Before you started driving, you should have performed a few safety checks. This includes making sure:
Examples of faults
Some of the most common faults for this area include:
Your examiner may have explained the specific details of any faults you made.
How you can improve in this area
If you made faults in this area during your test, or if you want to improve in this area, you should:
check rule 97 of The Highway Code
read section 3 of ‘The Official DVSA Guide to Driving: the Essential Skills’ (2022 edition)
If you need to rebook the test, spend time practising and improving this skill with your driving instructor or supervising driver. Use the time to familiarise yourself with the car’s controls and features. Make sure you do all your checks before setting off including adjusting your seat and mirrors.
At the training location
Allow your student to:-
Handbrake
Practice moving off and stopping.
Once you have practiced moving off and stopping a few times your instructor will reduce his/her support transferring his responsibility over to you.
Extra information
Parked up on the left hand side of the road
Use references on your front window to help you know where your two front wheels are, this will stop you from hitting or mounting the curb and going over the centre white line when you are going to cross the road and turn right.
Parked up reference
Parking reference you will find the curb is positioned roughly just right of the middle of your windscreen (red arrow on below picture)
I use points on the windscreen wipers to help students with referent points
(each vehicle could be a little different in view and also the height and position of your student in the driver's seat).
Parking on the left
When you want to park back on the left hand side slightly move your steering wheel to the left and aim the curb between the two arrows then straighten the vehicle to the curb.
Driving position
Driving position reference will be more to the centre of your front window.
You can clearly see the green arrow has moved from the pavement to the curb edge and the red arrow is a metre onto the road.
Lesson Planning
Risk Management
Teaching & Learning Strategies
Like mentioned earlier every student is induvial and each and everyone of you will progress at different rates so driving will adapt their lesson plan to help you achieve your driving goals.
At the end of your lesson
At the end of each lesson you will have a debrief with your instructor giving you the opportunity to reflect on your performance on your lesson then you can set up new goals for your next driving lesson.