Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Driving

1. Checking Out The Car


Before using check the condition of the car around the body, make sure everything is in good condition and decent roads.

Ban Checks

Check air pressure and condition of tires (including spare) at least once a week before the car is used. Check the wind pressure by using the Tire Pressure Gauge, and make sure the pressure in accordance with the standards.

To check the thickness of the tire, use the Trade Wear Indicator, which is a triangle sign on the wall of tires and tire bulge on the palm.

If development has flat tires with these projections, then immediately replace your tires.

Checking Machine

Do check the engine room at least once a week on the engine oil, brake oil, radiator water and battery water. Make sure the oil or water level below the maximum. Further checks are also rubber hoses and belts. Make sure all are still pliable and no cracks.

2. Checking In Car

As the car entered the cabin the important thing to check is the condition of the rubber clutch pedal, brake and gas. Everything must be installed properly and not thin.

Then, check the car's hand brake as well, especially the lever and penguncinya. Everything must be in the condition and functioning properly.

3. Sitting Position

There are 3 important things that we get when we're sitting right, namely:

a. Communication

Easy to communicate with other drivers and monitor the situation outside the car.

b. Leisure

Not easily tired and always alert while driving long distances.

c. Control

It's easy to feel the early symptoms when the car began to lose balance. So that could be anticipated.

To get the correct sitting position follow the procedure in the case:



Seat belts

Always use seat belts as a primary safety protective equipment. Make sure the sound CLICK!, When installing it.

Use the proper seat belt, must pass through the shoulder and hip bones. Use the seat belt height regulator to make it easier to get the proper sitting position.

Distance Chairs

Adjust the seat distance so that you easily operate the gas pedal, brake and clutch.

Back seat

The position of chair should be comfortable, not too tall but not too flat.

Distance Body & Rudder

The ideal distance to the steering body that is about 25cm. How to measure it, put both your wrist at 12. Then set the back of the chair.

Drag Head Position

Place the back of the head level with his head high.



Altitude Rudder

Adjust the height of the wheel to feel comfortable to drive.

Once seated comfortably, do the following checks:

Dashboard Instrument Checks

Check all indicators on the dashboard when the key in the ON position. For vehicles equipped with ABS and SRS Airbag, make sure the indicators are turned on the car died.

Settings Kaca Spion

Arrange all the positions in order to facilitate the rearview mirror monitor the situation outside the car.

Checking Lights

Make sure all lights work properly.

4. Olah Rudder

The basic position of the right hand while driving the left hand in position at 9 and his right hand at 3 o'clock position. Position your thumb should be firmly on the steering wheel and did not enter the circle of the wheel.

Avoid the habit of driving with one hand, palm of the hand and driving with a finger into the circumference of the wheel. In addition to easy to lose control when driving a car, you are also in danger of injury and even death.

There are 2 techniques are appropriate if the wheel is as follows:

1. Pull-Push

If the technique is the most basic steering and safe to use in various situations, both driving at low speed or high.

2. Cross

This technique can be used at low speeds but requires a radius around a large area, such as when parking or turning direction.

5. Braking techniques

One of the features associated with the braking technique is the Anti Lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA).

ABS function is not locked to the tire during braking.

The way he trampled the brake pedal as hard as he directed cars to a safer place.

EBD distributes the braking function to each wheel according to vehicle weight. This mechanism works with the ABS and very useful when the brakes on the road curved.

In the meantime, BA is useful to increase braking power when braking suddenly. This mechanism works based on the speed brakes in an emergency. So with a little stamping but fast, the car can stop quickly.

6. Scanning

When he was driving, need to consider all road users or road conditions around, such as motorcycles, cars, signs, pedestrians or objects that can be another important influence alertness while driving.

7. Blind Spot

Blind Spot is an area that is not seen directly by the rearview mirror, right or left. With these limitations, need to get used to doing the Shoulder Check with an instant turn to the left or right in the direction you turn.

8. Safe Following Distance

When he was driving a car, keep a safe distance with the car ideal car in front of about 3 seconds. How:

Discover substantial standards and does not move along the road.

Then when another car crossed in front of the benchmark, calculated with the number '1000 and 1, 1000 and 2, 1000 and 3 '.

Make sure the car through the same standards at the end of the count. If you are right, then you have fulfilled the ideal safe distance.

9. Safe Stopping Distance

We stopped the car, ensure sufficient distance so that cars could see the two rear tires in the front. This is so easy if the condition that forces you to get out of the queue of vehicles.

10. Parking

For ease when parking, need to understand and use the standards on cars. As shown in the picture below:

Fuel Efficiency Tips When Driving:

• Make sure the engine is always excellent condition.

• Keep the low round of the engine.

• Avoid excessive acceleration and braking.

• Use with engine braking.

• Tire air pressure is always normal.

• Use stations credible and accurate.

• Turn off the AC when not needed.