Driver Knowledge Tests

Basic car maintenance for your first car

If you are in the process of purchasing your first car you’ll need to know a few things to keep it running and to make sure you are aware when something is about to fail so that you can fix

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Brake fade: what is it and how do you prevent it?

Brake fade Brakes are one of a number of mechanisms and forces in a car that slow it down. The others include air resistance, rolling resistance, engine compression and gravity (if travelling uphill). Relying solely on the brakes for long

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Memory tricks to help you study for your Driver Knowledge Test

Often a poor memory is the result of a number of influences: we convince ourselves our memory is bad, we’ve been told our memory is bad, we haven’t practiced using our memory, or we haven’t learned how to remember. Don’t

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What is a vehicle platoon?

A vehicle platoon is a group of vehicles that travels in close proximity to one another, nose-to-tail, at highway speeds. A lead vehicle is followed by a number of other vehicles that closely match their speed and manoeuvres to the

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The biggest distractions while driving

A HealthDay Poll in November 2011 of 2800 American adults found: Approximately 13% of adult drivers have browsed the Internet while driving Approximately 14% of drivers have applied makeup while driving. At least 1 out of every 5 drivers have

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How to perfect the three types of parking

Technology is gradually eroding our ability to perform certain tasks, and parking is one of them. Eventually we won’t need to be able to park because our vehicles will do it for us – in some cases, they already do.

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Reversing cameras and reversing sensors: What are they and how do they help?

How reversing cameras and sensors developed As soon as vehicles were invented there was the need to manoeuvre them in reverse. The first vehicles were open and therefore it was easy to see behind, but as vehicles became more complex

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