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My arms represent the 8 core skills and responsibilities, that you will manage together in the learner car.
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Gears & Steering
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Mirrors
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Priority
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Routines
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Safety Decisions
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Signalling
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Scanning & Planning
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Speed
Let's acknowledge, before we start, driving a manual gearbox car is likely to be...
the most complex multi-tasking skill you will ever learn, but it will also be...
THE MOST REWARDING SKILL YOU WILL EVER LEARN.
These are the skills that we will share responsibility for in the car. We will gradually teach you elements of each skill and then once you are ready, pass over the responsibility (without any assumption) to you. Once you can perform all the skills together you are ready to polish them all up and we can start work on getting you ready for your driving test.
Gears & Steering
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Palming, Palming and more Palming
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When to change up or down Gears
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Which Gear for this corner?
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Lane Discipline
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Cornering
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Junction Positioning
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Control - Steering Accuracy
Speed
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When to speed up or slow down
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Dancing
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Points of no return
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Speed Limits
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Appropriate Gear at an Appropriate Speed
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Appropriate Speed in an Appropriate Gear
Mirrors
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"As we prepare to, or proceed to, change speed and, or, direction”
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Mirror checks in Pairs
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During Lane Changes & Merges
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Pinch Points
Priority
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Reading Other Road Users Intentions
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Communicating Our Intentions
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Giving or Receiving Priority ‘Gifts'
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Pedestrians
Routines
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DSSSM+ (Door / Seat / Steering Wheel / Seat Belt / Mirrors / Anything Else before we go?)
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MSM (Mirror, Signal , Manoeuvre)
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LADA (Look, Assess, Decide, Act)
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MSPSGL (Mirror, Signal, Position, Speed, Gear, Look)
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SCALP (Safe, Convenient And Legal Place)
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POM (Prepare, Observe, Move)
Scanning & Planning
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Looking & Planning Well Ahead
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Meeting Traffic
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Pedestrian Crossings
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Road Markings
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Lane Discipline
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Plans & Options
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What If…?
Signalling
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What’s The Harm?
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Clear Communication
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Good Timing
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Cancelling to Avoid Confusion
Safety
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Junctions
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Traffic Lights
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Roundabouts
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Give Way & Stop Decisions
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Control - Rolling Back or Forward
