Handbook BOOK 1 Flashcards- Road safety from Emirates Driving Company

Flashcards about regulating the roads, City limits, difficult conditions, car basics, safety and behavior

Traffic Regulations

Rules, road traffic signs and road markings regulate traffic

Traffic Sign Groups

Warning signs, Prohibitive signs, Regulatory signs, Direction signs, Temporary signs, Mandatory signs

The Left Hand Rule

Vehicle approaching from the left has priority.

The Main Road or Priority Road Rule

Entering a primary road, priority road, main road or an asphalt road from a gravel road, you must give way or stop to traffic approaching from both left and right.

The Exit or Entering Rule

You must give way to all other traffic whenever you exit a parking lot, a petrol station, a residential area, a pedestrian way, the hard shoulder, or enter from an Off-Road area.

The Turning Rule

When turning left at a crossroads, you must give way, not only to oncoming motor vehicles, but also to any pedestrians who may cross your path.

The Obstruction Rule

In the event of a traffic jam, obstructing a crossroads or walkway is prohibited.

The Bus Rule

Buses leaving a bus stop have priority inside the city limits.

The Zipper principle

One car from each road moves ahead alternately at T-Junctions.

Exceptions to the rules

Emergency vehicles, fire engines, ambulances or police vehicles on duty are entitled to violate the traffic rules, provided they can do so safely.

Positioning inside the city limits

To continue straight ahead, choose the lane best suited to your onward journey. To turn right, choose the right-hand lane. To turn left, choose the left-hand lane.

One-way traffic

Drive only in one direction, marked with the One-way traffic sign. At the beginning of the block until the next junction.

Roundabouts

Give priority to vehicles inside the roundabout.

Scanning technique

Shift your gaze in order to scan every part of the road ahead.

Peripheral vision and central visual field

scanning techniques vary between individual drivers and tend to change and advance in step with the driver’s advancing experience.

Queuing in a lane

Queue, traffic jam, collisions or pile-ups occur because drivers were driving too fast or were too close.

Changing lanes

Drivers may change lanes only if they can do so safely and without causing any unnecessary hindrance to other road users.

changing lanes safely

Adapt your speed to local conditions, check the traffic all around, signal that you wish to change lanes, move smoothly over into the other lane.

Prohibitory line separating two lanes

Do not change lanes!

Overtaking is prohibited:

Just before or while crossing a junction or intersection, at places where your view of the road is obstructed

Elderly and disabled pedestrians

Any disabilities may be visible, signaled or invisible that slowdown in plenty of time and be prepared to give way.

Elderly and disabled pedestrians

Never cut across other vehicles suddenly, whether in order to turn or to pick up a passenger.

Safety check before setting out

Adjust your speed to that of the traffic already on the motorway before joining it. Give priority to traffic already on the motorway.

Adapting your speed

Hitting another vehicle at 40 km/h is equivalent to falling onto a concrete floor from a height of 10 meters.

speed limits in UAE

The standard speed limit is 100 km/h. The maximum speed limit on the major roads in UAE is 140 km/h. inside the city, the speed limit is usually 80 km/h

The three-second rule

The three-second rule is an easy way to measure the distance to a car in front of you on main-road driving.

Dealing with road workers

Not only must they concentrate, but they must also be on the constant lookout for oncoming traffic.

Estimating the meeting point when overtaking

Over taking the center & side Mirrors, check the road check the road again, check the blind spot, then switch the indicator. Back to the right when you see the car which being overtaken in the center mirror.

Do not drive to fast

Drive at an appropriately low speed, where visibility is poor, at pedestrian crossings, at crossroads, at short bends, brow of a hill, risk of dazzle, On encountering an Oncoming vehicle, slippery roads, approaching bus, children or animals. Muddy surface or road works.

Tunnel vision

The faster you drive, the further ahead you fix your gaze that is you see things only in a small portion of your visual field and therefore fail to observe things off to one side.

Driving on motorways: Prohibited

Drive a vehicle designed for speeds of less than 60 km/h, stop , park, reverse, turn around, walk and/or cycle prohibited

Driving at night

speed of 120 km/h it is up to six times greater and that Give your eyes a minute or two to adjust to the darkness

do not sound a horn and Flashing a headlight

Flash your headlights instead if you need to warn other road users of your presence at night,

How to use your headlights when you see an oncoming vehicle

When you see an oncoming vehicle at night, you must dip your headlights in order to avoid dazzling the other driver

traffic signals

If the traffic light is flashing amber or has been switched off entirely, traffic signs take precedence. If there is no traffic sign, typical traffic rules apply.

accident on the road

You might come upon the scene of an accident. It could happen that you are the first to arrive there. Now, the safety of both the existing casualties and other road users might be in your hands.

main causes of accident

Speeding is considered to be the principal cause of more than half of all road accidents.

main reasons to road accidents

Speeding is considered to be the principal cause of more than half of all road accidents , drive recklessly. Do not commit to traffic laws and by using mobile phones while driving.

Camel

When you see camels, sheep, goats or cows on the road slow down right away to a crawling speed and then slowly resume

engine oil

Regular changes of the engine oil are essential in the hot climates of the Middle East, even though special oils have been developed to operate efficiently in hot atmospheric temperatures.

Cooling System

The cooling system to cool the engine and keep it at the correct operating temperature, Coolant liquid of ethylene- glycol and water. As the engine can quickly overheat if there is insufficient coolant should check the temperature gauge on the dashboard.

Brake condition

If it is about to set off, make sure the brakes are acting equally on all four wheels.

tyre care

Tyres wear twice as fast at 120 km/h as they do at 80 km/h and Regular tyres made of a synthetic rubber compound, have a finely patterned tread that gives a smooth comfortable ride.

Skidding

By braking suddenly by steering or by accelerating sharply. Is the main reasons that can make your vehicle went into