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Chapter 1: You the driver
WHAT THE LAW EXPECTS
The National Road Traffic Act
History of regulated transport
The RTQS
Enforcement
POLICE POWERS AND YOUR RIGHTS
Regulating and controlling traffic
Power to stop vehicles
Requesting information and documents
Prohibiting driving
Driving of vehicle
Examination of vehicle
Towing vehicle away
Illegal loads
DUTIES
DRIVING LICENCES
Disqualifications
Disclosure of a new or worsening condition
How many licences may you hold?
Learner’s licence
Vehicle classification
Insufficient and inappropriate categories
The card
Grandfather endorsement for bus drivers
Breakdown vehicle driver
The professional driving permit
Age of drivers
Applying for, or renewing, a licence
Grounds to refuse a professional driving permit
Temporary licence
Duration
Production of licence
Change of address
Suspension
Cancellation
Endorsement of offences
Licences issued elsewhere
Driving outside the country
THE HEAVY MOTOR VEHICLE TEST
The yard test
The road test
Hints and tips
Right of appeal
DRIVER’S HOURS
Log books
Proposed driving and rest periods
Fatigue - a major cause of accidents
Posture
YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY
Clothing
Boarding and alighting from the truck
Coupling and uncoupling
Working under the vehicle
Tilting cab
Hydraulic tipper bodies
Tanker walkways
Cleaning the windscreen
Loading and offloading
The workshop
Diesel spillage
Fire precautions
YOUR HEALTH
First aid
Medic Alert
Medicinal drugs
Eyesight
Age and vision
Improving driving vision
A I D S (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
Crossing the borderAbsenteeism
DRINK, DRUGS AND DRIVING
The evidentiary breathalyser test
Alternative blood test
Driving under the influence
The effects of alcohol
Drug abuse
Combining dagga with alcohol
Penalties
Diminished responsibility is no defence
SMOKING AND DRIVING
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