Driver Knowledge Tests

The biggest distractions while driving

A HealthDay Poll in November 2011 of 2800 American adults found: Approximately 13% of adult drivers have browsed the Internet while driving Approximately 14% of drivers have applied makeup while driving. At least 1 out of every 5 drivers have

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How to perfect the three types of parking

Technology is gradually eroding our ability to perform certain tasks, and parking is one of them. Eventually we won’t need to be able to park because our vehicles will do it for us – in some cases, they already do.

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Reversing cameras and reversing sensors: What are they and how do they help?

How reversing cameras and sensors developed As soon as vehicles were invented there was the need to manoeuvre them in reverse. The first vehicles were open and therefore it was easy to see behind, but as vehicles became more complex

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Driving on rural and outback roads in Australia

Australia has hundreds of thousands of kilometres of roads that are nowhere near settlements. Unlike in, for example, the UK, where almost all the roads will have some kind of asphalt, here it can be anything from cloying mud through

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Driving with limited visibility

Depending on the type of driving you do, and where you do it, you might frequently have to deal with limited visibility. As long as you are prepared for it you can mitigate the dangers, so we’ll go through the

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What are the ways you can navigate?

Once you start driving you’ll find yourself in places you don’t recognise and you will need to navigate your way safely. If you grew up in the country, like I did, you’ll know there’s a lack of street signs and

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How can a new driver drive more safely?

Congratulations. You’ve spent a lot of your own personal time learning how to drive so that you can achieve your goal of a full licence. Now you’ve got it, you still need to get more experience, but hopefully without having

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