Joe Lam, Author at Driver Academy Australia

Bicycle Lanes: Coaching Car Drivers on the Limited 50-Metre Exceptions

A bicycle lane can look like unused space beside a queue of traffic. That visual impression is not a legal

Passing a person riding a bicycle requires more than checking whether the car can physically squeeze through. A responsible instructor

An intersection without signs or traffic lights can expose a learner’s habit of driving by road shape rather than by

A posted speed limit cannot tell a learner how much grip the tyres have at a particular moment. Wet asphalt,

Fatigue is not confined to rural highway journeys. A learner arriving after a long shift or an instructor finishing many

A driver can maintain correct speed and position for several seconds while being dangerously distracted from a developing hazard. For

A freeway entry ramp is not just a faster version of a suburban lane change. The learner must assess vehicles

A lesson may appear finished once the engine is off, yet road safety continues while people open doors and leave

A learner who stops briefly to collect a passenger might assume there cannot be a parking offence because the engine

Adelaide’s tram corridor adds a distinctive challenge for learner drivers: a driver may need to watch the tram, road traffic,