This is a typical response to meeting a slow-driving school car when moving along on your normal A to B get-there-as-fast-as-you-can route. For my high-anxiety drivers, we routinely pay attention to rear-flowing traffic and move off the road allowing faster cars to pass, which enables us to carry on our calm driving without pressure from […]
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Text me Cooper directly at 236 998 4268 Tell me what you need, and I will reply back with times/dates. Or you can ask me questions, and I will answer everything, even if you don’t hire me. You can also leave your number, and I will call you back, although its typically late evening, 9 pm […]
Not a single mark! Examiner had nothing to say except “You Passed!” I travel for work, and I have been driving with my international license for years now. My driver’s permit became invalid during my assignment in Vancouver. Please keep in mind that I know no one in Vancouver. I’ve never been in Vancouver and […]
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See what people are saying tThis is my third or fourth shot at learning how to drive and I’ve always let my anxiety and fear get in the way. I specifically did my research and am so happy that I found Cooper’s driving school.Working with Cooper has been an incredible experience so far (still learning). […]
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This workshop will allow a group of senior instructors to administer the workshop on how cooperative driving differs from other types of driving in subtle as well as in very obvious ways. Using this model may help in preparing new drivers to maintain many of the learned behaviours they acquired to pass the road test […]
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 […]
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 is YOU. […]
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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Please text 236.998.4268 to register. 1 Quick Confidence Session 1 Individual Session — 1½ Hours CAN $185.00 + GST = CAN $194.25 Pre-test review & assessment Second opinion Meet Cooper Perfect for those preparing for a Class 5 or Class 7 road test or looking for a fresh perspective on their driving skills. Ideal if you’re working with […]
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90-Minute Lesson • Each lesson is $185.00 for each 90-minute lesson . • $185.00 plus 5% GST. = $194.25 • Present a valid BC Learner License at the beginning of each lesson and obey all restrictions such as glasses. • Be registered and paid before each lesson. • Come to each lesson free of any illness and legal to drive. […]
How we drive comes from a wide variety of different needs and motivations. Compare two differences here. A TO B DRIVING Kids Family Job Rush Hour A typical day of a busy family rushing through the schedule of education, work, sports, shopping, family and more. I call this the A-to-B-Driving where time and money are […]
The horn is right there in the middle of your steering wheel.Moving your thumb a little activates the horn.Examiners require you toot it at the beginning of a road test.No horn, you cannot go on the test.It’s a safety device that’s required in your car. SO WHY DO NEAR EVERY NEW DRIVER I WORK WITH […]
It took a while but finally, they started doing blind spot checks on the right turns. One check as you signal right and move closer to the right curb as you set up the turn positioning and block out space to your right preventing anyone from squeezing in between the car and the right curb. […]
SAFE DECISION Speed fails are based on going more than 54 in a 50 or 33 in a 30. Speed fails also include too slow and going 42 43 in a 50 WHEN ITS TOTALLY CLEAR and there are no issues to justify slower than 45. Speed fails also include too fast for conditions, such […]
Generally, as we learn, we can hold about 5+ pieces of information at the same time in our attention or in our short term memory. hold the steering wheelpush more on the gastrack the speedometer to keep it at 50kscan far ahead to see the green changing to yellowtrack the lines on the sides to […]
