Driving Lessons Gloucester- Manouevres on Standards Check.

There is some opinion doing the rounds that it is best to avoid choosing a manouevre on the standards check. This has some truth to it if your approach is wrong. If you do decide on a manouevre, it is probably best to "recap" an exercise that has already been done on a previous driving lesson, which will avoid the need to go into detailed explanations, which will involve too much time at the kerbside.

Say you are looking at bay parking. Keep it simple, the hour will pass quickly, and you may not even get a full hour.

Focus on the skills involved, clutch, observation and steering and get the student showing those skills straight away on leaving the test centre car park.

Link the manouevre to real life- "When will you be parking?"- shopping, college, cinema etc.

Discuss the advantages of reversing into a bay, or when it is best to go in forwards, to easily load shopping for example.

Look at the car park. What happens? Out of control trollies, children can't be seen easily, car doors, complicated routes in and out. Look out for drivers moving off without looking (you will see one) and use it as a talking point. Discuss lighting as well, some areas may be dark at night and student may feel vulnerable. All of these points can be expanded.

But don't forget to do the manouevre, I would say a couple of times into an empty bay, and then choose a different bay, perhaps with cars around,depending on the students ability.
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