If you are taking your learner licence, check these roundabout questions:<\/p>\n
Straight through on a roundabout<\/a><\/p>\n Turning right on a roundabout<\/a><\/p>\n Many drivers wrongly start to move within their lane before they start indicating. If you see a vehicle that has been following a fairly consistent course within a lane suddenly start to drift, they may be about to change lanes.<\/p>\n You have a blind spot roughly from your door pillar (the B pillar) back 3-4 metres, depending on how you set your wing mirrors. Before you make a manoeuvre, you\u2019ll check your blind spots. It makes sense, though, not to deliberately travel in other people\u2019s blind spots. Doing so increases the risk they won\u2019t see you.<\/p>\n You might see signs showing that there are hidden driveways (concealed exits) to make you aware that a slow vehicle could be exiting or entering a driveway. It\u2019s a good idea to cover the brake in these situations, just in case. Covering the brake means bringing your foot off the accelerator and over the brake, but not braking.<\/p>\n Signs indicating sharp bends approaching will mean that traffic ahead will slow down. Look out particularly for one-way bridge signs because hidden queues can form, especially on holiday weekends<\/a>. Check out these signs questions to see if you know your Road Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n In dry clear conditions leaving two seconds between you and the car in front is safe; if it\u2019s wet or you are towing a trailer you should double this. However, what is not so well known is the 10-second scan. It means you should be constantly scanning up to four or five cars ahead of you, i.e. ten seconds up the road. This gives you a huge amount of time to react to any situations that may occur. It will allow you to see when traffic is starting to get backed up ahead and you can anticipate when you\u2019ll need to brake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Safe driving is about anticipating what is going to happen before it actually happens. You don\u2019t want to be a solely reactive driver because this puts you at more risk of being in a situation you can\u2019t drive around. Fortunately…<\/span><\/p>\nLeave gaps for merging<\/h2>\n
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You\u2019ll see when you are approaching an on-ramp that traffic needs to merge like a zip<\/a>. You can anticipate this (and help traffic flow), by leaving the gap. If you see that it\u2019s a truck then you will need to drop back further and leave more room.<\/p>\nLook for vehicles drifting in a lane<\/h2>\n
Be aware of blind spots<\/h2>\n
Let road signs give you clues<\/h2>\n
The two-second rule and the 10-second scan<\/h2>\n