Controls

Foot controls

  • Brake
  • Gas

Controls

  • Parking brake (hand brake)
  • Speedometer
  • Shift lever (gears)
  • Ignition switch
  • Steering wheel

Ancillary controls

  • Lights
  • Indicators
  • Windscreen wipers
  • De-misters – front and rear
  • Heated rear windscreen
  • Heater/air conditioning
  • Horn
  • Hazard warning lights

 More controls

  • Headlight/turn signal switch
  • Air bags – driver’s and passenger’s
  • Meters and gauges
  • Windscreen wiper and washer switch
  • Rear window and outside mirror (if so equipped) defroster switch
  • Climate controls
  • Air vents – center and side
  • Cruise control
  • Steering wheel adjust/tilt
  • Fuel-filler door release lever
  • Hood release lever
  • Electronic outside rearview mirror control switch

The examiner on your driving test will expect you to

  • Accelerate evenly
  • Brake gently and in good time
  • Know how and when to apply the hand brake

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