Correct Positioning 2

Objective for Session 5:

During this session, your ADI should ensure that you can correctly position your vehicle on the road for various actions, including:

• Positioning on the straight
• Cornering
• Negotiating bends
• Negotiating junctions
• Changing lanes
• Entering and exiting from slip roads
• Entering and exiting junctions
• Roundabouts
• Reversing
• Turning
• Parking
• Stopping

You should also be able to correctly position your vehicle while progressing through traffic and within traffic lanes.

Minimum Session 5 Coverage:

During this session, you should drive in traffic in a variety of road conditions so that you have enough chances to position your vehicle:

• On the straight
• In traffic lanes
• On bends turning left and right
• Turning left and right
• Negotiating roundabouts
• Approaching and emerging from junctions
• Reversing
• Performing a turnabout
• Parking
• Stopping in a confined space
• Stopping in traffic

Expected Outcomes:

At the end of the fifth session, you should be able to:

• Consistently maintain a safe position on the road while keeping a safe braking distance
• Make appropriate and safe use of road sharing
• Perform manoeuvres (parking, reversing, and turnabout) in challenging situations

Preparing for Session 6:

To achieve the expected outcomes from Session 6, you should have:

• Completed Session 1 to Session 5
• Discussed your sessions with your ADI and completed some or all of Sessions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 based on their advice. Sessions 2 to 8 can be taken in any order.

To feel confident about meeting the learning objectives, you should also have:

• Read the expected outcomes of this session
• Done enough practice with your ADI, Sponsor, or both
• Done any relevant study

Specifically, you should have practiced the use of correct positioning in different situations for at least three hours. You should also have read the sections in the Rules of the Road on:

• Correct positioning
• Correct anticipation and reactions

You should have acted on any feedback your ADI gave you at the end of your last EDT session.