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Make sure your lights, indicators, reflectors and number plate lighting are clean and in good working order so that you can see clearly and be seen at all times. A clean windscreen is also important when driving at night.
D rive at a speed that allows you to stop within the distance covered by your lights. Assuming good driving conditions on an unlit road, the headlights of a typical car let you see for about 100 metres. Dipped lights will let you see for about 30 metres and a car travelling at 100km/h will cover this distance in approximately a second.
Keep your headlights adjusted properly. If they are out of line,they are less effective and may dazzle oncoming traffice, even when dipped.
Even with the best headlights, you can see less at night than during the day. Pedestrians and unlit bicycles are extremely difficult to see in the dark, particularly if you have to deal with the glare of oncoming lights.
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If you are at a junction where there is an advanced stop line for cyclists, you should allow cyclists to move off ahead of you. When turning left, all driv ers, especially dri vers of heavy goods vehicles, must watch out for cyclists and motorcyclists going ahead or turning. On left turns, watch out for cyclists and mopeds close to the kerb in front of you or coming up on your left. Do not overtake a cyclist as you approach a junction if you are turning left; the cyclist might be continuing straight ahead.
You should give extra space when overtaking a cyclist, as they may need to avoid uneven road surfaces and obstacles. This is particularly important on wet or windy days.
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If you have any of the diseases or disabilities listed below, you must supply a medical report when applying for a driving licence.
Alcoholism
Any physical disability likely to affect your ability to dr iv e safely
Any illness that requires you to regularly use psychotropic drugs
Any illness or disease that requires you to regularly take medication likely to affect your ability to dri ve safely
Cardiovascular diseases (those relating to the heart and blood system), diabetes, serious diseases of the blood
Diplopia (double vision), defective binocular vision (vision with both eyes) or loss of visual field
Encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis or hereditary diseases of the nervous system associated with progressive muscular atrophy (wasting) and congenital myotonic disorders (disorders from birth that make it difficult to relax muscles after contracting them)
Epilepsy, diseases of the peripheral nervous system (the nerves in the body outside the brain and spinal cord), trauma of the central or peripheral nervous system
Cerebrovascular diseases (those relating to blood vessels in the brain), lesion with damage to spinal cord and resulting paraplegia (loss of movement in the legs)
Mental disturbance due to disease of trauma to, or operation on the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
Severe mental retardation, psychosis, psychoneurosis or personality disorders
Serious hearing difficulties
Any disease of the genito-urinary system (including kidney disorder) that is likely to affect ability to dri v e safely
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You must hold a current driving licence or a learner permit (from the 30th October 2007) before driving any motor vehicle in a public place. You can dr i ve only the type of vehicle for which you hold a licence/permit. And you must carry your driving licence/learner permit at all times when driving.
Motorcycles
Category A learner permit holders are entitled to d riv e motorcycles with:
an engine power output of 25kW or less, or
a power/weight ratio of 0.16kW/kg or less.
The restriction applies for as long as you hold a learner permit for this category and continues for the first two years of a full category A licence.
It is your responsibility to check the power of the motorcycle. If you are in any doubt, consult with the dealer/manufacturer.
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A cop driving up highway looking for speeding dri vers notices a car plodding along at 18MPH. He thinks, "that's ridiculous - they're way below the speed limit" and pulls the dr iv er over.
The passengers in the car are all old women, all looking shocked and wide-eyed. The d riv er, also an old woman, was confused: "Why did you pull me over, I wasn't speeding, I was going at the correct speed limit!"
The officer replies, "No, you weren't speeding - you were going far too slow". "Slow?! I was going at the speed limit - 18MPH!"
The police officer, very surprised at this, thinks for a moment, then explains that the "18" she's referring to is in fact the route number. She realises her error, and thanks him for pointing it out.
"Just before I go" he says, "can I ask if your passengers are okay? They look rather shocked"
"Oh, don't worry about them - we just got off Route 143!"
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