Practical Driving Lessons Index Page
Here you will find a comprehensive list of driving lessons that you will be expected to perform in both your day to day driving and on your Practical Driving Test.
Driving Lessons – How to deal with…
- Pre-Driver Safety Checks (Cockpit Drill)
- Changing Gears
- Steering
- Hill Starts
- Downhill Start
- Roundabouts
- Turning Right
- Level Crossings
- T-Junctions
- Box Junctions
- Turn in the Road
- Emergency Stop
- Junctions and Side Roads
Manoeuvres
Pedestrian Crossings
- Pedestrian Crossings
- Uncontrolled Crossings such as Zebra Crossings
- Light controlled such as a Pelican, Puffin or Toucan Crossing
- Patrolled crossings such as a School Crossing Patrol
Different weather conditions
General Advice
- Appropriate shoes for driving
- Awareness and Forward Planning
- How to check engine fluids
- Essential weekly safety checks for your car
- Driving at night
- How to improve your MPG
- Stopping Distances
- Separation Distances
- Driving an automatic
- How to change a wheel
- Guide to buying your first car
- Guide to paying for your first car
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Tip of the Day
Dazzled by headlights
Make sure you know how to use the ‘anti-dazzle’ setting on the interior mirror; this prevents you being dazzled by following vehicle’s headlights at night.
