15th July 2002 Mon 9.10pm – When am I going to Winter Countries again?
First time taking MRT to Yio Chu Kang. Walk all the way to my driving centre under the hot! hot! hot! Sun. By the time I was nearly late for the lesson. How come my estimation of time that bad? Often late for lectures, tutorials and exam! My instructor is the same guy who taught me last Friday. He always carries a palm-top so to illustrate some concepts that include diagrams. Traffic rules for today.
1. Stop line. Other than the ones on the zebra crossing (When no one is crossing) and Junctions (when green signal on), always stop (normally at side roads) or else at exam it will be immediate failure.
2. Need not stop at filter lane if there is no car on the right. Always look out for the right blind spot. Give way to the cars.
3. At pedestrians/zebra crossing. Slow down. Need not stop if there is no pedestrian even there is a stop line. Apply one lane rule. Whenever the pedestrians are within 1 lane away from the car, do not move. Until they walk 1 lane away from car, you can drive slowly. The Zigzag line at the roadside mean not to overtake, change lanes and parking at all time.
4. Yellow box. When the traffic before the box is congested, you are not allowed to enter yellow box whereas turning vehicle (from side road) are allowed.
5. Slow down whenever at junctions, side roads, zebra crossings. The speed reduction varies.
6. How to keep a safe distance at stop line. When bonnet covers partially the stop line, the car is actually about 3 metres away from the stop line. Too far, people may laugh. In order to have a safe distance away from the stop line, stop completely when the stop line appears partially covered by the side mirror (at the point whereby the mirror is joined to the car. This will leave 1m clearance to the stop line. As long as the vehicle bumper is behind it (less than 1m). To be even more secure, stop when the line reaches behind the mirror.
7. Safe distance between cars within a lane. One car for each 10km/h, i.e. 40km/h needs 4 cars in between. Another way is 2 seconds rule. Choose a stationary point and when the front vehicle pass it, start count “One thousand one, one thousand two”. If my car haven’t reach that point yet, it is considered a safe distance.
8. At minor road going to the major, always stop at the stop line first and look out for cars on the right then left. If the view is obstructed, inch out (go and brake and go) slowly. At the same time, prepare or even start to steer slightly.
9. Whenever turning left whether it is changing lanes or going to another road, always check left mirror and blind spot to ensure no motorcycle is between the kerb and me.
10.Merging signs: two lanes are merging, always give way to the vehicle right in front on the other lane. There is no priority that the vehicles on the right lane should have the right of way.
11.Sometime the examiner may be a bit tricky. For example, if there is a road sign indicating no turning right and the examiner wants you to turn right, you must warn him about the sign or else will get penalized. If he keeps insisting, it is him who bears the responsibility.
12.Priority of lanes arrows:
Straight – left – right | Straight – left, no right | Straight – right, no left | Left – right, no straight
13.The distance maintained between
The cars on 2 side-by-side lane should be about 1.5 metres.
Road work at the front side: 1m
People facing me: 1m
People back facing me: 1.5m
14.Never hog the road. Keep left other than changing lanes/ overtaking / turning right.
15.When turning out from minor to major road, look out for the oncoming car on the right. Some cars may signal right i.e. turning right into the minor road and not crossing my path, must wait till when the car starts to turn then I can move out. This is because sometime the drivers may forget to turn off signals/ turn on the wrong signal.
There will be a one month slacked before on road training…Hai can’t imagine how I am going to manage on the real road. Should have booked earlier.
First time taking MRT to Yio Chu Kang. Walk all the way to my driving centre under the hot! hot! hot! Sun. By the time I was nearly late for the lesson. How come my estimation of time that bad? Often late for lectures, tutorials and exam! My instructor is the same guy who taught me last Friday. He always carries a palm-top so to illustrate some concepts that include diagrams. Traffic rules for today.
1. Stop line. Other than the ones on the zebra crossing (When no one is crossing) and Junctions (when green signal on), always stop (normally at side roads) or else at exam it will be immediate failure.
2. Need not stop at filter lane if there is no car on the right. Always look out for the right blind spot. Give way to the cars.
3. At pedestrians/zebra crossing. Slow down. Need not stop if there is no pedestrian even there is a stop line. Apply one lane rule. Whenever the pedestrians are within 1 lane away from the car, do not move. Until they walk 1 lane away from car, you can drive slowly. The Zigzag line at the roadside mean not to overtake, change lanes and parking at all time.
4. Yellow box. When the traffic before the box is congested, you are not allowed to enter yellow box whereas turning vehicle (from side road) are allowed.
5. Slow down whenever at junctions, side roads, zebra crossings. The speed reduction varies.
6. How to keep a safe distance at stop line. When bonnet covers partially the stop line, the car is actually about 3 metres away from the stop line. Too far, people may laugh. In order to have a safe distance away from the stop line, stop completely when the stop line appears partially covered by the side mirror (at the point whereby the mirror is joined to the car. This will leave 1m clearance to the stop line. As long as the vehicle bumper is behind it (less than 1m). To be even more secure, stop when the line reaches behind the mirror.
7. Safe distance between cars within a lane. One car for each 10km/h, i.e. 40km/h needs 4 cars in between. Another way is 2 seconds rule. Choose a stationary point and when the front vehicle pass it, start count “One thousand one, one thousand two”. If my car haven’t reach that point yet, it is considered a safe distance.
8. At minor road going to the major, always stop at the stop line first and look out for cars on the right then left. If the view is obstructed, inch out (go and brake and go) slowly. At the same time, prepare or even start to steer slightly.
9. Whenever turning left whether it is changing lanes or going to another road, always check left mirror and blind spot to ensure no motorcycle is between the kerb and me.
10.Merging signs: two lanes are merging, always give way to the vehicle right in front on the other lane. There is no priority that the vehicles on the right lane should have the right of way.
11.Sometime the examiner may be a bit tricky. For example, if there is a road sign indicating no turning right and the examiner wants you to turn right, you must warn him about the sign or else will get penalized. If he keeps insisting, it is him who bears the responsibility.
12.Priority of lanes arrows:
Straight – left – right | Straight – left, no right | Straight – right, no left | Left – right, no straight
13.The distance maintained between
The cars on 2 side-by-side lane should be about 1.5 metres.
Road work at the front side: 1m
People facing me: 1m
People back facing me: 1.5m
14.Never hog the road. Keep left other than changing lanes/ overtaking / turning right.
15.When turning out from minor to major road, look out for the oncoming car on the right. Some cars may signal right i.e. turning right into the minor road and not crossing my path, must wait till when the car starts to turn then I can move out. This is because sometime the drivers may forget to turn off signals/ turn on the wrong signal.
There will be a one month slacked before on road training…Hai can’t imagine how I am going to manage on the real road. Should have booked earlier.
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