Supervisor Tips
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S1 - Many instructors leave this lesson until quite close to the test. It’s my preference the pupil should be taught the emergency stop as soon as the pupil is comfortable enough with the controls. I think it’s fair to assume that, once a pupil can negotiate roundabouts safely, they can learn the emergency stop. My reasons for teaching it early are quite simple - they may need to use it for real!
Find a quiet, straight road with few junctions. It’s important for the student to read this lesson before you take him/her out on the road.
S2 - Try to behave as if you were the examiner. When you have got to the piece of road you have in mind, ask the pupil to find somewhere safe and convenient to pull up on the left hand side. When they have done so, look around and see if you agree it is safe and that the vehicle can be easily seen by other road users. Please remember that when you are doing the emergency stop itself, you MUST make sure you are not putting anyone else in danger so look over your shoulder to check there are no vehicles behind before giving the instruction.
S3 - It’s important to realise that, if it is a while since you passed your own test, you may have got a little rusty on stopping distances yourself! I suggest that one day you actually pace out the distance between your parked car and another - this will get you back in the swing of it again. Most people drive too close, and this could be you.
For faster speeds, teach your pupil the two second rule. As the vehicle in front passes an object (say, a bridge or a signpost), count two seconds. If you pass that object in less than two seconds, you are too close.
