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—Traffic offences and penalties stipulated under the
Act and Rules
—Relevant Extracts of Petroleum Act, 1934
—City Police Act
—Indian Penal Code, 1860.
G. PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR DRIVERS
Some basic aspects about ethical and courteous behaviour with other road users.
H. HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVING PRACTICE
1. Introduction to various instruments —Dial gauges and controls.
2. Pre-driving checks —(i) Before sitting on driver’s seat and
—(ii) After sitting on driver’s seat.
3. Beginning to drive —Bitting point, moving, changing gear
including double de-clutch steering,
stopping, hand signals.
4. Rural road driving —Application of IBDE—principle.
5. Development of judgement —Passing, overtaking, merging, diverging,
M.S.M., and P.S.L. routine method of
practice, defensive driving technique,
proper following.
6. Development of anticipation —Turning, meeting, entering and emerg-
ing in junctions, lane selection and lane
discipline, inter-section, observation.
7. Developing skill to drive in crowded streets
8. Night driving
9. Cross country practice and hill driving
10. Internal-trade test
11. Reversing and parking practice
12. Licensing

I. FIRE HAZARDS
Fire-fighting and prevention methods on vehicle.
J. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
1. Factors affecting the vehicle parts due to bad and negligent driving
2. General day-to-day maintenance and periodical maintenance
3. Battery maintenance
4. Tyre maintenance and tube vulcanising
5. Engine tune up
6. Checking wheel alignment
7. Brake adjustment
8. Accelerator, brake, clutch-pedal adjustment
9. Fan belt adjustments
10. Observation of dash-board meters
11. Lubrication
12. Removal of air lock and oil block.