Hazard perception

Your instructor will guide you to be a safer driver.  You must look for clues and build up a mental picture of what the other pedestrians, cyclists and driver may do next. The hazard perception skills can only be improve through experience, just reading this brief will give you an insight on what will be expected on your lesson and on your driving test.

Highway code rule 288



When the ‘Road Works Ahead’ sign is displayed, you will need to be more watchful and look for additional signs providing more specific instructions. Observe all signs – they are there for your safety and the safety of road workers.

• You MUST NOT exceed any temporary maximum speed limit.
• Use your mirrors and get into the correct lane for your vehicle in good time and as signs direct.
• Do not switch lanes to overtake queuing traffic.
• Take extra care near cyclists and motorcyclists as they are vulnerable to skidding on grit, mud or other debris at road works.
• Where lanes are restricted due to road works, merge in turn (see Rule 134).
• Do not drive through an area marked off by traffic cones.
• Watch out for traffic entering or leaving the works area, but do not be distracted by what is going on there. Concentrate on the road ahead, not the road works.
• Bear in mind that the road ahead may be obstructed by the works or by slow moving or stationary traffic.
• Keep a safe distance – there could be queues Infront.
  

Temporary traffic lights

Depending on if the road works are on a main road with maybe a water leak, and your local water board had to shut the road down dig down to fix the issue, there will be traffic lights dictating priory. Another option there could be a road worker with stop and go signs, obey the signs and do what they are saying.

Manually operated temporary STOP and GO signs

Where to stop at temporary traffic lights?

Roads always need repairing so at certain times one side of a road will be shut down so the road can be repaired, but unfortunately this causes road delays so on both side of the road will have timed temporary traffic lights.  There will also a red sign telling you where to wait.

T junction or crossroads

When a T junction or crossroads has to be repaired the whole junction could be closed, then driver will have to find another way to get to your destination.  However most of the time there will be temporary traffic lights on the junction (mentioned earlier on brief).  Each side will have a temporary traffic light that will allow one set of traffic priority, if your traffic light is green it's your turn to go.  You have to wait there turn and stop at the red "When red light shows wait at the wait here sign", go when the traffic lights go green (once it's safe of course).

Round about lane closure

When there's a problem at a roundabout you again may be diverted with yellow diversion sign or there could be a 3 way set of temporary traffic lights giving one side priority, at some point on the approach to the roundabout.  Plan ahead and slow down if your on a red light and go if your on a green light.

Dual carriageways and Motorway road works

Take special care on motorways and other high-speed dual carriageways.

• One or more lanes may be closed to traffic and a lower speed limit may apply.
• Works vehicles that are slow moving or stationary with a large ‘Keep Left’ or ‘Keep Right’ sign on the back are sometimes used to close lanes for repairs, and a flashing light arrow may also be used to make the works vehicle more conspicuous from a distance and give earlier warning to drivers that they need to move over to the next lane.
• Check mirrors, slow down and change lanes if necessary.
• Keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front (see Rule 126).
  

Contraflow systems

These mean that you may be travelling in a narrower lane than normal and with no permanent barrier between you and oncoming traffic. At the start and finish of contraflows, you should slow down and increase the distance to the vehicle in front because changes in the camber of the road may affect vehicle stability. 

Agree your next lesson

learning techniques and strategies

Practice achieving and improving the M.S.P.S.G & L.A.D.A routine's at junctions while improving your awareness and planning with the road ahead.

Once you have practiced a few situations a few times your instructor will reduce his/her support transferring his responsibility over to you (that's if you agree with this).

Lesson Planning

• Agree learning goals and needs of todays lesson
• Agree appropriate lesson structure (full, partially or independent level of instruction)
• Practice in a suitable training area

Agreed if needed to adapt the lesson plan to help the pupil work towards their new learning goals if any verbal or physical intervention was made by the instructor

Risk Management

Fully understood how the responsibility for risk of the lesson would be shared on the lesson plan between instructor and student.

• Directional instructions will be given in ADI format (Alert, direction and identify manor) given to the pupil clear and given in good time
• Agree if the students made a minor, serious or dangerous error on your lesson it will be broken down using F.I.S.H (fault, implications, solution & help) this method of feedback helps pupils understand what fault is being made and how to strategies on how correct the faults.

Teaching & Learning Strategies

Like mentioned earlier every student is induvial and each and everyone of you will progress at different rates so driving will adapt their lesson plan to help you achieve your driving goals.

• Your driving instructor will adapt their teaching style to suite your ability and ability
• Your driving instructor will continue to encourage you on your lesson and analyse any problems made and allow you to take responsibility for your own learning goals by giving you technical information to improve your techniques. Your technical feed back from your instructor will be ether given on the move or if feel needed by pulling you up on the side of the road somewhere safe, legal and convenient.

Rote learning (WikipediA)

Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The method rests on the premise that the recall of repeated material becomes faster the more one repeats it. Some of the alternatives to rote learning include meaningful learning, associative learning, spaced repetition and active learning.

At the end of your lesson 

At the end of each lesson you will have a debrief with your instructor giving you the opportunity to reflect on your performance on your lesson then you can set up new goals for your next driving lesson.

This will also give you the opportunity to research any new topics that will be brought into on your next agreed lesson.