Private Practice When Learning to Drive is Your Best Tool Why should you take private practice when learning to drive? We’ve all been there: sitting in the driver’s seat during a lesson, knuckles white, trying to process your instructor’s advice. At the same time concentrating on clutch control while scanning for pedestrians, checking mirrors, and
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How to Learn Without a Driving Instructor The journey to gaining a driving licence is a significant milestone. It is often associated with freedom, independence, and a fair amount of expense. As the cost of professional driving lessons continues to rise, many learner drivers and their families are asking a question: Is it possible—and is it a
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Turning Right onto a Dual Carriageway Turning right from a dual carriageway needs to be carried out with care. Traffic around you may be travelling quickly. You should take up your position in the right-hand lane in good time. Although not so early that you hold up other drivers. In busy traffic you may have
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Turning Right onto a Dual Carriageway The approach rules for turning right onto a dual carriageway are the same as those described for normal junctions. Once you reach the emerging point things get a little more complicated. You now have to cross the central reserve. You must give way to the right before moving out
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Bus Lanes Bus lanes are becoming a very common sight on our roads now. It’s difficult to drive through any major town or city without coming across one of them. A continuous white line separates the bus lane from the normal driving lane. Also, it may have a different colour or textured road surface. You
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Yellow box junction rules first started in London in 1967. They help to ensure that junctions on busy roads are kept clear. The basic rule is that you shouldn’t stop in one. You shouldn’t enter the box unless you’re sure you can reach the other side without stopping in the middle. You will normally see
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Road Markings There’s a bewildering array of road markings & lines along the road. Throw this in with everything else you need to take in as a new driver and you’re going to have your hands full. Many roads have white lines along them. They either mark the number of lanes, or separate the two
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Pedestrian Crossing Rules There are basically two kinds of pedestrian crossing, the zebra crossing and those controlled by lights. Pedestrian crossing rules can be needlessly confusing and differ between different types of crossing. All however, have white zig-zag markings on the approach to them. You must not park within this area, or overtake a moving
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Pedestrians on the road are very vulnerable (especially children). They need to cross roads and in some areas may even have to walk along them. It can be a real eye-opener when you first start driving. You become much more aware of the dangers, and some of the things people are willing to do will
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