Learning plan Driving Course

Special Manoeuvres

11 Safety and car control

The actions/maneuvers described in part 10 up to and including 17 are recognized as special maneuvers. If you perform such a maneuver all the other traffic has priority over you. Most important is that you perform the maneuver safely in combination with proper car control. They are described very briefly in this document: it will get clear what to do during the lessons. Getting in- and out of the car and car preparation are also considered special maneuvers, but not described in this document. Getting out of the car maneuver must be done with great care however! Looking technique getting out of the car: Back mirror, front, left side mirror, left shoulder.

12 Slope test (hellingproef)

• Stop the car on a slope
• Use your handbrake or footbrake
• Drive away without rolling backwards or stalling the engine

13 Drive straight backwards (recht achteruit rijden)

• Stop on the right side of the road, roughly 30 cm of the curb
• Make sure the car and your wheels are straight
• Drive backwards with low speed
• Keep driving parallel to the curb by making small steering corrections ➢ Stop after driving roughly 20 meters backwards.

14 Drive a corner backwards (bocht achteruit rijden)

• Stop on the right side of the road, roughly 30 cm of the curb
• Make sure the car and your wheels are straight
• Drive the corner backwards with low speed
• Keep driving parallel to the curb by making small steering corrections
• After the corner stop when the car is straight and the wheels are straight.

15 Turning on a road in 3 times (keren door middel van steken)

• Stop on the right side of the road
• Steer sharp to the left
• Right before your tires hit the curb, steer all the way back to the right
• Your tyres can hit the curb gently
• Drive backwards, steer to the right if needed
• Right before your tires hit the curb, steer all the way back to the left
• Drive away and steer to the left if needed

16 Turning on a road in 1 time (keren door middel van een halve draai)

• If necessary stop on the right side of the road
• Steer to the left
• When turned around, get into a good road position and drive away

17 Parking in a box forward (vooruit parkeren in een vak)

• If necessary stop two parking spots in front of your targeted spot
• Drive forward from here and decide your steering moment
• Stop the car when the car is straight and the wheels are straight

18 Parking in a box backwards (achteruit parkeren in een vak)

• If necessary stop two parking spots further then your targeted spot
• Drive backwards from here and decide your steering moment
• Stop the car when the car is straight and the wheels are straight

19 Parking parallel backwards (achteruit file parkeren)

• Stop next to the car, where you are going to park it behind
• Drive backwards and decide your steering moment
• Steer back at the right moment and end up parallel to the curb

20 Parking parallel forward (voorwaarts file parkeren)

• If necessary, stop the car in the right position
• Drive forward and decide your steering moment
• When the wheels are close to the curb, steer back
• Stop when the car is parallel to the curb