Any driving instructors here?

Vejovis

My son is learning to drive the MSE way, with me teaching him.

It's been quite a few years since I did my test so I just wondered whether some of the rules are the same.

Mainly

Not crossing your arms when turning the wheel
Not letting the wheel spin back through your hands
Do you actually have to turn your body to look out the back when reversing, or can you use the mirrors?
Do you have to put your handbrake on every time you stop at a junction?

Hope someone can help. Thanks

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Vejovis wrote: »

My son is learning to drive the MSE way, with me teaching him.

It's been quite a few years since I did my test so I just wondered whether some of the rules are the same.

Mainly

Not crossing your arms when turning the wheel
Not letting the wheel spin back through your hands
Do you actually have to turn your body to look out the back when reversing, or can you use the mirrors?
Do you have to put your handbrake on every time you stop at a junction?

Hope someone can help. Thanks

Leave the mobile phone at home, both of you OR turn it off and put out of your and his reach E.G in the boot, or in a pocket in the back.


Many home tutors don't realize that you can get points and a fine for using your mobile whilst in control of a motor propelled vehicle, as a person learning a learner you deemed to be in control of that vehicle so hand held device laws apply to you too.

robbies_gal

dont do it?

i know youre trying to save money but the test has probably altered alot since you passed(?)

you could be teaching him allsorts of bad habits he can pick up in without you even knowing it

when i took mine 7 years ago you did have to look behind you when reversing and not really on just mirrors

Paully232000

Vejovis wrote: »

My son is learning to drive the MSE way, with me teaching him.

It's been quite a few years since I did my test so I just wondered whether some of the rules are the same.

Mainly

Not crossing your arms when turning the wheel
Not letting the wheel spin back through your hands
Do you actually have to turn your body to look out the back when reversing, or can you use the mirrors?
Do you have to put your handbrake on every time you stop at a junction?

Hope someone can help. Thanks

Very MSE, and very brave. Don't have any advice other than to say good luck.
I tried this years ago with my dad, had two 'lessons', fell out and didn't speak for a week.

After that parents thought it wise to pay for lessons:)

forgotmyname

As post 3 really.
The rules will have changed since you passed your test. You could be teaching them bad habits that may keep cropping up with a real instructor.

The fact that you need to ask. Were you taught to put the handbrake on and into neutral if you stalled it?
Did you have to do the theory and vehicle checks?

Were you instructed to follow a signs to a destination with no further input from the examiner?

Let them take proper lessons to start and if your vehicle is similar to the driving school one then let them take you around just to get more road hours.
But they need to be at a point where they are close to test standards where that just explain to you what they are looking at/for and maybe you pointing out some hazard they had not yet spotted.

Try one of the free hazard perception tests, when i tried them i failed because i spotted the hazards too soon.
My ticks were just before the scoring began.

nonnatus

OP - what we've done in the same situation, is book 3 initial lessons with a qualified instructor to go over the basics.

Then I go out with my son in his own car every day for an hour.

Once a fortnight, he has another one hour lesson with the instructor to check he is progressing correctly.

We did the same thing with his sister last year and she passed first time! Although it's already obvious to ME that she was a much quicker learner than my son, who is way too quick to beat himself up over the tiniest mistake. It's become my job to boost his confidence more than teach him techniques at present....:(

Car_54

Vejovis wrote: »

My son is learning to drive the MSE way, with me teaching him.

It's been quite a few years since I did my test so I just wondered whether some of the rules are the same.

Mainly

Not crossing your arms when turning the wheel
Not letting the wheel spin back through your hands
Do you actually have to turn your body to look out the back when reversing, or can you use the mirrors?
Do you have to put your handbrake on every time you stop at a junction?

Hope someone can help. Thanks

The "rules" for the test are exactly the same as the rules for safe driving at any time. Since you clearly don't know them, you're not qualified to teach someone else.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Vejovis wrote: »

My son is learning to drive the MSE way, with me teaching him.

It's been quite a few years since I did my test so I just wondered whether some of the rules are the same.

Mainly

Not crossing your arms when turning the wheel
Not letting the wheel spin back through your hands
Do you actually have to turn your body to look out the back when reversing, or can you use the mirrors?
Do you have to put your handbrake on every time you stop at a junction?

Hope someone can help. Thanks

My concern is that the list here is some of the trivia of driving. My bet is that you are way out of touch on more fundamental things like how to turn right at a set of traffic lights (when do you go forward into the middle and when do you wait behind the stop line?) or entering a roundabout (making sure that you do not hesitate and hold up traffic, but on the other hand do not hinder another road user).

Not a personal criticism, but most drivers are extremely poor and do not realise their limitations. I had a ride of terror with someone who I had never been in a car with before and it brought it home to me how bad some people's driving can be just through poor observation and anticipation.

The problems I had with teaching my own were pretty fundamental - not realising that a learner driver might not really grasp the principle of "Stop!".

castle96

A copy of the current Highway Code might be a good start

hollie.weimeraner

The test standard is totally different to when you took your test many years ago. Start your son off with a qualified instructor and as other people have said mix up taking him out yourself with paid tuition. My wife's an instructor and always advises students to go out with parents after they are competent enough to deal with situations themselves (remember you don't have dual controls!!!). Don't provide instruction yourself as this will generally be against what is required these days and if in doubt ask his instructor or better still sit in the back for one of his lessons to see how he is taught.

For your information the national average for number of lessons before passing a test these days is around 40 to 50 plus other driving with parents etc.

Vejovis

Thanks to everyone who posted useful tips. I was actually thinking of a couple of proper lessons alongside teaching him myself. But thanks for the replies.

To the couple who think I'm incapable of driving, I think 28 years of accident free/not even a speeding ticket driving tend to say otherwise.