Section 5: Good driving practice
This section describes how to do the most common driving manoeuvres safely and with consideration for other road users. It focuses on: moving off, your position on the road, changing traffic lanes, overtaking, reversing, u-turns, slowing down or stopping, towing, day time running lights, driving at night, and using a horn.
Moving off
Before moving off, carry out the following safety checks:
- check that all doors, the bonnet and the boot are closed;
- make sure your seat and head restraint are properly adjusted;
- make sure your rear view mirrors are clean and properly adjusted; and
• check that all safety belts (yours and those of your front-seat and back-seat passengers) are fastened.
Before moving off from the kerb, you must take the appropriate all
around observations, check your mirrors and signal, just before moving off check the blind spot to the relevant side, over the right shoulder if moving off to the right or over the left shoulder if moving to the left.