PRETEST DRIVING LESSONS CASTLEBAR

Understanding the Driving Test Marking Sheet 

• Familiarise yourself with the key skills assessed during the driving test, such as control, observations, road positioning, signalling, and overall road safety.

• Focus on areas that impact safety, like awareness of your surroundings and making safe decisions behind the wheel.

Initial Assessment to Establish the Base Level

• Evaluate your current driving skills to identify areas for improvement.

• Understand your strengths and weaknesses, especially in terms of safety (e.g., defensive driving, awareness of hazards).

• Establish a personalized plan to improve safer driving habits and build a solid foundation for your driving test.

Fault Analysis and How to Correct These Faults

• Conduct a thorough review of your driving faults, especially those related to safety, such as lack of observations, or poor road positioning or late reaction to hazards.

• Provide practical techniques for correcting mistakes, focusing on skills that contribute to safer driving, like better hazard scanning, smooth braking, and proper road position.

• Reinforce safe habits through repetition to ensure they become second nature on the road.

• Learn how to safely execute all manoeuvres required for the driving test. Reverse around corner / Hillstart / Turnabout

• Emphasize the importance of controlling the vehicle at all times and making safe, calculated decisions. 

• Focus on situational awareness, such as checking mirrors, maintaining appropriate distance from obstacles, and ensuring pedestrian safety.

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