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Manukau - Wiri Lesson Notes

21/2/2024

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Lesson Notes:
  • Parking Curb-side - You must indicate and check your blindspot before braking.
  • Merging / Lane Changing - Must indicate when needed and always check your blindspot. Don't move suddenly.
  • Motorway On/Off Ramps -  Use all of the onramp and keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane. Offramp indicate before, check the center mirror and check your left blindspot before moving off the motorway. Don't brake for no reason.
  • Speed Control - Don't rush and stay under the speed limit.
  • Carpark - Keep left, stay on your side of the road and look for a space to park.
  • Narrow Roads - Look ahead, avoid bottlenecks, keep reasonable to the left and indicate to pass parked cars.
  • More Scanning / Searching Ahead - Activity search for potential hazards, try to see 100 meters on each side. Move your chin and move your head. Check all intersections. Don't lean forward while moving forward.
  • Center Mirror Usage - Check the center mirror every 10-15 seconds on a straight road. Check the mirror before braking. 
  • Hand Position - Move your hands and make big turns when needed. Don't drop your hands when slowing down.
  • Left Turns - Check the cycle lane before turning, the left blindspot and angle the car with the road.
  • Right Turns - Find the center before turning, don't rush and don't cut the corners to turn.
  • U- Turn - You must indicate right and check your right blindspot.
  • Parallel Parking - Check and recheck your right blindspot. Indicate left before stopping and use the space behind you.
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Papakura - Pukekohe Restricted Lesson Notes

4/2/2024

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Immediate Fail:
  • Speed Control - Don't rush and stay under the speed limit. (Downhill)
  • Stop Sign - Stop, pause, check both sides and then move.

Critical Errors:
  • Roundabout / Gap Selection - Must give way to cars on your right. Angle the car to the left and look for cover vehicles on your left. Indicate left to exit.
  • Left Turns - Check the cycle lane before turning, the left blindspot and angle the car with the road.
  • Right Turns - Find the center before turning, don't rush and don't cut the corners to turn.
  • U- Turn - You must indicate right and check your right blindspot.
  • Parallel Parking - Check and recheck your right blindspot. Indicate left before stopping and usr the space behind you.

Needs Improvement:
  • Narrow Roads - Look ahead, avoid bottlenecks, keep reasonable to the left and indicate to pass parked cars.
  • More Scanning / Searching Ahead - Activity search for potential hazards, try to see 100 meters on each side. Move your chin and move your head. Check all intersections. Don't lean forward while moving forward.
  • Center Mirror Usage - Check the center mirror every 10-15 seconds on a straight road. Check the mirror before braking. 
  • Hand Position - Move your hands and make big turns when needed. Don't drop your hands when slowing down.
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Redoubt - Highbrook Full Lesson Notes

4/2/2024

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Immediate Fail:
  • Speed Control - Don't rush and stay under the speed limit.

Critical Errors:
  • Hazard Id - Talk more, while moving the vehicle.
  • More Scanning / Searching Ahead - Activity search for potential hazards, try to see 100 meters on each side. Move your chin and move your head. Check all intersections. Don't lean forward while moving forward.
  • Right Turns - Find the center before turning, don't rush and don't cut the corners to turn. Dual lanes stay in your lane.
  • Narrow Roads - Look ahead, avoid bottlenecks, keep reasonable to the left and indicate to pass parked cars.

Needs Improvement:
  • Following Distance - Double your following distance when behind trucks and buses.
  • Intersections / Traffic Lights - Don't queue across them. Check both sides always.
  • Merging / Lane Changing - Must indicate when needed and always check your blindspot. Don't move suddenly.
  • Giveway Signs / Gap Selection - Be Slow enough to giveway. Don't stop for no reason. Be ready to move while waiting.
  • Backing - Always look outside the vehicle when moving. 
  • Merging / Lane Changing / Turning Bays - Must indicate when needed and always check blindspots. Don't move suddenly. Indicate till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
  • 3 Point Turn - You must indicate right and check your right blindspot on the 3rd turn.
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Epsom - Glen Innes Lesson Notes

3/2/2024

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Immediate Fail:
  • Speed Control - Don't rush and stay under the speed limit.

Critical Errors:
  • Roundabout / Gap Selection - Must give way to cars on your right. Angle the car to the left and look for cover vehicles on your left. Indicate left to exit.
  • Right Turn / Flush Median - You must use the flush median and not interfere with traffic flow. Merge in and out when needed, and if safe just move through them.

Needs Improvement:
  • Steering / Turning- Make small adjustments to keep the vehicle straight, nothing sudden. Make big turns when needed and move your hands.
  • Merging / Lane Changing / Turning Bays - Must indicate when needed and always check blindspots. Don't move suddenly. Indicate till all 4 wheels are in the other lane.
  • Hazard Id - Talk more, while moving the vehicle.
  • More Scanning / Searching Ahead - Activity search for potential hazards, try to see 100 meters on each side. Move your chin and move your head. Check all intersections. Don't lean forward while moving forward.
  • Intersections / Traffic Lights - Don't queue across them. Check both sides always.
  • Narrow Roads - Look ahead, avoid bottlenecks, keep reasonable to the left and indicate to pass parked cars.
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Ormiston - Highbrook Lesson Notes

3/2/2024

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Lesson Notes:
  • Right Turns - Find the center before turning, don't rush and don't cut the corners to turn. 
  • Gap Selection - Be Slow enough to giveway. Don't stop for no reason. Be ready to move while waiting.
  • Parallel Parking - Indicate left and check center mirror before stopping. Use the space behind you and recheck the right blindspot. Use correct gear before moving.
  • Merging / Lane Changing / Turning Bays - Must indicate, check your center mirror and always check blindspots. Don't move suddenly.
  • Aux Controls - Be comfortable turning on the lights and wipers when needed.
  • Traffic Lights - Red light, must stay stopped till the lights turn green.
  • Left Turns HSZ - Check the cycle lane before turning, the left blindspot and angle the car with the road.
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Manurewa - Manukau ABC Lesson Notes

3/2/2024

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Lesson Notes:
  • Parking Curb-side - You must indicate and check your blindspot before braking.
  • Merging / Lane Changing - Must indicate when needed and always check your blindspot. Don't move suddenly.
  • Motorway On/Off Ramps -  Use all of the onramp and keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane. Offramp indicate before, check the center mirror and check your left blindspot before moving off the motorway. Don't brake for no reason.
  • Speed Control - Don't rush and stay under the speed limit.
  • Roundabouts - Must give way to cars on your right. Angle the car to the left and look for cover vehicles on your left. Alway indicate left before exiting. Dual lanes check both lanes before moving.
  • Following Distance - Double your following distance when behind trucks and buses.
  • Right Turns - Find the center before turning, don't rush and don't cut the corners to turn. Dual lanes stay in your lane.
  • Left Turns - Angle the car before turning and stay in your lane.
  • Parallel Parking - Indicate left and check center mirror before stopping. Use the space behind you and recheck the right blindspot. Don't just use the camera.
  • Dual Lane Turns - You must stay in your lane while turning. Don't have vehicles in your blindspot.
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