The Art of Dealing with Dual Carriageways!

Teaching A Learner To Drive?

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A key question Parents ask us is about the timing of starting instruction on Dual Carriageways for Supervising Parents:
It is key to ensure that you do not tackle dual carriageways too early, otherwise the learner can be overwhelmed and as they are usually faster speeds than other roads require greater car and skill. We would recommend getting the advice of your Approved Driving Instructor before starting dual carriageways on private practice.
The points raised in this podcast cover:
1. How to identify a dual carriageway and who can drive on it.

• Any road with physical separation is a dual carriage irrespective of how many lanes it has unless its a motorway.
• Can occur in any location urban, rural, city, signed dual carriageway.
• Learners can be supervised on dual carriageways by Supervising Driver
• We would only recommend taking a learner when they have sufficient control and confidence to take on the higher speeds.

2. Speed on dual carriageways and how this can be different from 70 national speed limit.

• May be first time a learner has driven in higher gears so care,
• steering can be very sensitive travelling at speed
• safety gaps are imperative
• Observations and knowledge of your surroundings and other users essential
• Planning and anticipation is key to safety
• normally subject to 70 mph national limit but can also be any specified / signed speed restriction eg 30, 40, 50 60mph so checking what applies is important etc.

3. Lanes and the all important observations.

• Always travel on left, unless good reason to be on the right (ie approaching a roundabout where you need right lane, approac

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Thank you for taking time to listen to our podcasts we hope they are of use and welcome your feedback. Series 1 was very much for students and parents - but we found trainee instructors also liked the materials. Series 2 is a response from Potential Instructors who want to know what they need to know to become effective instructors (the what and how of teaching) and to pass DVSA qualifying exams.
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