Top Driving Tips
Leaner drivers and or experienced drivers may find the below pages on driving tips of some help. If you need any further assistance then please feel free to contact us on 0118 963 9560
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BrakingBraking In normal circumstances. The safest way to brake is to do so early and lightly. Brake more firmly as you begin to stop. Ease the pressure off just before the vehicle comes to rest to avoid a jerky stop. In an emergency.
Country Roads
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.
Bad Weather Driving
Wet weather. In wet weather, stopping distances will be at least double those required for stopping on dry roads. This is because your tyres have less grip on the road. In wet weather
Lane Discipline
If you need to change lane, first use your mirrors and if necessary take a quick sideways glance to make sure you will not force another road user to change course or speed.
Mobile Phones and Driving
You MUST exercise proper control of your vehicle at all times. You MUST NOT use a hand-held mobile phone, or similar device, when driving or when supervising a learner driver, except to call 999 or 112 in a genuine emergency when it is unsafe or impractical to stop.
Moving Off
Remember: MSPSL Mirrors - Signal - Position - Speed - Look, the basics of any driving manoeuvre.
Overtaking
Before overtaking you should make sure MSPSL Mirrors - Signal - Position - Speed - Look, and check the road ahead is clear and no one is overtaking you
Parking
Use off-street parking areas, or bays marked out with white lines on the road as parking places, wherever possible. If you have to stop on the roadside
Pedestrian Crossings
You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines. You MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians.
Reversing Your Car
Choose an appropriate place to manoeuvre. If you need to turn your vehicle around, wait until you find a safe place. Try not to reverse or turn round in a busy road; find a quiet side road or drive round a block of side streets.
Road Junctions
The approach to a road junction may have a Give Way sign or a triangle marked on the road. You MUST give way to traffic on the main road when emerging from a junction with broken white lines across the road.
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.
Signals and Indicators
Signals warn and inform other road users, including pedestrians of your intended actions.