How to Prepare Your Teenager for Driving Lessons

Booking the Lesson

You have booked your first driving lesson. Congratulations. Now, what do you do?
Hopefully, you will have booked your driving lessons with a local driving school that has a good understanding of your area and local test routes.

Booking this lesson with a local driving school will help you pass your driving test a lot faster in the future. It is important to build a good relationship with your driving instructor, as you will be spending a lot of time with them. I do not necessarily mean that you need to start hanging out with them or taking them out for dinner, but try to build up some rapport. It will help you through each lesson and reduce your stress levels in difficult situations. [wp_ad_camp_1]

Your driving instructor will remain on his or her seat as you step into the car for the first time. At this stage, you will swap details with one another and start to get an understanding of the vehicle itself. Your driving instructor will go through, step by step what each control does and take your provisional driving license details. Taking these details is to track your progress. During your driving lesson, the driving instructor will make notes whilst you drive. Do not be alarmed as this is perfectly normal. The reason for this is to track your progress, usually through a progress card of some form.

Unfortunately, you will not be driving through your town centre or along the main roads in your first driving lesson. In most cases, the driving lesson is in a quiet area, close to your home. Most of the time, first driving lessons are completed on industrial estates as the roads are considerably more expansive, and the volume of traffic is a lot smaller.

Use of Procedure

When you arrive at your driving instructors chosen area, they will pull over, and you will swap positions. Start getting excited at this point.
Once you are in position, you do not simply start driving. There are several health and safety considerations to make first, and you need to be comfortable in the driving position. Your driving instructor will take you through the cockpit procedure. The cockpit procedure is what you will do every time you get into a car. This procedure includes the driver seat position, the rearview mirror, wing mirrors and seat position. Your driving will begin the time you complete this procedure.

The first thing you will cover when you start to learn to drive is moving off and how to control the car safely. As part of your lesson, the aim of pulling away is to be able to prepare your vehicle correctly from a parked position and make safe, accurate observations. You will use a routine called P.C.M., which stands for preparation, compliance and manoeuvre.

Driving Lessons

When you are moving off for the first time, the chances of you stalling the car are relatively high. However, do not be disappointed as it happens in the majority of first driving lessons. The cause of stalling is due to the engine not having enough gas coming through it before you raise the clutch. Your driving instructor will go through this process with you. Over time your clutch control and pulling away will become more controlled and natural.