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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Learning to Drive Cock Pit Drill
Blue School of Motoring can tailor a driving course that will help you cope with all of the following. Your driving instructor can help you with this. Please learn this and carry it out in order every time you enter the car and sit in the driver's seat. Do not forget to take care walking into the road and before opening the driver's door. Opening a door carelessly can put you and others in danger. It may force them to brake or swerve and could cause an accident. There is an easy way to remember:- DHSSSM
Ensure your seat and head restraint are properly adjusted
Check your mirrors are properly adjusted
Fasten your seatbelt.
Make sure the hand brake is on and the gearstick is in neutral before starting the engine
1. DOORS - Check they are securely closed. Make sure that any passengers have closed theirs. You are responsible for the safety of your passengers. A door not properly shut may fly open as you drive along. 2. HANDBRAKE- Check visually that the handbrake is in the up/on position. 3. SEAT - Adjust it for comfortable use of foot controls and steering. Push the pedal on the far left (clutch) down to the floor. You should be able to do this without stretching. 4. STEERING - Adjust seating position for comfortable steering Don't get too close or you may find it awkward to let the pedal up and you could knock your knee on the steering wheel. 5. SEATBELTS - Ensure all seatbelts are on correctly. The law requires that all passengers wear seatbelts where fitted, unless they have an exemption certificate. It is the driver's responsibility that children under 14 have the seat belt fastened. 6. MIRRORS - Adjust your mirrors. You should be able to see clearly in the mirror with the minimum of head movement. When adjusting, hold the mirror keeping your fingers off the glass. Adjust the door mirrors to reduce any 'blind spots'.
You are ready to switch on the engine, but before you do you have to check that the handbrake is on and the gear lever is in neutral.
Before you start driving the car make certain you know where the following instruments are located, the relevant areas are:
The Driving school also covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex.
Learning to drive in the Cove area is a great experience with a Blue School of Motoring Ltd instructor. The local area roads can be a demanding experience for the novice driver, especially with so much work being carried out in the Cove area. With so many people arriving to shop in the town centre, there are always plenty of hazards to contend with, especially the busy High Street and traffic to the M3 or the M25. Learn to drive in Cove with the experts.
Take extra care on country roads and reduce your speed at approaches to bends, which can be sharper than they appear, and at junctions and turnings, which may be partially hidden. Be prepared for pedestrians, horse riders, cyclists, slow-moving farm vehicles or mud on the road surface. Make sure you can stop within the distance you can see to be clear. You should also reduce your speed where country roads enter villages.
Single-track roads. These are only wide enough for one vehicle. They may have special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass. Slow down when passing pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.
Blue School of Motoring Ltd can offer training courses for prospective trainees who live in the Covearea. Learn to teach people to drive in the Cove area, with Blue School of Motoring Ltd. Learn to reverse around a corner safely or do an emergency stop, we can help you pass your driving test.
Driving instructors in Cove who are looking for a great driving school to work for, please call us and find out about opportunities in your area. Become a Blue School of Motoring driving instructor in the Cove are and work locally from home.
Your Cove Driving Instructor will provide the complete training course that will help you to achieve the required standard to pass the Driving Standards Agency theory and driving tests.Learning to drive in Cove with us, will give the learner driver a better understanding of how to cope with changes in the local area. We can provide driving lessons in Cove in Manual cars or Automatic cars.
Roundabouts
On approaching a roundabout take notice and act on all the information available to you, including traffic signs, traffic lights and lane markings which direct you into the correct lane. You should
·use Mirrors – Signal – Manoeuvre at all stages
·decide as early as possible which exit you need to take
·give an appropriate signal (see Rule 186). Time your signals so as not to confuse other road users
·get into the correct lane
·adjust your speed and position to fit in with traffic conditions
·be aware of the speed and position of all the road users around you
When reaching the roundabout you should
·give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless directed otherwiseby signs, road markings or traffic lights
·check whether road markings allow you to enter the roundabout without giving way. If so, proceed, but still look to the right before joining
·watch out for all other road users already on the roundabout; be aware they may not be signalling correctly or at all
·look forward before moving off to make sure traffic in front has moved off
Blue School of Motoring instructors in Cove have a high success rate, with most of our students for the driving school coming from recommendations, like the one below:
Zoe (Cove)
Got through my driving test, and did all my manoeuvres with out any mistakes at all, I couldn’t believe it, I highly recommend Blue School of Motoring for your driving lessons in Cove .
Your Cove based Blue School of Motoring Driving Instructor will advise you where to do your theory test, and also your practical driving test.So for driving lessons in Cove use Blue.The below are some of the local centres where you can apply to take your tests:
Theory Test
Aldershot
Reading
Practical Driving Test
Ashford
Chertsey
Farnborough
Reading
Please be advised it’s always best to talk to your Cove Driving Instructor before booking your theory or driving test.
All our Cove driving instructors are patient and calm, with a friendly and professional approach. The Blue goal is to provide a structured and professional training programme to all our students, who learn to drive in Cove, which will cover all aspects of the driving syllabus, this will enable you to develop as a safer driver for the rest of your life.
Blue School of Motoring is expanding all the time, so if you don't see your area listed here please contact us as we may be able to help you, or call us for a driving lesson in Cove at the driving school on 0800 234 6823.
If you'd like to book lessons or pay for lessons with Blue School of Motoring you can do this online via this website by filling in the form on our book lessons page.
All our Cove Driving Instructors follow our driving instructor code of conduct.Please click on the link to read it.