Know all the car controls and switches
Always have the clutch down before turning the ignition key
Use mirror, signal, position, speed, gear, accelerate.
Use handbrake, neutral, cancel, indicator
Go onto the gas before lifting the clutch
At junctions always look left (as well as right) before crossing the give way line.
If you’re in the wrong lane go with it
Someone flashing their lights may be flashing to their mate
Do manoeuvres slowly and stop and start, use a method.
Keep two seconds away from the car in front
Drive over mini-roundabouts when it is impractical to go around them.
When overtaking parked vehicles be parallel to them before you get near them.
Emergency stops with ABS - just brake hard
Bay parking - do it at 90 degrees, look down a line and it will go into the 3rd space back.
Emergency stops without ABS - release brake and re-apply if the car skids
When reversing look out of the back window over your left shoulder at least half of the time
Look 5 cars ahead
Have a plan A and plan B
You can overtake through a roundabout in the right-hand lane.
Give Way doesn’t mean “wait for” it means “don’t get in the way of”
If someone pulls into the kerb in front of you - they will either pull away or open the door
Steer the way you want the back of the car to go when reversing - to the kerb steer to the kerb
Your car will drive itself along for miles without you touching the gas pedal
Only use the right hand lane to overtake or turn right
Indicate to tell people what you are going to do next - give them time to react.
Always approach a green traffic light as if it is a possible red light
Indicate to do the unpredictable - not the predictable
Don’t accelerate at what you’re trying to avoid
When manoeuvring you can always shunt forwards if you are unhappy with it.
All roads are 2-way unless there are one-way signs.
Always point your wheels where you want to go before you accelerate
Braking, steering, accelerating should always be smooth
Always take a right turn into a side road as though a bus is pulling out of it
Concentrate on your overall objective - where you are going, worry about the detail later
You can overtake a cyclist on the zig-zags of a pedestrian crossing
Meeting other traffic - only push through after you have seen them react to you
Emerging through a queue - stop at the centre line and look for overtaking motorbikes.
Parallel parking - one turn left, full-lock right, stop with your wheels turned.
Two way streets have different road markings each side, one way both sides are the same.
At STOP junctions it is illegal not to stop completely.
Never be the third car into a traffic light junction when you are turning right
When manoeuvring stop before the other driver is close enough to have to react to you
Slip roads - use the whole length and check your blind spot.
Approaching traffic? First reaction is to slow down, before changing position
Children come in pairs, the child you can’t see is the dangerous one.
React to any HINT of danger - slow down
Indicate for 4 flashes before changing lanes on a dual-carriageway.
Never drive in another vehicles blindspot on a dual-carriageway
Never approach a roundabout with another vehicle next to you on your right-hand side.
A lane change should take about 5 seconds to complete - very gradually.
Accelerate in your lane to stay ahead of the vehicle behind when changing lanes.
Do not pull out if another vehicle is moving fast enough or is close enough to hit you - they may not go where you think.
Approach a roundabout slowly enough to work out what’s going on before you get there.
Never pull out alongside another vehicle unless you can see clearly – it will not protect you.
The closer a car is behind you the further you need to be from the car in front
Double check everything - one look is never enough
If you can’t see both ways at a junction for at least 100 metres - STOP
Once you begin to pull away push the clutch down a bit
If the engine feels rough- push the clutch down
You can bring the clutch up whilst braking if you are doing more than 15mph
Bringing the clutch up quickly doesn’t make you pull away faster - you just jump up and down
To pull away fast use loads of gas and stay in the first gear as long as possible
Use a 2-stage method of pulling out of junctions and mini roundabouts - one lane at a time.
Keep your backdoor closed - don’t open a gap to your side if you’re going to close it again
At blind junctions use staggered stops.
Timing is everything - avoid reaching a mini-roundabout at the same time as an approaching car
Use “slow in fast out” for bends
Use the same gear on a downhill as you would going up the same hill
If you expect something to happen you will react twice as quickly
Enough room to pass ? - use their and your distance from the white line as a reference
Look across bends
Seeing a reflection (or lights) tells you something is coming, but not seeing a reflection (or lights)doesn’t mean that there is nothing coming
Don’t look at cars as they overtake you - you might swerve towards them