Topics

We should aim to cover these topics, roughly in this order, before a Practical Test.  Some won't need their own lesson.  For example, group 2 will get done as we start group 3.

​The standard expected reads like this, and looks like this and this.  (If you can, drive like this!)

Topics in colleagues' excellent videos

1
​Setup and Controls
Moving & Stopping
Position and Power
Steering and Braking
Gears and Coordination
2
Hazards and Observations​
​Anticipation and Awareness
​​Signs and Markings
Signals (brake, turn, horn, flash)
3
Turning off a major road
Emerging from a side road
​Crossroads
Traffic-lights
​Pedestrian crossings
Roundabouts

4
​Emergencies
5
Reversing
... to parallel-park by the left kerb
... straight back by the right kerb
... into / out of a marked bay
6
Times of day
Climate and weather
Distractions
… including Navigation
Animals
You and Others
7
Dual-carriageways
​Overtaking (dual & single)
Motorways … but not for L-test