Driving Lessons Gloucester - What Makes A Good Driver? Part 3 - Concentration.

Well, we've all heard of concentration, from our school days, to our jobs, from simply reading, or figuring something out.
Expressions such as "I lost concentration," "I'm trying to concentrate!" "He needs to concentrate!" are in daily use, but what is concentration?

Concentration is the ability to control your attention when you need to. It is also the ability to do one thing at a time, instead of jumping from one thing to another and losing attention.

Driving a car requires many different actions, so make your car journey the focus of your attention and concentrate only on getting all aspects of the journey correct and you will dramatically reduce the risks involved.

Many things can ruin your concentration when driving, so it's best to avoid using your car if you're:

• Feeling tired or unwell. Make your excuses and wait until you feel better.
• Thinking heavily about any sort of serious problem.
• Annoyed or upset. Go for a walk round the block and relax.
• Suffering stress of any sort. You know the signs, give driving a miss.

If you really have to get somewhere, ask someone to drive you, or allow more time to take things more slowly, allowing yourself more time to react to events.

Concentration is closely linked to anticipation, which is vital for safe driving and is helped by having the following:

• Good eyesight. If you've got any doubts, get your eyes tested, and wear glasses or contact lenses, if needed.
• Good hearing. Again, if in doubt, have your hearing tested.
• Good health. If you're not well, get it checked and cured.
• Self discipline. Try to always improve how you drive.

Things to avoid.
While on the move don't:

• Let conversation distract you. Any sort of argument with your passengers will be very distracting.
• Use your handheld mobile phone.
• Have your music too loud or use headphones that block other sounds.
• Look at road maps.
• Fiddle with the radio controls or CD's
• Eat or drink.

Also, avoid having unnecessary stickers in your windows, or hanging dolls and dice etc from your mirror, as these can distract you.

If you would like driving lessons in Gloucester with a friendly instructor, 

call us on 01452614226.

Best Regards,

John Lowe.

http://www.drivinglessonsgloucester.org