Road_to_Solo_driving_handbook (2)

Rules and responsibilities
Keeping your cool when driving
Road rage or aggressive driving is
dangerous. It involves people losing
their cool, perhaps in response to a
mistake or action of another driver.
You can avoid road rage easily.
• The fundamental rule is do not
retaliate – it is never worth it!
• If you make a mistake while driving,
acknowledge it
• Don’t take the mistakes of other
drivers personally – remember it’s a
mistake not a personal attack
• Keep your cool and keep your
distance!
• Drive cooperatively and consider
the other people on the road!.
(For more information on strategies to
keep your cool when driving, see pages
64-66.)
Sharing the road with other
motorists
Keeping to the left
On multi-lane roads with a speed limit
over 80 km/h, you must keep out of the
right lane unless you are:
• overtaking
• turning right
• making a U-turn
• avoiding an obstruction
• driving in congested traffic.
You must also keep out of the right lane
where a Keep Left Unless Overtaking
sign applies.
Keep left unless overtaking sign
Signalling your moves
Before turning or changing lanes you
must signal for long enough to give
sufficient warning to other road users,
including other drivers, bicycle riders
and pedestrians. In 60 km/h zones, it
is best to signal for at least 30 metres
or about the length of two houses and
driveways before turning or changing
lanes.
Tip
Check that your indicator is off
after you have made your turn
or lane change – it may not have
turned off by itself. If it is left on,
other drivers will think you intend
to turn.
Before moving from a stationary
position at the side of the road or a
parking area in the middle of the road,
you must signal for at least five seconds.
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