Vehicle Management
What Does ‘Vehicle Management’ Assess?
Vehicle management assesses whether you can you do things like keeping an eye on your vehicle’s instruments while you are driving.
This item includes aspects that are not really qualities of your driving which are not covered by the other assessment items (look behind, signal, flow, movement, path and responsiveness). Instead it includes some important tasks that you should be doing before you drive and while you drive.
When is ‘Vehicle Management’ Assessed?
Your assessor scores how you manage the vehicle when you first get in the car and prepare for driving and then during sections while you are following directions.
How is ‘Vehicle Management’ scored?
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NO |
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You make sure that the inside of the vehicle is safe for you and other passengers.
For example, you:
- secure loose objects (that is, you store them in the boot or the glove box); and
- make sure everyone in the vehicle is correctly seated and belted up.
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You ignore things affecting safety inside the vehicle. |
| You have your mirrors adjusted for the best view of the traffic behind you. |
Your mirrors do not provide the best view of the traffic behind you. |
| You adjust, and keep adjusted, the driver's seat and the seat belt. Your seating position should enable you to operate the car effectively. |
You take up a driving position that is not good for controlling the vehicle. |
| You respond properly to the vehicle's instruments. |
You do nothing when the vehicle's instruments display warnings or important information. |
| You use switches as needed while you drive. |
You do not use switches when needed. For example, you do not turn on the wipers if it starts to rain. |
| You steer and use the gears in a way that assists you to control the vehicle. |
You do anything that reduces the amount of control you have over the vehicle. For example, you make a turn with the clutch in or you hold the steering wheel from the inside. |
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Examples of ‘Vehicle Management’
The following examples of vehicle management are indicative of the aspects of your driving that assessor will be checking when assessing vehicle management. You should read these examples in conjunction with Drive Safe: A Handbook for Western Australian Drivers.
You make sure that the inside of the vehicle is safe, you are sitting in a good driving position and your mirrors are adjusted.
You use steering and gears to promote control
You do not have to use a special method of steering or using the gears but the method you use should help you operate the car safely.
Steering
Gears
Automatic Gears
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