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      • Other traffics
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L2P Coventry Driving School

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  • Home
  • LEARN TO DRIVE
    • Moving off & Stopping
    • Junctions
    • Traffic light
    • Overtaking
    • Roundabouts
    • Dual carriageway
    • Other traffics
    • SAT NAV
  • Driving Test
    • Tell me/Show me
    • Practical test explained
    • Test failure reasons
    • Test report DL25
  • Help & Support
    • How to Start
    • Driving Jargons
    • Signs & Marking
    • Useful links
    • Question answered
    • Coventry roundabouts
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Driving jargons

 A blind spot is an area that you cannot see using your mirrors. when you are driving a car, the are

Blind spot

 A blind spot is an area that you cannot see using your mirrors. when you are driving a car, the area just behind your left or right shoulders is a blind spot.in order to check your blind spots you need to turn your head over your shoulder and look through side windows. 

Stalling

Stalling can actually refer to a number of issues  that cause a car's engine to die. the most common form of stalling that which  occurs when the clutch on a manual car is not released correctly.                 

One of the most important lessons you learn when getting to grips with driving is how to find the biting point.            

Biting point

The bite point is when the clutch plate engages your engine plate. You will know you are at the bite point by either of the following methods: You'll hear the engine make a slightly different sound and front of car starts lifting up.  

Pull/Push technique

Turning steering wheel to right or left without crossing your hands. 

NRP

Normal road position. When you are driving on a road you need to keep your car ONE meter away from kerb or parked cars on your left. 

POM

  1. Prepare (press the clutch down, choose first gear, bring your clutch up to biting point)
  2. Observation(initial 5 points check, indicate right, check your right blind spot)
  3. Moving off

SCALP

Safe, Legal and Convenience Place to park.

avoid parking at bus stop,driveways,10 meters before junction or traffic light,double yellow or red line and ...

MSM

Mirrors, Signal, Manoeuvre 

MSPSL

 Mirrors, Signal, Position, Speed, Look 

LADA

Look, Access, Decide, Act(early observation leads to early decision) 

Peep & Creep

A technique used at closed junction by driver by moving foot by foot and slowly forward for better observation 

Pedestrian Refuge Island

A pedestrian refuge island is a raised section of pavement between two lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions.

The Islands normally have yellow and white plastic bollards with a  blue arrow to remind motorists to keep left. Kerbs are dropped at both  sides of the road, usually with tactile paving  where the pavement slopes towards the road.  

Refuge Islands allow pedestrians to stop in the centre of the road,  so they can split the crossing into two stages for each direction of  traffic.

Pedestrian refuges narrow the road, which may reduce the speed of vehicles.

There is no pedestrian priority.  Motor vehicles have priority  ,Therefore don’t stop or invite pedestrians if they are waiting to cross.

you must stop if pedestrian has started to cross. 

Box junction

 Under the rules of the Highway Code, you’re not allowed to enter the yellow box unless your exit is clear and there is enough space on the other side of the junction for your car to clear the box completely without stopping. If you want to turn right, you are allowed to enter the box and wait if you’re prevented from turning by oncoming traffic, or by other vehicles waiting to turn right. It’s perfectly legal for you to wait on the yellow criss-cross provided your exit road is clear.
Be careful when queuing inside the box though as you might not have time to clear the junction before the traffic lights changes to red therefore if there is already a vehicle waiting inside the box to turn right stop before stop line until that car clears junction and enter the box if your light is still green.

TAT

The tyres and tarmac rule refers to the stopping distance behind another vehicle when you come to a stop in traffic queues. Always stop so that you can see back tyres of the vehicle in front (about 2 meters). If the vehicle in front is big (bus or lorry) stay 4 meters away.

Engine braking

Engine braking is basically the process of slowing the car down by releasing the accelerator and shifting down through gears, rather than using the footbrake. In technical terms, it’s using decelerative forces in the engine to slow the speed the wheels are turning at. This happens when the accelerator pedal is released. 

Engine braking only works when a car is in gear or clutch is not down.

Coasting

Coasting is the process of driving a car downhill, around a bend, turning right or left or approaching a roundabout from high speed with either the clutch depressed or the gear stick in neutral - or both at the same time. The effect of this is that your wheels are disengaged from the engine, meaning engine braking (using gears to slow down) is not possible. Coasting means the car is taken down an incline by gravity and the vehicle's momentum.

  

Why is coasting a wrong practise?

- You pick up speed quicker and go faster than you otherwise would.

- You have less control because you can’t control speed via engine braking - since the engine is not connected to the wheels.

- It becomes more challenging to take a safe, steady line around a corner - meaning you'll have less control if you cross the path of another road user or other hazard.

- If you do need to re-engage the gears in order to react to a hazard, you'll have less time to do so than if you weren’t coasting.

Point of turn

When you start steering left or right for turning into a road without cutting corner or mounting kerb. Always stay reasonable distance from the kerb or parked cars.

Blocker Car(roundabout)

When a new car enters a roundabout, they immediately gain priority over cars to their left. This 'blocks' them and gives other cars, waiting at other exits, an opportunity to enter.

Open junction

Is a kind of junction that driver doesn’t need to stop at the end for emerging left or right . Because there are no obstructions at the end and driver has advance view.

Closed junction

Is a kind of junction that driver can’t see left or right at the end of the road because of obstructions (parked cars ,tress or buildings) . preapare to stop at the end. 

Block changing gears

Block changing gears or Selective gear changing means you sometimes miss out ONE gear, for example, by changing from fifth gear to third gear and then to first gear. This method is called 'selective' or 'block' gear changing.

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