This 'Easy Lessons for Learner Drivers' book has been prepared primarily to help learners follow a structured series of driving lessons in preparation for taking their practical driving test. It follows closely the requirements for driver training as laid down by the Driving Standards Agency who conduct all driving tests and have the key to your future on the road in their hands. In its' various sections it includes the following.1.Twelve complete and fully illustrated lesson plans covering the twelve elements which are assessed during your practical driving test.2.A total of almost 150 fully detailed colour illustrations each of which focuses in detail on the subheadings in the various lesson plans. For the sake of conformity and clarification the blue car in every image is always the learner vehicle.3.A guide to the most commonly experienced driving faults committed by learners allowing them to be more aware of the pitfalls and to help with self assessment.4.A multiple choice Question & Answer section (complete with answers) enabling you to check just how much you have learned. The lesson plans have been set out in a general logical order with a view to taking you through from novice to test standard and beyond. However, the order in which the plans are presented and the subject matter contained therein should be adapted to meet your own needs. You may for example have already taken a number of lessons and are struggling in one particular area. Or you may indeed have already taken a test and failed on one or more of the specific elements. In either case a study of this book will undoubtedly help. This book is designed to help you understand what is expected of a learner driver and whilst it will be an invaluable asset in the learning process there is no substitute for practical driving lessons with a qualified instructor. A fully qualified instructor should by law display a green octagonal licence in the windscreen of the tuition vehicle to indicate he or she is a Driving Standards Agency approved instructor. So look for the licence badge before you take lessons and better still look for a driving school which uses the instructors' version of this book so that you are both on the same wavelength. This book costs a fraction of a practical driving lesson, but it will be money well spent. You will learn quicker. You will need fewer lessons. It will save you money.
About the Author: JIM DUGGAN spent almost a quarter of his working life in the driver training business both as a first class driving instructor and latterly involved in the training of instructors. With a pass rate of 78% at a time when the general pass rate was only 32% he has a proven track record which served his pupils well. He has estimated having driven well over one million miles since passing his test in 1965 and with all the experience that gives an astute observer he has a wealth of knowledge to pass on to learner drivers. Having now retired from the practical side of the business he has prepared this book which has a simple straightforward approach to learning to drive which pupils should find an invaluable supplement to their practical lessons. Jim realised learner drivers needed more than just practical driving lessons. They needed something more tangible to support what they were being told in the lessons which they could take home and study at their leisure. He identified the solution as being the need for an easy to follow set of lesson plans set out in a logical and progressive order with the emphasis being on visual images rather than written texts, the latter only being there to support the visuals. He was a great believer in the maxim that "What you hear you will forget, what you see you will remember and what you do you will learn." Suitable material to fit his vision of what he felt was required did not seem to be available in the bookshops so, using one of his other minor talents as a draftsman/illustrator, he set about rectifying the problem himself by producing what he called a Visual Aids Manual. Instructors were able to use the new format to great effect by flipping to each illustration in a controlled and logical order ensuring that all the important points were adequately covered and passed on to the pupils. They in turn learned quicker because they could see what was required rather than simply having their ears bent with a lot of verbal instructions. Because they learned quicker it had the added advantage of saving money by reducing the number of lessons required before they passed their test. Here is the printed version of his manual specifically prepared for learner drivers - 'Easy Lessons for Learner Drivers'