9.3. Mirrors
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Suggested length - 1 hour
Introduction:
Mirrors are an integral and vital part of the driving test - for good reason. It is as important to know what’s going on beside you and behind you as it is to know what’s going on ahead. I never had trouble persuading drivers to look forward when they’re moving, but for some reason it’s very hard to persuade them to check their mirrors as well - and it’s to the side and behind that a great many accidents come from!
As a lesson, mirrors are usually included right at the beginning as part of lesson 1. So why is this lesson 12?
Because the importance of mirrors tends to be appreciated more with experience. When mirrors are taught only as part of the first lesson, when the pupil may never have driven a car before, it’s hard for the pupil to link what he should do with how it actually feels when he’s driving. So he/she may learn about them on the first lesson but, because it’s hard at that point to appreciate the importance of what they’re being told, it often gets forgotten.
My expectation is that this lesson will be taken when the pupil is ready or is experiencing problems.
In this lesson you will learn:
- How to adjust the mirrors
- How to use the mirrors
- Timing
