Emergency Stop: Step 1

Unit Three Subject 9 - Emergency Stop: Step 1 - Introduction

Unit 3 - Basic Skills:
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1 - Show/Tell:
1. Overview

2 - Drivers Eyesight:
1. Introduction
2. Eye checks
3. Eyesight problems
4. Project

3 - Cockpit Drill:
1. Introduction
2. The drill
3. Explanation

4 - Moving off:
1. Introduction
2. The basics
3. POM Introduction
4. Prepare
5. Observe
6. Move
7. Brake tests
8. Stopping
9. Summary
10. Project

5 - Using Gears:
1. Introduction
2. Observation
3. Selective gear changing
4. Smooth changes

6 - Hazard Routine:
1. Introduction
2. Easy starting point
3. Mirrors
4. Signals
5. Manoeuvre
6. Project

7 - Junctions:
1. Introduction
2. Emerging
3. Approaching
4. Approaching right
5. Crossroads
6. Roundabouts

8 - Hills:
1. Introduction
2. Downhill safety
3. Parking
4. Uphill starts
5. Downhill starts

9 - Emergency Stop:
1. Introduction
2. The method
3. Skids
4. The driving test
5. Project

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Emergency stop

This unit covers the theory and practice of stopping in an emergency situation. There is also an emergency stop project that you can complete, ideally with the help of a friend. The project is designed to give you an appreciation of how just how far it takes to stop in an emergency situation.

Study this information in conjunction with the Emergency Stop section at DriverActive . Much of the DriverActive information is the same - but then one of the things you will be discovering about teaching and have possibly noticed in your own learning so far is that reinforcement and repetition helps to build skills and understanding. Often seeing similar information in a different context will help you to understand it better.

The video above is taken from the Watch, Learn Drive programme - the information in this introduction video is equally as applicable to you as it is to learners.

The ability to stop quickly and safely in an emergency is an essential skill for all drivers. The emergency stop manoeuvre requested in one third of all driving tests. You might be asked to do the stop during ADI Part-Two. If the examiner is planning to do an emergency stop during your test, but in the meantime a real emergency arises requiring you to stop quickly, the exercise will not be required.

To a degree, quick reactions in real emergency stops are usually 'instinctive' for experienced drivers, however, this can cause as many problems as it solves...

The ability to react quickly is essential to stop safely in an emergency, but you must also be able to stop in a controlled manner. Many drivers have come to grief after slamming on the brakes and losing control.

Cars without ABS

The information in this section of the course assumes that you are driving a vehicle with ABS. You can find out more about extreme emergency braking by by visiting the SmartDriving Driver's Area, including information about older vehicles that do not have ABS.

ABS has been required on all new passenger cars sold in the EU since 2004 and was common for some years before that date.

The video below is taken from the Watch, Learn Drive programme and gives information about cars without ABS..

Next: The emergency stop method