.
Right turn on wide roads - Aim to stop before and don't swing wide.
No narrow roads avoid bottlenecks and look ahead.

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Takanini Lesson Notes

4/2/2022

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Key Points:

Indicate left when exiting the roundabout.
On curved roads, turn with the road.
At cross roads check both sides and when turning right don't cut the corner.
On narrow roads indicate to pass parked cars.
When moving forward in a queue don't speed up. just roll forward.
Keep your heel on the ground and just push with your toe.
Parallel Parking - use the space behind you, indicate left before stoping and check your right blindspot.
Fully stop at stop signs, before moving.
Don't stop on pedestrian crossing.
Left and right turns look outwards for hazards, see 100 meters on both sides and be ready to move.

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Glen Innes Restricted Lesson Notes

4/2/2022

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Key Points:

When exiting the car park keep on your side of the road and don't block the exit.
Speed bumps be slow before and roll over, check center mirror before braking.
Avoid bottle necks, look ahead and be slow on narrow roads
Keep left.
Turn left with care - don't stop for no reason.
Don't stop on the pedestrian crossing.
On narrow roads and steep hill, indicate to pass parked cars and drive to the road conditions.
Yellow triangles in the middle of the road point to the fire hydrant, use it as a reference for the center of the road.
Parallel Parking use the space behind you, indicate and check your blindspot.
When turning you must see 100 meters on each before turning.
Steering move your hands and make big turns when needed,
When turning right don't cut corners.
When turning left, aim to stop before and roll around.
Hill starts don't roll back.
Dual lane roundabouts, know who is next to you.
Searching look outward look between trees and fences as you approach.
Flush Medians - use it when needed and if safe there is no need to stop in them.
When entering a turning bay you must check your blindspot before moving in, merge in and then slow down.
Dual lane roads, you must turn into the left lane when turning left, you don't have to wait for both lanes to be clear, as long as the left lane is clear, you can turn.
Green light - check both sides before moving through the intersection.
Parking on the road side, you must stop under 30cm from the curb.
Parking in a carpark stop between the white lines.

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Takanini - Ardmore Lesson Notes

3/2/2022

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Key Points:
You don't need to wear shoes if you don't want to.

Right Turns - You can move your hands to make big turns.

Dual Lanes - Avoid having vehicles in your blindspot

Left Turn - Angle the car with the road

Mirror Usage - Check center before braking and everything time you slow down.

Rail Way Crossing - Make sure the lights have stopped flashing before moving over the tracks and make sure there is enough room on the other side.

Stop Sign - You must fully stop before moving. Stop, Pause and then move.

Following Distance - Double the following distance when following trucks.

Keep Left on wide roads

Steering - Move your hands when needed, Don't twist them.

Parallel Parking - Use the space behind you, check and recheck the right side.

If someone is following too closely, move to the left and let them pass.

3 Point Turn - Check both sides and don't drive into a driveway. Indicate right and then right again on the 3rd turn.

Stopping Distance - Stay back, be able to see the ground when waiting in a queue.

Motorway onramp - use all of it and merge on.

Scanning - check all side streets before passing them, know what is behind you before and after every intersection.

Speed bumps - Check your center mirror before braking.

Flush Median - You must use it when needed.

Narrow Roads when Sharp Corners - Keep left and drive to the road conditions. When passing parked cars indicate and check your blindspot.

Don't indicate too early

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Papakranga - Lesson Notes

3/2/2022

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Key Points:
Parallel Parking - Needs Improvements

Mirror Usage and Blindspot Checks - Needs Improvements

In General:
Left Turn - Angle the car with the road

Following Distance - Stay back and have enough room to move arounds the vehicle if needed.

Stopping Distance - Stay back so you can see the ground.

Keep Reasonable to the left

Scanning - You must see at least 100 meters on each side of the road before moving out.

Flush Median - You must use it when necessary.

Entering Turning Bays - Nothing sudden , you can enter just before it begins, under 100 meters.

Right Turns - Don't cut the corner, stay on your side of the road.

Carpark - Drive slow and keep on your side of the road

Curved Roads - Keep left and roll around corners

Narrow Roads - Indicate and check blindspot before moving around parked cars. Give way to other vehicles if you need to move over the centerline.

Dual Lane Right Turn - Stay in your lane

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Manual Simulated Test - Restricted Manukau

3/2/2022

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Flush Medians - Beware of cars waiting to turn right, they have the right of way. Wait till they turn before moving. Once in the flush median just stop and wait for a gap, don't drive along it.

Following Distance - When following a bus or truck double your following distance

Parallel Parking - Make use of the space behind you, don't be right up against the car in front.

Stop Sign - Use the hand brake to stop the car from rolling back.

Merging - Let the other vehicle move in front of you, don't rush to get in front.

Narrow Roads - Drive to the road conditions. (Too fast)

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Restricted Lesson Notes - Highbrook

2/2/2022

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Immediate Fails:

When turning right stay in your lane

Critical Errors:

When parallel parking remember to recheck the right side and after you have parked indicate right to move back on the road when safe.

Needs Improvements:

When turning left angle the car with the road, keep reasonably to the left. Move your hands to make big turns when needed.
Curved roads keep left

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Highbrook Full Lesson Notes

2/2/2022

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Immediate Fails:

Posted 30km at roads works, must slow down to 30km
When waiting to turn right at a give way sign don't move forward, while other vehicles are turning right. Let them pass before moving forward and turning

Critical Errors:

Always know who is next to you and behind you (Mirror and Blindspot Checks)
When entering a turning bay you must check your blindspot before entering and don't brake hard for no reason.
When turning left make sure you check your left blindspot for cyclist.
When changing lanes you must keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
When merging you must indicate till all 4 wheels are in the other lane and remember to check your blindspot.
Don't stop at give way signs for no reason, if you can see 100 meters on each side and it is safe keep moving. Aim for around 20km before the turn and roll around.

Needs Improvements:

Just use one foot to drive
When leaving the carpark keep left and indicate
Use both hands when driving, your hands are too low.
Keep left, you can drive over empty bus stops.
Curved roads you must keep left.
Don't play with the sun visor, just leave it down.

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Lesson Focus: P-Parking and Roundabouts

2/2/2022

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Lesson Focus: Parallel Parking and Roundabouts

Key Points:

Rolling forward using the brake, don't accelerate.
Don't make sharp turns.
Keep your heel on the ground and push with your toes.
Roundabouts angle the car with the road.
Right Turns - find the center and keep on your side.
U Turns - keep reasonable to the left and indicate and check your right blindspot.
Left Turn - angle the car with the road.
Moving on and off the road - indicate and check your blindspot.
Parallel Parking - go slow, look around and find a reference points that work for you

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Highbrook Lesson Notes

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Glen Innes Lesson Notes

Mt Wellington Lesson Notes

Mt Wellington OS Lesson Notes

Highbrook Lesson Notes

Manukau Restricted Lesson Notes

Papateoteo Lesson Notes:

Lesson Notes Wiri / Manukau

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Manukau Restricted Lesson Notes

Full Wiri Lesson Notes

Highbrook Full Lesson Notes

Mt Wellington Lesson Notes

East Tamaki Lesson Notes

Takanini Lesson Notes

Glen Innes Restricted Lesson Notes

Takanini - Ardmore Lesson Notes

Papakranga - Lesson Notes

Manual Simulated Test - Restricted Manukau

Restricted Lesson Notes - Highbrook

Highbrook Full Lesson Notes

Lesson Focus: P-Parking and Roundabouts

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