Lesson 10
Speed Management
Session 10 Objective:
During this session, your ADI should make sure that you can regulate and maintain good control over the speed of the vehicle in more complex or challenging driving situations.
Minimum Session Coverage:
During the session, your ADI should ask you to drive in fast-moving traffic or where speeds are highly variable. For example, they could ask you to drive where there are changing speed limits or variable traffic conditions. Some of this session should include independent driving.
Expected Outcomes:
You should be able, without prompting from your ADI, to show that you can:
- Manage and control your speed
- Drive safely in fast-moving traffic
- Drive safely where speeds are highly variable
- Make decisions independently when in challenging situations
You should also be able to describe how to drive safely in fast-moving traffic during different weather conditions. Additionally, you should be able to explain how using the vehicle’s main controls and complying with speed limits affect the environment.
Preparing for the Next Session:
To achieve the expected outcomes from the next session, you should have completed Session 1 to Session 8 and Session 10. You should discuss your sessions with your ADI and based on their advice, you may also have completed some or all of Sessions 9, 11, and 12. This is because Sessions 9 to 12 can be taken in any order. Before you do your next session, you should ask your ADI for advice on the relevant study material, practice, and/or driving sessions.
Practice is key. To feel confident about meeting the learning objectives, you should also have:
- Read the expected outcomes of the next session (as agreed with your ADI)
- Done enough practice with your ADI, Sponsor, or both
- Done any relevant study
Specifically, you should have practiced for at least three hours, regulating and maintaining good control over the speed of your vehicle, in more complex or challenging driving situations. You should also have read the sections in the Rules of the Road that deal with speed management. You should have acted on any feedback your ADI gave you at the end of your last EDT session.