Driver Knowledge Tests

How to escape a sinking car

Around the world several thousand people die every year in a sinking car. It can happen in a number of ways: Car gets swept away by a flash flood Driver accidentally drives into a lake or river from a road or

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How to carry pets in your car

An unrestrained dog or cat in your back seat can become a furry (and toothy) missile that will smash its way through the driver, passenger and/or windscreen. We don’t want that. Transporting your pet in the cabin Fortunately we can

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How to become a tow truck driver or operator

Tow truck driver vs tow truck operator First decide whether you want to be a tow truck operator (a person that conducts a tow truck business), or just a tow truck driver (a person that works for a tow truck

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Should New South Wales increase its speed limit?

Our maximum speed limit in New South Wales is 110kph. This is fairly standard in many countries. Some, like New Zealand, have a limit of 100kph, some also have 110kph such as many eastern European countries, while others have 120-130kph

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Can you stream while driving?

mobile phone use in a car

Streaming is where you create a live video feed of what you are doing. It’s now incredibly easy – apps such as Periscope, Facebook Livestream and YouTube all allow you to directly broadcast video from your smartphone to a potentially

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Designing dashboards and instrument panels in cars

Audi Virtual Cockpit

Screens are very cheap now – as cheap as making complex mechanical items like speedometers and rev counters which is why more and more vehicle manufacturers are moving away from these heavy traditional items in the instrument panel, and towards

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Will wing mirrors be phased out?

Side mirrors, door mirrors and wing mirrors: they’re all the same thing and help you see behind your vehicle and to the sides of it. They became popular on cars from the 1960s as traffic increased, even though they are

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