Otara - Highbrook Lesson Notes

Key Points
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1. Carpark - Keep left and use the space around you. Look around, turn your head to see.
2. Left Turns - You must angle the car with the road, keep left. Don't twist your hands.
3. Right Turns - Don't move forward while other vehicles are turning. Find the center of the road before turning. Check your center mirror before braking. Don't cut corners.
4. Sharp or blind corners - Nothing sudden, as you approach just let the car roll around the corners. Cover your brake and be prepared to react. Keep reasonably to the left.
5. Keep Left - Away from the center line. Beware of parked cars.
6. Parking On Roadside - You must indicate left, check your left blindspot and center mirror before braking.
7. 3 Point Turn - You must indicate right and check your right blindspot.
8. Parallel Parking - Recheck the right side, take your time and move. You have 2 minutes and you can go back and forth 4 times. Use the space behind you. Indicate and check before stopping.
9. More Searching - Move your chin, look outward. Turn your head to check your blindspot. 
10. Parked Trucks and Trailers - Don't get to close them. 
11. U-Turn - Don’t stop for no reason. Keep left.
12. Hand Brake - Check the dashboard for the red warning lights. Don't move with the hand brake on.
13. Turning Bays & Flush Medians - You must use them. Merge into them, nothing sudden. Indicate and check blindspot before moving in. All  4 wheels must be in the lane, if possible.
14. Lane Change - Don’t slow down for no reason. Keep indicating till all 4 wheels are in the other lane. Be ready before, know what's happening ahead. 
15. Speed Control - You must stay within the speed limit including all temporary speed signs.
16. Wet Roads - Double your following distance. Brake softly.
17. Roundabouts - Be ready before, look for cover vehicles on your left and in front. Stay behind the white line. Indicate to exit.
18. Left Turns into High Speed Zones - Angle the car and stay in your lane. Turn and speed up.
19. Left Turn at Traffic Light with Giveway Sign - Use cover vehicles to your advantage. Know it's safe before moving. Stay in your lane.
20. Curved Dual Lane Roads - Stay in your lane, avoid having vehicles in your blindspot.
21. Pedestrian Crossing - Check both sides and don't stop on them.
22. Orange Lights - Don't rush to go through them.
23. Narrow Roads - Indicate and check your blindspot before moving around parked cars. Keep left, look ahead and avoid bottlenecks.