Is it your job to teach a friend or relative to drive? It's largely a matter of practice, but the process will go much smoother with a good teacher. Make sure you are familiar with the rules of the road, and are willing to take responsibility for whatever happens. Be prepared to have a lot of patience too, your pupil is sure to make mistakes.
Steps
Step 1. Start at home
Before getting into the car, review the rules of the road, the basics of car operation and the requirements for obtaining a driver's license.
- Also review the car manual.
- If your pupil is also your child, this is a good time to agree on what responsibilities you have. Who will pay for the fuel and insurance? Will it be your child's car? Does he / she have to be home at a certain time or maintain certain achievements in school? It is a good idea to establish these conditions in advance.
Step 2. Be a good guide model
Encourage the student to notice what you are doing. You can start this process well before your student gets his driver's license.
- Drive out loud. Try to tell the driving process out loud so that the passenger can understand better. Say things like, "That blue car is going too fast. It will probably overtake us, so I leave extra space" and "I'm going to turn left, so I turn on the warning and slow down."
- Demonstrate good driving technique and obey the rules of the road. Facilitate overtaking, use arrows, do not run and do not argue with other drivers.
- Encourage your passenger to make traffic judgments.
- Discuss road hazards and what to do in an emergency.
Step 3. Help your student obtain a temporary driving license
In many cases, he cannot practice on public roads without it.
- Examine what are the rules for using the temporary license. In most cases, an adult or the teacher must be present in the car with the student.
- Keep track of the hours of practice, if it is required to obtain the license.
Step 4. Find an off-road, relatively unobstructed seat for your student's first driving experience
An empty parking lot is a good choice.
Go out the first couple of times in broad daylight and in mild weather. Let your student at least learn the basics of driving and maneuvering in traffic, before driving in more difficult or dangerous conditions
Step 5. Examine the tools
- Turn the machine on and off a couple of times. Buckle up, adjust the seats and mirrors, release the brake, start the ignition, put the car in gear, etc. So, reverse the process.
- Review the controls for the wipers, headlights, indicators, and other instruments.
Step 6. Teach to control the car
- Accelerate and decelerate gradually.
- Practice changing the gears if it is a manual transmission automobile.
- Practice basic techniques, turn right and left. Park next to a curb or painted line. Look for parking in the marked spaces.
- Familiarize yourself with the side and rear structure of the car.
- Practice reversing. Again, start with an open space, then work backwards to a target, preferably one that can't damage the car in the event of a mistake (e.g. a hedge or painted lines).
- Practice several times in the parking lot if that's what it takes to be safe and consistent with basic checks and placement.
Step 7. Choose a low-traffic road for your first road experience
- Practice staying on the correct and centered side of the lane.
- He recommends stopping at a safe distance from other cars. Especially with an inexperienced driver, it's easy to stop too early or late
- Remind your student to leave enough room for stopping.
Step 8. Gradually take the student to the freeway and busier roads, perhaps in rainy conditions
Step 9. Practice the maneuvers that the driver will need in real driving conditions
Step 10. Rehearse for the driving test
In the driving manual you will find the type of maneuvers that will be tested. You will not be able to give your pupil a certain score, but at least you will give him some additional advice, such as "Reduce speed" or "You forgot to mark that curve."
Advice
- Be patient and don't scream.
- Work on the driver's blind spot and try to stay out of the other drivers' blind spot.
- Expect some hiccups, this is normal at first.
- Give clear, precise instructions and do not confuse the student while driving.
- Review driving safety techniques.
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Keep encouraging the student and don't yell.
In an emergency, be prepared to correct the direction of the car or brake
- Keep the radio off.
- He also teaches education in addition to the rules.
- Once your student has become familiar with the road, let him drive longer distances.
- Remember when you started driving, were you nervous?
- Advise and correct, but let the student make mistakes.
- Practice frequently in small sessions.
Warnings
- In many states it is forbidden to teach driving to students who are too young, for example under the age of 17.
- Don't do this if the student is too young.
- Always respect the rules of the road.
