If you are learning to drive without an instructor you need to make sure that you know how to deal with every type of junction that you might encounter on the DSA UK car test, and roundabouts in particular can be tricky for inexperienced provisional driving licence holders.
On this page I will list a few resources that will help you learn and gain more experience with this important driving skill.
You need to know that it takes a lot of practice to become confident in dealing with roundabouts so do not be discouraged if after a few lessons with your supervisor you do not seem to be making progress.
Learner Driver Roundabouts Videos
Make sure you get rid of a common mistake many learners commit on mini roundabouts stopping for traffic or vehicles approaching fast from the left.
Know how to indicate at roundbouts and the use of appropriate lanes.
It is also a good idea before taking a driving test to have a few lessons with an approved instructor to make sure you are not committing any serious driving faults and also familiarise yourself with some of the routes used as they could be complex.
Learning To Avoid Stalling A Car when Driving
One of the most important skills that a learner driver needs to master is how to avoid stalling a car, because you are going to be stopping and moving off a lot in the early stages of getting to grips with your tuition vehicle.
Even if you decide to go for automatic driving lessons, you will still have to learn the DSA POM routine as many provisional licence holders fail the UK driving test because they did not check their blind spot or did not make effective observations when moving off or performing a manuever.
Find a flat and quiet road where your teacher can spend enough time giving you a lot of practice finding the biting point and coordinating the clutch and accelerator pedals. It will be easier the more you do it.
Even if you decide to go for automatic driving lessons, you will still have to learn the DSA POM routine as many provisional licence holders fail the UK driving test because they did not check their blind spot or did not make effective observations when moving off or performing a manuever.
Find a flat and quiet road where your teacher can spend enough time giving you a lot of practice finding the biting point and coordinating the clutch and accelerator pedals. It will be easier the more you do it.
Learner Driver Journal
I usually advice anyone learning to drive with me to get a journal and use it to make notes of the learning process. Not everyone does it, because many people can not be bothered to put in any extra effort into learning to drive outside driving lessons and think that they can just rely on asking the instructor anything they to know about the DSA test and wonder why they take so long to be ready for the driving test, how many lessons they are taking and the amount of money being spent on the whole process.
You are not going to remember everything you did during driving lessons 3 days later, but if you have a learning to drive journal which you make notes in after your lesson especially about things you learnt, important skills you gained, mistakes you need to avoid, and any tips you were given to remember how to perform difficult tasks, then you are going to learn faster because you have a record of your learning.
The UK driving test is hard, but you can pass it if you perpare for it properly and put in the extra effort to make sure you acquire all the required skills before going to the driving test centre, and having a learning to drive journal that you have kept over the course of 40 lessons with your driving school instructor is going to help you in more than one way. Just going over things you've learnt, and those tips that you've been given will do your confidence a lot of good, there will be many mistakes that you will be able to avoid because you've been reminded of how to avoid them, and just looking back over how far you've come will encourage to keep going when the tough times arrive.
No matter how far you've got in your learning to drive a car journey and quest to get a full UK driving licence, it's not too late to start a journal, you can never have too much knowledge for a test, but you can always be under prepared!
If you are ready to take the DSA practical car assessment, read this post about driving test manoeuvres
You are not going to remember everything you did during driving lessons 3 days later, but if you have a learning to drive journal which you make notes in after your lesson especially about things you learnt, important skills you gained, mistakes you need to avoid, and any tips you were given to remember how to perform difficult tasks, then you are going to learn faster because you have a record of your learning.
The UK driving test is hard, but you can pass it if you perpare for it properly and put in the extra effort to make sure you acquire all the required skills before going to the driving test centre, and having a learning to drive journal that you have kept over the course of 40 lessons with your driving school instructor is going to help you in more than one way. Just going over things you've learnt, and those tips that you've been given will do your confidence a lot of good, there will be many mistakes that you will be able to avoid because you've been reminded of how to avoid them, and just looking back over how far you've come will encourage to keep going when the tough times arrive.
No matter how far you've got in your learning to drive a car journey and quest to get a full UK driving licence, it's not too late to start a journal, you can never have too much knowledge for a test, but you can always be under prepared!
If you are ready to take the DSA practical car assessment, read this post about driving test manoeuvres
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