Teaching my son to drive but what are the rules

grace2much

Hi all, I'm teaching my son to drive but it's been decades since I passed my test and I need a refresher on even the basics, don't teach him bad habits.

is there a website for things like how to do 3 point turns, how to come to a stop and move off safely etc. The nitty gritty you need to do. I've been on the nidirect site buts it deals with the legal official side. Really I suppose I need to find out the curriculum a qualified driving instructor needs to teach their students to pass the test.

thanks in advance for any help offered.....

motorguy

grace2much wrote: »

Hi all, I'm teaching my son to drive but it's been decades since I passed my test and I need a refresher on even the basics, don't teach him bad habits.

is there a website for things like how to do 3 point turns, how to come to a stop and move off safely etc. The nitty gritty you need to do. I've been on the nidirect site buts it deals with the legal official side. Really I suppose I need to find out the curriculum a qualified driving instructor needs to teach their students to pass the test.

thanks in advance for any help offered.....

I would be teaching him the basics and building his confidence and experience up, and getting him formal driving instruction, for the sake of the price of half a dozen lessons.

Mojisola

grace2much wrote: »

Hi all, I'm teaching my son to drive but it's been decades since I passed my test and I need a refresher on even the basics, don't teach him bad habits.

There's plenty of stuff on YouTube but it would be worth having a driver assessment yourself so that your bad habits can be rectified before you pass them on to your son.

oldhand

Agree with motor guy,you can provide the basics i.e.clutch,braking,moving off using handbrake etc.but he will need a professional tutor to teach the "modern day driving".have to be honest,although I'm no longer allowed to drive,if I was to take a test based on my 43 years experience I think I'd fail on today's standards,whether that's a good things another matter..

grace2much

Hi all, I was not very clear about the context of my question, sorry about that, my fault! My son is scheduled to begin lessons with a professional driving instructor in just under 3 weeks when he finishes his As level exams. And he will take as many as the instructor deems necessary.

The help I was looking for was just for a couple of weeks before this begins. I was going to give him some time in a local private quiet road on just the basics, starting and moving off and stopping, passing the wheel through his hands etc. In essence just a "helping hand" so it's not all completely new to him. But as I mentioned I don't want to teach him anything in an incorrect manner. Then once he starts with the instructor we will just practice what he has been taught each week following the instructor's method exactly.

I was never going to teach him myself as a replacement instructor my nerves would never stand it.....:-)

Thank you all for taking the time to comment, its appreciated

Sugarmummy

Take your son to a supermarket car park and learn how to drive within lines and reverse parking. Obviously at "quiet"times. this would get him used to a car as well as manoeuvring into spaces etc

DCFC79

Sugarmummy wrote: »

Take your son to a supermarket car park and learn how to drive within lines and reverse parking. Obviously at "quiet"times. this would get him used to a car as well as manoeuvring into spaces etc

Either at quiet times or when the supermarket has closed, Morrisons seem to be the only ones who close the car park at night, the others dont seem to do it or go for a retail estate nearby, sunday at 4pm could be a good time.

dmxdave

DCFC79 wrote: »

Either at quiet times or when the supermarket has closed, Morrisons seem to be the only ones who close the car park at night, the others dont seem to do it or go for a retail estate nearby, sunday at 4pm could be a good time.

Morrison's car park can't even be concidered.....We don't have any in NI.