SLOW IS A VERY IMPORTANT LEARNING PHASE OF DRIVING REQUIRED BEFORE YOU MOVE TO GO FAST! THESE ARE COMMON WORDS FRIENDS and FAMILY SAY TO A NEW DRIVER “Hurry Up You Are Driving So Slow.” “Drivers Behind You Will Get Pissed Off If You Don’t Move Faster.” “You Gotta Go Faster Much Faster.” “You are […]
Oh no! It’s a Student Driver right in front of us and they’re always driving so slow! Good driver vs bad driver. This sign seems to cause two very different actions from other road users. The majority of drivers give us more space, slow down and let us move into their lanes, or pause and […]
Stopping a driver from moving my car into danger occurs dozens of times a week when teaching. But having a driver suddenly yank the steering wheel hard left, at 50 km/h is a rare occurrence. Today was one of those times. While setting up a right turn the driver moved into the right-hand lane far […]
Both are spoken regularly in driver education as being important. Emergency braking and fast reactions. I can’t entirely agree with both. Or maybe it’s time someone can convince me of both. With my extensive driver education expertise, I am always willing to become a beginner once again. Until someone saves my misunderstanding, let me talk […]
Many believe that learning to drive is mainly learning information and placing it into your head, similar to storing files onto a hard drive.Yes, learning to drive places new information into your brain, but it’s also training your body like learning yoga. Starting yoga for many is simply weird.Many don’t know what to do with […]
“Sorry I wasn’t listening to you. I was concentrating on that left turn at the lights,” voices my new driver. “Sorry Sorry Can you please stop talking! I am trying to concentrate on my driving thanks,” says my new driver. “Shut Up!” hollers my new driver! Ignoring your passengers is a skill. Part of the […]
How do you work repeatedly teaching the same things every day in a car? Well… I dont teach the same things everyday its very rare I repeat the exact same instructions A better question to ask is, How Do You Be A Beginner every day when you work in the car? First, realize this. A […]
Many new to Canada drivers drive using a method I had never seen before. We drive up to a stop sign at a four-way intersection with four stops for all directions. As we stopped my driver watched a truck approaching in the opposite direction coming up to their stop sign. Instead of us turning our […]
Often anxiety comes from not completely understanding the laws or the design of this Game of Driving. Clarifying these misunderstandings reduces anxiety. As we struggle to overcome the fear of driving, the fun does regularly poke its head up through the chaos. I believe many of us regularly face the fear/fun balance when we drive. […]
Watch the video and see how many hazards you can spot. On a road test you must say at least half the hazards on the road ahead of you. Read these selected pages from the Drivers Handbook. Read my conclusions below. HAZARDS SECTION – Learn to Drive Smart In fact, I believe the greatest hazard […]
Yes, you the new driver must manage anyone who is kind enough to allow you to practise. Your practise person, the copilot, is gold. They are providing a great gift in allowing you to drive. Please protect this gift and ensure the well-being of your copilot. Here is how: Plan the time from start to […]
Typically learning-drivers take training at the same time of the day. For example 6:30 pm right after work. This happens with most clients. But a large group of my clients are nervous, fearful, or post-crash drivers. Many take a gentler approach to learning spread over longer time spans. They also bring into the learning large […]
Why does no one use this stop or slowdown warning? Don’t they teach it in cycling education or driving education? Or maybe there is NO EDUCATION? On the ICBC road test, they make every driver perform these signals! WHY? Did you know that these are legal but weaving on a road test can be a […]
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Our work is dedicated to ALL victims and survivors of road trauma Great Respect of Calm and Time Choosing a calm, slower approach is essential to moving forward in learning to drive the car. Our approach includes: Breaking down movements into minor pieces Allowing the learner to achieve these steps at their own pace Keeping […]
