Practical Driving Tutorials
These Practical Driving Tutorials are provided free of charge
The Practical Driving Tutorials section is here for you if you want to use it. If you take the trouble to read about the topics within the practical driving tutorials section that you have covered with your driving instructor then you should need less instruction on those points in future driving lessons.
This enables your driving instructor to move on to new topics earlier and save time. Over a full course of driving lessons it can safely be said that you will require less lessons and therefore save some of your money if you make use of this practical driving tutorials resource
The practical driving tutorials section of the site is designed to impart to you as much useful information as possible. I have tried to cover in detail everything that it is necessary to know for the learning to drive syllabus.
There are several sub-sections within the practical driving tutorials section which are used to divide the topics into convenient groupings. Some open onto single pages whereas those that have too much information for one page have been further divided as necessary to minimise download times.
The information within the practical driving tutorials section has been written to complement the formal driving training that you receive in the training vehicle. It is not a definitive rulebook but it does contain a lot of advice about driving plans and how to apply them in different situations. The practical driving tutorials section also covers many of the rules that will be explained to you properly by your driving instructor, as you require them. The practical driving tutorials section does not contain everything that your driving instructor will tell you and is not intended to be a learning to drive manual in its own right.
Initially, you will not have covered all of the tutorials listed in the practical driving tutorials section, so do not be surprised if the tutorials do not make perfect sense the first time through. The best way to use this information is to read the sections that you have already covered with your driving instructor. This way the site is a useful memory aid rather than an instruction manual.
It is good practice for you to read any practical driving tutorials pages relating to what you will be studying on your next driving lesson in advance. That way you will understand your driving instructors briefing the first time more often without having to spend extra time asking questions.
If you have private practice available then it is recommended that you do not practice things that you have not covered with your driving instructor. Once you have received their practical guidance on a subject then the practical driving tutorials pages will make a lot more sense and help you to advance your practical driving abilities on your own time. If you do get ahead of your formal practical training then you could inadvertently pick up some bad habits that your driving instructor will have to fix during practical lesson time.
The Practical Driving Tutorials section is a resource that has been put here to help you to reduce the number of lessons that you will need. Please take full advantage of this Practical Driving Tutorials Section. You would be daft not to!
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Blue light policy
Practical Driving Tutorials - If a vehicle with its blue lights lit up is behind you it is nice to know what you should and should not do. This is not always as simple as we would like it to be
This single page is dedicated to a practical driving circumstance that is occurring with greater regularity. The imminent arrival from any direction of an emergency vehicle. What are you allowed to do to get out of the way? May laws be broken? Who is entitled to carry blue lights anyway? So what should we do then smart arse? Read the tutorials. All will be revealed!
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Vehicle controls
Major, minor and Ancilliary control groupings are discussed in these Practical Driving Tutorials
This page splits the driving controls into their three groupings and discusses them in detail including information about the function of the driving controls and how to use them.
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Driving Plans and Pre-Start Checks.
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P.O.M and M.S.M are the two routines that you learn to drive by
This page contains not only the procedure that you are expected to follow but also a checklist of things that it would be useful to check regularly and in particular before starting off on a long journey.
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Moving Off and Stopping
Practical Driving Tutorials - Two short routines that people get complacent with. Do not!
Moving off is a practical driving skill in itself if done properly. You will need to know how to move away on up / down hill gradients. How to move off at an angle, and how to move away from the kerb with and without traffic around you and how to move off correctly within the regular flow of traffic.
You may need to pull up either by the kerb or whilst driving in traffic. The skills are similar but not exactly the same. You may or may not need to indicate when pulling in to the kerb depending upon circumstances. This Practical Driving Tutorial is the place to find out.
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Junctions
Practical Driving Tutorials - Everywhere you drive there are junctions to negotiate. They may vary in size and shape but the basics are the same
This Practical Driving Tutorials section contains the details of how you should be using your driving plans to use the available junctions.
Turning and emerging to the left and Right are covered in detail along with Crossing Traffic.
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Driving hazards
Practical Driving Tutorials - Hazards on the road are many and frequent. These practical procedures will keep you safe whilst driving
While you are driving you will find that some hazards are certainly more common than others. Stationary vehicles are far more common than railway crossings. This section details for you the hazards that you will come across and the practical driving procedures required to negotiate the situations safely.
Stationary or slow moving hazards.
Meet situations - Meeting Oncoming Traffic.
- Adverse Weather - Heavy Rain
- Adverse Weather - Fog
- Adverse Weather - Snow and Ice
- Adverse Weather - Bright Sunshine
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Driving style
Practical Driving Tutorials - Follow the practical driving rules:
Don't try to be too much of an individual
This is the largest section of the Practical Driving Tutorials containing thirteen pages. Everyone's driving style could be said to be slightly different but really we cannot afford for them to be too different. We all have to obey the same laws on the same roads after all.
I can accept the argument that this section of the Practical Driving Tutorials could be split differently along technical lines. It could, but over all; the way that you interpret the following will determine your own driving style.
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Practical Driving Tutorials - Manoeuvres
Practical Driving Tutorials - The top practical tip for all of the following driving tutorials, except for the emergency stop, is to take it slowly
Not everybodys favourites these. There is a Practical Driving Tutorials page containing all of the instructions that you need for all of the driving manoeuvres that you could possibly be required to perform on your practical driving test.
On your practical driving test you will be required to perform two out of the core manoeuvres plus possibly an emergency stop.
