the driver's handbook

Diverging/lane changing crashes ............................................................................. 11, 87
Dividing lines .............................................................................................................47-48
Double continuous lines ................................................................................................. 48
Drinking and driving ..................................................................................................16-19
Driver accompanying a learner driver ...................................................................111-114
Driver Awareness Course (DAC)............................................................................120-121
Driver Intervention Program (DIP) ................................................................................. 125
Driveways ........................................................................................................... 28, 74, 93
Driving at night ............................................................................................. 9, 27, 82, 111
Driving in poor visibility .........................................................................................9, 82-83
Driving on the road ......................................................................................................... 47
Driving signals ................................................................................................................ 56
Driving test
drivers aged over 70 ........................................................................................... 104
Learner’s permit .................................................................................................. 102
Vehicle on Road Test VORT ............................................................................... 115
Conpetency Based Training & Assessment CBT&A ........................................... 115
Driving unlicensed ........................................................................................................ 107
Driving while disqualified .............................................................................................. 125
Driving under the influence (DUI) ............................................................................... 19,87
Driving with due care .....................................................................................41, 68-69, 81
Driving with passengers of similar ages ........................................................................... 9
Drugs and driving ..............................................................................................16-21, 137
E
Edge lines
white ..................................................................................................................... 50
yellow .............................................................................................................. 79, 92
Emergency Services – giving way to vehicles ................................................................ 46
Emergency – what to do ...........................................................................................35-38
Emu crossings .................................................................................................... 65, 68, 94
Entering a road ....................................................................................... 47, 51, 59, 72, 77
Examination
Theory test - written - where to .......................................108-110, 117, back cover
Evidence of address/identity .........................................................................102-103, 108
Expressways .............................................................................................................77-78
Eyesight ................................................................................................................ 104, 136
F
Fallen loads .................................................................................................................... 80
Fatigue ...................................................................................................... 12, 26, 111, 135
Fees
licence application fee ................................................................. 108-116, 120-125
theory test fee ..................................................................................................... 108
translation fee ..................................................................................................... 108
registration fee .............................................................................................144-147
Ferries – obeying directions ........................................................................................... 99
First Aid .......................................................................................................................... 37
Fitness to drive ......................................................................................103-104, 126, 141
Five-second signal ................................................................................................... 56, 73
Fog – “hazardous, poor visibility” .................................................................................31, 82
Following other vehicles ........................................................................................... 10, 24
Footbrake failure – hazardous situation ......................................................................... 34
Footpaths ................................................................................................28, 51, 74, 91-94
Footwear ........................................................................................................................ 85
Freeways/Expressways .............................................................................................77-78
G
Getting instruction .................................................................................................111-118
Give Way signs ............................................................................................................... 69
Giving Way ..........................................................................................................54, 68-76
Giving way to buses ....................................................................................................... 68
Good Behaviour Option................................................................................................ 122
Gravel and loose surfaces .............................................................................................. 32
Gross Trailer Mass GTM ................................................................................................ 81
Gross Vehicle Mass GVM ................................................................................... 4, 80, 105
H
Hand signals ......................................................................................................... 57,87,97
Hazard Perception Test (HPT) ...............................................................106, 121, 123-124
Hazardous situations .....................................................................................10, 31-32, 82
Hazard warning lights ..................................................................................................... 82
Headlights
for road safety .............................................................................................30-34,89
in poor visibility ........................................................................................82-83, 136
Head-on crashes .......................................................................................................11-12
Heavy vehicles.................................................................................15-16, 33, 88, 92, 111
High-powered vehicles ......................................................................................... 120, 149
Horns .......................................................................................................29, 34, 51, 82-83
Horses ............................................................................................................................ 29
Hourly parking limits ....................................................................................................... 95
I
Identification documents .............................................................................................. 102
Indicators – driving signals ........................................................................................56-57
Insecure loads ................................................................................................................ 80
Instructors – approved driving instructors ................................................................... 114
Insurance ...................................................................................................................... 144
Interstate licences – conversion ................................................................................... 104
The Driver’s Handbook 153