Manoeuvre guide
Lane Change
Moving safely into the next lane
- Mirror (centre and side)
- Signal and hold for 5 seconds
- Mirror again to check the gap
- Blind spot check over your shoulder
- Move across smoothly, keeping your speed
- Cancel the signal
This guide is a practice and teaching aid. It does not replace the official road rules and it does not guarantee the result of your driving test. The authoritative source for licence rules in South Australia is mylicence.sa.gov.au.
Learn this one in the car.
Reading it helps. Doing it with someone watching, in a car with a second brake, is what makes it stick.
International licence conversion
You can already drive. What you need is the South Australian road rules, the habit of driving on the left, and an honest account of which of your existing habits will cost you marks.
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Staying inside your lane
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Diverging on narrow streets and side streets
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Turning to face the other way in one movement
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