Teaching a Learner Driver

[JC]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

I worked for 13 years as a driver trainer, mostly in trucks but I taught heaps of kids.

Be pro-active in your instruction, do NOT assume your daughter knows, she doesn't.

No point screaming "why did you go through the stop sign" when she didn't know she had to stop for example. A fair way away, you should say "what is that sign ahead", hopefully she answers "stop sign", you then say "what do do you do at a stop sign" and hopefully she will say "stop", so the seed is planted and then encourage her to apply the brakes gently and come to a stop before crossing the sold whit line (as stopping after it is a fail) - be pro-active, not reactive

Start teaching her in an auto so she gets the idea of the flow of traffic and abiding by the law, driving a manual can come later

^^^^^This is pretty much what I do - talk them through it, and make sure they know what’s around them. Ask them what they intend to do eg if coming to a roundabout, and a car is approaching but further away, what do they do? They should go, but depends on the speed of the other car. Explain that while they have right of way, in this situation it’s better to give way. Etc….