About driving

Key driving skills

This section introduces you to the key driving skills and road rules that you need to learn to be a safe and competent driver.

• Keeping left
• Giving signals
• Receiving signals
• Turning
• Using lanes correctly
• Following distance
• Passing
• Merging
• Motorway driving
• Towing
• Reversing

Giving way

This section describes the situations when you must give way to other vehicles when driving. It shows you what to do in a variety of situations and at different kinds of intersections.

• The give way rules
• Giving way at uncontrolled intersections
• Giving way at controlled intersections
• Giving way at roundabouts
• Giving way at railway level crossings
• Giving way on one-lane bridges

Stopping and parking

• How to park safely
• Where not to park
• Parking signs
• Stopping at intersections, railway level crossings and pedestrian crossings

When conditions change

This section tells you how to drive safely when conditions become more hazardous than usual.

• Driving in bad weather
• Night driving
• Road works
• Sunstrike
• Road surface

Hazards and emergencies

Driving has the potential to be dangerous, particularly when other hazards are involved. This section gives you some valuable tips on how to be aware of hazards and how to avoid getting into crash situations.

• Dealing with hazards
• Multiple hazards
• Safe driving tips
• Tips for handling driving emergencies

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Last updated: 16 February 2007