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Traffic sense, road sense, judgment, parking and positioning
according to road users, reversing.
5. Driving on the road Anticipation, judgment, and road positioning according to
other road users.
6. Driving at inter-sections Mirror Signal and Manoeuvre (MSM) and Position Speed and
Look (PSL).
Zone of vision.
7. Manoeuvres Merging and diverging manoeuvres—turning manoeuvres
to left, right, about, 3-point turn, 5-point turn and U-turn,
overtaking stationary vehicle, moving vehicle in left side and
right side.
8. Reversing Locating reverse gear in sitting position, speed control,
steering in reverse gear, weaving the ‘S’ bend and common
errors.
9. Parking Parallel, angular, perpendicular parking facing uphill,
parking facing downhill, common errors.
10. Driver’s responsibility on the Driving behaviour, consideration for other road-users,
road courtesy and competitiveness, over-confidence, impatience
and defensive driving.
Distance between cars while driving at railway crossing.
11. Priority for certain vehicles Emergency vehicles
Fire engines and ambulance.
B. TRAFFIC EDUCATION—I

1. Driving regulations Road use regulations made under section 118
of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
2. Hand signals -do-
3. Traffic signs Schedule to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
4. Hand signals of traffic constables/traffic
warden.
5. Introduction to automatic light signals.
6. Introduction to road markings.
7. Speed regulations on highways and city
roads.
8. Parking at objectionable places.
9. Some important provisions of the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988—Secs. 122, 123, 125, 126
and 128 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
10. Test of competence to drive Sub-rule (3) of rule 15 of Central Motor
Vehicles Rules, 1989.

C. LIGHT VEHICLES DRIVING PRACTICE
1. Identification of various parts of the vehicles.
2. Pre-driving checks (i) Before sitting on driver’s seat, and
(ii) After sitting on driver’s seat.