A Through Zs of Learning to Drive, Accident Free!: Drivers Handbook

Copyright © 2014 by James Q. Glenn.

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INDEX

Introduction

Where are you?

Vision Screening Test

LEVEL I—BASIC DRIVING SKILLS

Section

1. Steps before starting engine; steps for starting the engine; turning; braking; pulling away and up to the curb; gas and brake use

2. Right-of-way rules

3. Standard line markings; sign colors; sign shapes and designs; overhead signs; intersection guidance markings

4. Intersection execution; right turns; left turns; 90 and 60 degree parking; parallel parking; backing into a 90 degree space

5. Lane changing

6. Center line markings using combination of the basic line markings; center lane markings using combinations of the Basic line markings

LEVEL II—ADVANCE DRIVING SKILLS

Section

7. Traffic lights; left turns at traffic lights and multi-lane intersections

8. The five driving habits

9. Downtown; one/two-way streets; city street numbering system

10. Expressway; the numbering system for the expressway; exit letteringand numbering system; entering the expressway / leaving the expressway; turning around on the expressway; expressway markings

LEVEL III—BEYOND JUST DRIVING

Section

11. U.S. Highway numbering system; state route numbering system; to plan a trip

12. Auto insurance; emergencies

13. Getting to know your car; electrical system;cooling system; combustion system; brake system;warning signals; car leaks

14. ‘Jumping’ a dead battery; tire changing

QUESTION SECTION

INTRODUCTION

There are two phases to learning to drive. In the first phase you will learn to maneuver your vehicle. There are three basic maneuvers of a vehicle: you can make a right turn, a left turn and a lane change. Think of it this way: parking is no more than a right or left turn; in expressway driving you lane change to get on, lane change while on, and lane change to get off; and even city driving you are either making a turn or a lane change.

In the second phase you are learning the laws of the roadway, general rules people drive by, and the safest way of getting to where you are going.

Keep this in mind: Your state driver’s handbook is an outline of the law—the maximum and minimum for driving; e.g., 65 mph is the maximum speed on most states expressway and 15 feet is the minimum distance you can park to a fire hydrant. This, Glenn Driving Institute Driver’s Handbook, is outlining the safe way of driving.

Remember: The laws are guidelines. The law is the point that the judicial system feels you are operating your vehicle in an unsafe manner.

Rule of thumb: Those student drivers who study thoroughly end up better drivers, are more relaxed drivers, and usually need less driving lessons than those that don’t. So study ahead and review often.

To help you study, this handbook has been laid out in this manner:

1. Anything numbered must be memorized in order.

2. What is CAPITALIZED after the number is what is to be memorized, word for word.

3. The comparative study in the state manual at the end of each section is to be read also.

4. Answer those questions recommended at the end of each section. The questions are from the material you read in both this manual and your state manual. Since state manuals change from time to time and state to state, you may not be able to find all the answers, either the information in question is not a law or a concern or the state manual just did not write about that information.

May the pavement be smooth under your wheels,

And the sun always be to your back.

May the other drivers be courteous to you,

and you be courteous back.

James Q. Glenn

Where are you?

Check list—you need to know where these things are, and how to control them, on your car before driving:

1. Lights:              high beam head lights

low beam head lights

parking lights

dome lights

dash lights

outside back up lights

outside, side marker lights (Note: Yellow in front and Red to the rear)

2. Turn signal:     right and left

turn signal breaker or clicker (under dash board)

3. Horn:                 How to sound the horn

How to unplug it if it sticks (under the hood, usual near grill or on side)

4. Seat lever or adjustment: forward, back and on some models, up, down, and tilt.

5. Night mirror: Flip the lever on the inside rearview mirror. This will filter the bright lights of the vehicle behind, some automatically dim.

6. Emergency brake (park brake): how to apply and release.

7. Fuse Box

8. Head rest

9. Child tamper—proof door lock switch (certain cars only)

10. Radio: How to set the preset buttons for a station, memorize where the buttons and dials are so you can use them and still keep your eyes on the road

11. Gas tank opening: lever or button to release gas tank cover is sometime inside of car on floor, by the driver’s door, in the glove box or on the dash (only on certain cars)

12. Windshield wiper: low to high speed, delay wiper and windshield washer

13. Air conditioner (A/C): not on all cars

14. Defog: will blow cold air on the windshield only. This clears the fog (moisture) off the inside of windshield.

15. Defrost: will blow warm air on the windshield only. This clears ice on the inside and/or outside of windshield.

16. Heater: temperature control, fan and vent adjustments for dash, floor, and windshield.

17. Rear window defrost—defog (not on all cars)

18. Hood latches: There are two latches, most often one latch inside under the dash on the driver’s side and one under the edge of the front center of Hood (the latch inside must be released first (In a few cases the first latch is in the grill out front).

19. Emergency flashers (usually under or on top of the steering column)

20. Spare tire and jack

21. Cruise control (not on all cars)

22. Button to release your ignition key (certain cars only)

23. Oil dip stick

24. Transmission fluid dip stick (only on automatic transmission cars)

25. Power steering fluid dip stick (only on power steering cars)

26. Brake fluid (in master cylinder-on power brake cars only)

27.