Ramp up your students’ learning with slow-speed manoeuvres:
♦ parallel parking;
♦ reversing;
♦ forward figure ‘8s’;
♦ reverse figure ‘8s’;
♦ reverse parking;
♦ 3-point turns, and others.
Student Benefit
Slow-speed manoeuvres provide a kinaesthetic learning for the student. The student learns about the vehicle and its controls; in other words, the student gets a better “feel” for the vehicle faster, which translates into better control on-road, and at higher speeds.
Slow-speed manoeuvres give the student much needed confidence.
Observation
Backing teaches spatial observation & awareness;
The student should be thinking, “where are other vehicles, obstacles & fixed objects in relation to my vehicle?”
Slow speed manoeuvres teach fine-motor control of the primary controls (steering, braking, & throttle).
Slow-speed manoeuvres allow students to learn about primary control combinations (steering & throttle, steering & brake, brake & throttle).
Slow-speed manoeuvres teach both the friction point of the clutch and brake response.
Reversing teaches steering wheel orientation:
On every vehicle the steering wheel turns 1½ to 2 revolutions in each direction.
Every time the vehicle stops, the student should bring the steer tires back to the straight position. The student learns to know where her vehicle is when she starts and is not distracted by having to crank the steering wheel back to straight.
Reversing teaches pivot points – the front of the vehicle travels in a different direction than that of the rear.
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