Basic Vehicle Knowledge

Today’s vehicles are complicated, like computers on wheels. Far beyond the reach of most backyard mechanics,

With the amount of money, we spend on the payments, maintenance, and repair of our cars, you’d think we’d have a better relationship with our vehicles. But understanding our cars how they work, how to care for them, repair costs can be overwhelming. All the parts, fluids, guidelines to follow, and things that can go wrong make cars and repair garages seem intimidating, but they don’t have to be.

You don’t need to know everything about your car, but you should have a handle on some of the basic elements. To help you feel more confident as a car owner, here are few things you should know before you get behind the wheel:

1:Road Tax
2:MOT (in the UK) a compulsory annual test for safety and exhaust emissions of motor vehicles of more than a specified age
3:Insurance.
4:Make and Model.
5:Engine Lights.
6:Engine Oil……
7:Tyre / Tyre Pressure
8:Maintenance Schedule.

Highway Code

This Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales. The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone.

There’s a different version of The Highway Code for Northern Ireland.

You can buy a copy of The Highway Code online or from most high street bookshops.

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Driving Manoeuvres

There are Three manoeuvres in total, and you will be asked to carry out one of them during your practical. Let’s take a closer look at what these manoeuvres are and what else you might need to know.

Reversing manoeuvres will be changed

The ‘reverse around a corner’ and ‘turn-in-the-road’ manoeuvres will no longer be tested, but you should still be taught them by your instructor.
You’ll be asked to do one of 3 possible reversing manoeuvres:

•parallel park at the side of the road (Reverse Park within 2 car length)

•park in a bay – either driving in and reversing out, or reversing in and driving out (the examiner will tell you which you have to do)

•pull up on the right-hand side of the road, reverse for 2 car lengths and re-join the traffic

Road Safety

The UK has some of the safest roads in the world, but the effects of every death or serious injury on our roads are devastating, for the bereaved, for families and loved ones, and for those who support the seriously injured, some of whom may have long term life-changing injuries.

Your roads, your safety, your responsibility

1 Vehicle
2 Weather Condition
3 Signs, Signals
4 Drink and Drunk
5 Seat Belts
6 Speed
7 Carelessness
8 Other Road Users

Car ‘show me, tell me’ vehicle safety questions

You’ll be asked 2 vehicle safety questions during your car driving test.

The examiner will ask you one:

‘tell me’ question (where you explain how you’d carry out a safety task) at the start of your test, before you start driving

‘show me’ question (where you show how you’d carry out a safety task) while you’re driving

You’ll get one driving fault (sometimes called a ‘minor’) if you get one or both questions wrong.

You’ll fail your driving test if your driving is dangerous or potentially dangerous while you answer the ‘show me’ question.