Page 7 - Driving Commercial Vehicles Manual

Seeing and being seen ................................................................................... 42
Using your mirrors ........................................................................................ 43
Looking ahead .............................................................................................. 43
Which lane should you use? ......................................................................... 43
Lane use ........................................................................................................ 43
Emergency vehicles ..................................................................................... 44
Stopped vehicles with flashing lights ........................................................... 44
Shifting gears ................................................................................................. 44
Knowing how to shift gears .......................................................................... 45
Double-clutching ..................................................................................... 45
Knowing when to shift gears ........................................................................ 45
Shifting skills ................................................................................................ 46
Shifting gasoline-powered (not governed) engines ............................... 46
Shifting gasoline- or diesel-powered governed engines ....................... 46
Multi-speed rear axles and auxiliary transmissions ................................. 47
Entering curves ........................................................................................ 47
Passing and being passed ............................................................................. 47
Passing ......................................................................................................... 48
Being passed ............................................................................................... 48
Parking ............................................................................................................. 48
Crossings ......................................................................................................... 49
Intersections ................................................................................................ 49
Alleys, lanes and side roads ......................................................................... 50
Railway crossings .......................................................................................... 51
Controlled and uncontrolled crossings .................................................. 51
Crossing in a large vehicle ...................................................................... 51
Acts of nature ................................................................................................. 53
Animals on the road ..................................................................................... 53
Weather conditions ...................................................................................... 53
Night driving ................................................................................................. 54
Vehicle safety .................................................................................................. 55
Tires and wheels ........................................................................................... 55
Tire pressure ........................................................................................... 55
Tire wear ................................................................................................. 55
Tire condition .......................................................................................... 56
Tire problems .................................................................................................. 56
Disk wheel problems ............................................................................... 57
Cast spoke wheel problems .................................................................... 57
Brake failure warning devices ...................................................................... 57
Braking systems ........................................................................................... 57
Flashing lights .............................................................................................. 58
Disabled vehicles .......................................................................................... 58

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