Driving & Test tips (under construction)
Prep Knowledge & Skills to Drive
Basic Driving Skills, Getting Started
Prep Knowledge & Skills to Drive
How to fill in your logbook
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpePjBPCzA
Learner Logbook app
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsW1U944TQM
Traffic Signs
Driver Skills Video - Traffic Time
by RACQ Free2Go
Learn the basic roads signs & meaning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPib0DHDas
Steering wheel & Clutch
Basic driving techniques
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgjBTXSU3tQ
Looking out for hazards
by Dept. TMR Qld
Developing a pattern of continuously looking for potential hazards whilst driving on the road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8LzAie_bBw
Safe driving skills
by Dept. TMR Qld
Making decisions & keeping safe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfcC_e2u70
Pre-Driving Skills & Checks
Basic Driving Skills, Getting Started
Prep Knowledge & Skills to Drive
Driver Skills Video -
The Basics: Outside the Vehicle
(periodic pre-drive checks)
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_xxWRh7mVw
Driver Skills Video -
The Basics: Inside The Vehicle
(daily pre-drive checks)
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjz-RymqU-g
Pre-drive vehicle safety check
by Dept. TMR Qld
(more in-depth daily pre-drive checks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLKUC9HkFU
Driver Skills Video -
The Basics: Driver Preparation
(driver's seat basic checks & adjustments)
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MnRTnpr6g
Getting comfortable in the car
(in the driver's seat ready to drive)
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlXqdTqV4OY
Driver Skills Video -
The Basics: Driver Preparation
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MnRTnpr6g
Basic Driving Skills, Getting Started
Basic Driving Skills, Getting Started
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Driver Skills Video -
Getting Started: Steering Techniques
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCqHCTDh6E
Driver Skills Video -
Getting Started: Starting and Stopping the Vehicle by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxm-_Jv0duk
Driver Skills Video -
Getting Started: Clutch and
gear operation
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prWjIg3ipWI
Driver Skills Video -
Getting Started: Smooth Speed Control by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfPFQdApg8
Driver Skills Video -
Getting Started: Reversing
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3LnrnEd0gc
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Driver Skills Videos -
Fine Tuning - Monitoring
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgeYl82ApOw
Driver Skills Video -
Fine Tuning - Broad Observation
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on74zC34Kpg
Driver Skills Video -
Traffic Time - Entering Traffic
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSbGfj2_eZ8
Driver Skills Video -
Traffic Time - Merging & Changing Lanes
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdl6uVFBoM
Queensland Road Rules – merging
by Dept. TMR Qld
Video about who has to give way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoJsOpw5bg&frags=pl%2Cwn
How to merge safely on a freeway
(Yes, Victoria, but good information)
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU9t7NfiKkk
Overtaking on the left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDMyhDQJDxU
Give Way & Stop Signs at Intersections
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Give Way & Stop Signs at Intersections
Driver Skills Video - Traffic Time - Intersections & Roundabouts
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqZlTzlhsI
Queensland Road Rules – giving way
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFKG8PmoJHg
Giving way at intersections
(Yes, Victoria, but same rules as Qld)
by VicRoads
Help with Roundabouts
Pulling Out from the Kerb, Merging, Changing Lanes & Overtaking
Give Way & Stop Signs at Intersections
ROUNDABOUTS
Road rules: by Transport for NSW
(Yes I know, NSW, but the laws are the same and this is the best description I have found on single lane and multi lane Roundabout use!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXtcXD17qU
Getting through roundabouts
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clxR8Ltcpak
Queensland Road Rules –
signalling at roundabouts
by Dept. TMR Qld
Video about choosing the correct lane & indicating at multi lane roundabouts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4lPmo9o-GY
Queensland Road Rules –
giving way at roundabouts
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43omAQcTA-c
Queensland Road Rules –
turning right at roundabouts
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmAKc2SLvwg
Driver Skills Video - Traffic Time - Intersections & Roundabouts
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqZlTzlhsI&t=1s
Driving Skills
Driving Skills
Driving Skills
SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCES
Queensland Road Rules –
by Dept. TMR Qld
How to calculate and measure a safe following distance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmqnSNRWQo
Crossing continuous lines
Queensland Road Rules –
by Dept. TMR Qld
Legally crossing unbroken lines and painted Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HazPDnZsrcQ
Driver Skills Videos -
Fine Tuning - Night Driving
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFcZCeo5vY
Heavy Vehicles - Is one car length enough for a truck to stop?
by mylicencesa
Traffic Lights
Driving Skills
Driving Skills
YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Queensland Road Rules —
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4UeuUVirYg
Manoeuvres
Driving Skills
Driving in Hazardous Conditions (some from Victoria, but good information)
HILL STARTS (in a manual car)
Driver Skills Video - Traffic Time
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k787RWqUgK8
U TURN on a straight street,
TURNAROUND (muti-point Turn)
& REVERSE PARK
Driver Skills Video - Traffic Time
by RACQ Free2Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OzoAnOFJE
Learn how to REVERSE PARK
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9EVvuYIWs&t=10s
- How to do a U-Turn on a
* Straight Road & * around an Island at a Cross Road
Queensland Road Rules –U-turn
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfGIoAiml7w
Driving in Hazardous Conditions (some from Victoria, but good information)
Driving in Hazardous Conditions (some from Victoria, but good information)
Driving in Hazardous Conditions (some from Victoria, but good information)
DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS
by Dept. TMR Qld
https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/road-safety/driving-safely/driving-conditions
DRIVING in EXTREME HEAT
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynZquGmfSUs&list=RDCMUCkT7-rjW_Foojt0ZRtbXMdA&index=5
DRIVING in HIGH WINDS & HEAVY RAIN
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwVVf4-_sv0&list=RDCMUCkT7-rjW_Foojt0ZRtbXMdA&index=4
DRIVING in FLOODS
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gRZU8Ku9DA
DRIVING in COLD CONDITIONS
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEd0OQIZ8dM
DRIVING on BLACK ICE
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1dsCxQ8K0U
DRIVING with SECURE LOADS
by VicRoads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlI7RfnwJU&list=RDCMUCkT7-rjW_Foojt0ZRtbXMdA&index=6