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SECTION             12

        BASIC VEHICLE                     12.2 – EXERCISES
        CONTROL
        SKILLS TEST                       12.2.1 –  Straight Line Backing

                                          You may be asked to back your vehicle
        This Section Covers               in a straight line between two rows of
                                          cones without touching or crossing over
                                          the exercise boundaries.
          Skills Test Scoring ...12.1
          Skills Test                     12.2.2 – Offset Back/Right
          Exercises ..................12.2  You may be asked to back into a space
                                          that is to the right rear of your vehicle.
          Your basic control skills could be tested   You will drive straight forward to the
        using one or more of the following exercises   outer boundary. From that position you
        shown (Figures 12.2.1 through 12.2.6) off-road   must back the vehicle into the opposite
        or somewhere on the street during the road test.  lane until the front of your vehicle has
                                          passed the first set of cones without
                                          striking boundary lines or cones.
       12.1 – SCORING
                                          12.2.3 – Offset Back/Left
         If the driver fails the basic control skills test,  You may be asked to back into a space
       the test will stop and the applicant cannot pro-  that is to the left rear of your vehicle. You
       ceed any further in the CDL testing.  will drive straight forward to the outer
       •  Crossing Boundaries (encroachments)  boundary. From that position, you must
       •  Pull-ups                        back the vehicle into the opposite lane
                                          until the front of your vehicle has passed
       •  Outside Vehicle Observations (Looks)  the first set of cones without striking
       •  Final Position/Inside Parallel  boundary lines or cones.

       Encroachments – The examiner will score the   12.2.4 –  Parallel Park
       number of times you touch or cross over an ex-  (Driver Side)
       ercise boundary line or cone with any portion
       of your vehicle. Each encroachment will count   You may be asked to park in a parallel
       as an error.                       parking space that is on your left. You are
                                          to drive past the entrance to the parallel
       Pull-ups – When a driver stops and pulls forward  parking space with your vehicle parallel
       to clear an encroachment or to get a better posi-  to the parking area; and back into the
       tion, it is scored as a “pull-up.” Stopping without  space without crossing front, side or
       changing direction does not count as a pull-up.  rear boundaries marked by cones. You
       You will not be penalized for initial pull-ups.  are required to get your entire vehicle
       However, an excessive number of pull-ups, will  completely into the space.
       count as errors (you will be advised the number
       of non-scored pull-ups you are allowed for each   12.2.5 –  Parallel Park
       skill you are tested on).                  (Conventional)
       Outside Vehicle Observations (Looks) – You   You may be asked to park in a paral-
       may be permitted to safely stop and exit the ve-  lel parking space that is on your right.
       hicle to check the external position of the vehicle   You are to drive past the entrance to the
       (look). When doing so, you must place the vehicle  parallel parking space with your vehicle
       in neutral and set the parking brake(s). Then, when  parallel to the parking area; and back into
       exiting the vehicle, you must do so safely by facing  the space without crossing front, side or
       the vehicle and maintaining three points of contact  rear boundaries marked by cones. You
       with the vehicle at all times (when exiting a bus,  are required to get your entire vehicle
       maintain a firm grasp on the handrail at all times).  completely into the space.
       If you do not safely secure the vehicle or safely exit
       the vehicle it may result in an automatic failure of
       the basic control skills test.
         The maximum number of times that you may  12.2.6 – Alley Dock
       look to check the position of you vehicle is two (2)   You may be asked to sight-side back
       except for the Straight Line Backing exercise, which  your vehicle into an alley. You will drive
       allows one look. Each time you open the door,  past the alley and position your vehicle
       move from a seated position where in physical  parallel to the outer boundary. From that
       control of the vehicle or on a bus walk to the back  position, back into the alley bringing the
       of a bus to get a better view, it is scored as a “look.”  rear of your vehicle within three feet of
                                          the rear of the alley without touching
       Final Position/Inside Parallel – It is important   boundary lines or cones. Your vehicle
       that you finish each exercise exactly as the exam-  must be straight within the alley/lane
       iner has instructed you. If you do not maneuver   when you have completed the maneuver.
       the vehicle into its final position as described by
       the examiner, you will be penalized and fail the
       basic skills test.


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