Other users - the motor vehicle

* Defensive driving is circular movement in anticipation of other road users ...





Situations that should provide a possible risk :



After a ball can run a child.

Animals close to the road.

Stationary vehicle with people inside : the doors can open suddenly.

Stationary vehicle with the engine running : can be added without notice.

Conductor discussion : can react rashly .

Vehicle loading or unloading : operators can appear around him.





Zone of Uncertainty:





* It is the space that surrounds any road user - animals , pedestrians and vehicles - and, within which its movements can be unpredictable.







PEDESTRIANS: road use





* Pedestrians used for transit , pedestrian areas (sidewalks ). In the absence of these, use the hard shoulder and, if they do not exist, the essential part of the road.

* Even having sidewalks and to avoid inconvenience to other road users may use the road (right side ):



Pedestrians carrying large packages , pushing or pulling vehicles not considered motor, small ( cycle, moped, baby cart , shopping cart or work).

Groups of people led or forming courtship. ( school ranks , burial , demonstrations ... )

The wheelchair-bound invalid .





* Out of town and crossings ( no sidewalks ), Pedestrians and transit through the left side could have done so for the right time, their safety and advises.

* Out of town , between sunset and sunrise, when traveling through roadway or shoulder, and to warn their presence, must bear a reflective element that is visible to 150 feet away. The focus groups or processionsAlso must wear white or light yellow, red forward and backward, on the side closest to the center of the road.

* Within the town ( no sidewalks )May travel on the side that suits them.







ANIMALS: road use





* The animals must be driven by the trails, except that they do not exist but never, On motorways or dual carriageways.

* Your driving should be under the following rules:



Your driver should be adult. (18)

Not invade the pedestrian.

When path lacks sidewalksWill be led by the right, unless , your driver , take a single head of cattle.

In herd or flock, run at the speed of passage and as close as possible to the right edge.

At night , by poorly lit , their drivers are carried on the side closest to the center of the roadway , light white or yellow, red forward and backward.

It is prohibited to leave them unguarded in any kind of way.







The motor vehicle :





* In the car (tourism ) , the controls can be operated with hands or feet.

* accelerator : It is the right pedal, and its mission is to regulate the entry of fuel into the engine. When we stepped up (in a STOP, red light , Officer ... etc ), the engine continues to receive preventing some fuel stops. In these cases, says the engine runs at " idle ".

* The service brake: It is the central pedal and acts on all four wheels

* Clutch : It is the left pedal and its mission or attaching ( to connect or disconnect) , the engine gearbox . When we step on the clutch, said that the engine is disengaged.

* The parking brake : In most vehicles, it is a lever located between the two front seats . Usually acts on the rear wheels and has the mission to stabilize the vehicle , previously fixed by the service brake . Also called hand brake.

* The shifter : Moving it allows us to give the vehicle force or speedDepending on what, in each case, we need them. The lower gears (1st and 2nd ) give strength and long marches (4th and 5th ) are speed.

* Contact and start-up : We must avoid , when the vehicle is in motion , re- turn the ignition key then this action may damage the starter.

* Direction indicators : It is a horizontal lever located to the left of the steering wheel. Its mission is to turn the indicators on the left side ( scroll down) or right ( scroll up).

* audible warning device ( horn ): Should not produce loud noises or music.

* The throttle and choke : Two devices ( vehicles have one or the other ) whose mission is to promote cold weather starting ( pull the air). With either be achieved by enriching the mixture in the engine.

* The wiper : Brushes.

* The washer : They are usually one or two holes to discharge water on the windshield.