Don’t Be Afraid To Teach Someone How To Drive! (Everyone Needs To Learn Sometime)
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A simple step by step approach of how a professional driving instructor has taught basic driving skills to new drivers. These techniques can be used to teach teens, spouses or friends of any age. The author has been a certified driving instructor since 2003 and has taught hundreds of people to drive from 15 years old, to drivers in their 80s.
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Don’t Be Afraid To Teach Someone How To Drive! (Everyone Needs To Learn Sometime) - Colleen McGee
Don’t Be Afraid To Teach Someone How To Drive!
(Everyone Needs To Learn Sometime)
How I Have Taught Many Students To Drive Step By Step
by Colleen McGee
Published by Colleen McGee at Smashwords
Copyright 2012 Colleen McGee
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Table of Contents
Disclaimer and Forward
Preparing Before the lesson
Tips for instructor before the student drives
Rules to use while driving
Starting the vehicle
Practicing turns
Perpendicular Parking
Coming out of the parking lot onto the road
Driving straight down a road
Basic turns onto a new street
Pulling to the curb
Coming onto busy through streets
Changing lanes
Winding, hilly back roads
Freeway driving
Inter-city driving
Summing it up
Disclaimer
The techniques I describe in detail in this book on how to teach a person to drive are techniques I have been using for more than eight years of being a certified driving instructor. They have served me and my students well, allowing many to become licensed drivers with collision-free driving. If you apply these techniques as described, you should have a reasonably good experience with the person(s) you teach to drive. However, every person and situation is different and certain driving circumstances may require a modification of some of these practices. Using these practices also cannot guarantee complete collision-free driving with your student, although it will greatly minimize the risk. Use your best judgment in all situations when applying these practices while instructing someone to drive. There are some driving laws I refer to that are specific to the state of Oregon. These driving regulations may be different where you and your student are driving. Make sure you know the driving regulations specific to your area. Remember being patient and staying calm is the first most important practice when teaching someone how to drive.
Set aside time for driving lessons with your student driver
If you are serious about wanting to teach your son, daughter, spouse or friend how to drive, it will require you to spend about an hour each time you go driving with your student. It surprises me how fast time goes by when I am on a 1 ½ hour lesson with a student. Many times I wish we had more time. Letting your student drive on short trips around your area is helpful, but just short trips to and from the same places doesn’t give a new driver the comprehensive practice in different driving environments that will make him a safe, competent driver where ever he drives. Don’t just take your new driver driving
make each drive a driving lesson
. I will describe in detail how I teach each of the basic driving skills in this manual. Set aside enough time to allow your student to master the driving skills he practices on each lesson. If followed correctly, using these techniques, you will be able to successfully teach your new driver the basic skills of driving in all situations.
You may be wondering how many hours it will take for a person who has never driven before to learn how to drive well enough to pass a driving test to get licensed. In over eight years of teaching people to drive, I have taught many brand new drivers how to drive. Two of my students who started driving with me and took the test with my vehicle both took their driving test after 7 lessons, or about 10 hours of driving, they both failed the first time. They took another 7 lessons, just over 20 hours of driving and they both passed their test at 75 -85 %. Two other students I can think of who had no driving experience before lessons with me took their test after 7 lessons and did pass with 75%. Others have taken 20+ lessons before passing their test. When my daughter was 15, she couldn’t get her drivers permit soon enough. For 10 months, when I was done with my other students for the day, or on days off, I would take her driving 45minutes to 2 hours at a time, 3-4 days a week. She had 128 hours of driving by the time she took her test. When she took her drive test she passed with a score of 100%! The point here is, the more practice a driver gets, the better they will drive and the better they will do on the road test.
Do remember most (if not all) states have a minimum number of required drive hours for drivers under 18. In Oregon it is 50 hours with a completed ODOT certified course, 100 hours without an ODOT certified course. This does not apply to those over 18, but remember the more drive practice and lessons any new driver has, the better they will drive and the better chance they will have of passing the test.
Respect the fact a brand new driver will likely not know much about how to start a vehicle or drive it.
Teaching someone how to drive a car can be a frightening experience for both the one teaching and the one learning how to drive. But with some preparation and knowledge of what to expect and how to teach the basics of driving, it can be a positive and successful experience for the student and the teacher.
Being the parent or spouse of the student driver might make teaching more difficult, given the close relationship between you. Patience on the part of the teacher is a major key to successful drive lessons. Don't take anything for granted. Try to think back how you felt when you were first learning to drive. Let your student driver know you have been there and know how he probably feels (a bit awkward and scarred of being in control of a big vehicle). Realize your new driver may not know even the simple steps in preparing to drive.
The fact is, if you have never done it, the chances are high you will have to be taught the very basics even before you start driving (Adjusting the seat and mirrors, knowing where the gas and brake pedals are located, putting the key in the ignition and turning the engine on) I remember not knowing what to do with the key after I put it in the ignition switch on my first drive lesson. My daughter had no clue how to use the turn signals on her first driving lesson, until I showed her how. Don’t make your student feel stupid for not knowing the basics that seem so simple to you as an experienced driver. Every driver has had a point where they were taught these things. Be patient and calmly explain the things your driver doesn't know.
Preparing Before The Lesson
Review your state drivers manual.
Your new driver will already be familiar with the rules of the road from the drivers guide, assuming he took the knowledge test for his drivers permit. (Some learning drivers have out of state permits or licenses from other countries). After many years of driving, it is easy to forget or get lazy about using the rules of the road. These should be fresh in your mind while teaching a new driver.
Make sure you have a stress free area to start the very first lesson.
An empty parking lot is ideal because you have plenty of space to practice turns and general car control without the danger of hitting other vehicles. You will also have parking stalls to practice pulling in and out of. If this is not available, a quiet neighborhood in a residential area will work as well. Public school parking lots are good to use on weekends and after school hours, church parking lots are very good to practice