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Emerging right - Emerging right issues & Checklist

Mistakes

The following headings relate to basic errors and their correction and assume that the errors are caused directly by the actions of the pupil. However, you must always be certain that you are not contributing to the error; follow the guidelines on the teaching page.

This information is additional to that for emerging left.

Failure to make proper observation before emerging

Firstly, the only way if you will know whether or not your driver is making proper observation is by watching closely - make sure you follow the guidelines set out in this section.

When turning right your learner will need to pay particular attention to traffic from the left in order to judge a safe gap otherwise they can end up stuck in the centre of the road or holding up following traffic after turning. If either of these things present an issue there are two or three steps that you can take.

Swap places - demonstrate right emerging with the learner making the decision about when to go - effectively they are teaching you how to observe. Continue until the learner feels comfortable about trying for themselves again.

Practise on a quieter road. This is especially important if the learner has had an 'uncomfortable' experience in previous attempts.

Offer assistance. Ideally this will be simple encouragement or prompts/closed questions. Be careful that you do not take full responsibility as this will not help in the long run, if you feel the need for lots of input compensate by choosing a quieter road.

Incorrect positioning when emerging right from a narrow road

Learners will often take information literally. This means that if you explain your briefing that the car should be positioned to the right (centre of the road) when turning right the learner might take up a position to the right completely block the road for approaching traffic if the road is narrow or narrowed by an obstruction on the right.

If this happens, pull up for a moment and explain (using your SmartDriving Visual Teaching System) the relationship between road width and road positioning when turning right.

Incorrect positioning when emerging right from a one-way street

It's not unusual for learners (or even Part-Two ADI Students) to fail driving tests because they take up a normal 'centre line' right turn position at the end of a one-way road rather than positioning in the right-hand lane.

If there are no one-way street emerges in your immediate vicinity explore nearby towns/cities and consider including this situation in extended lessons or team lessons. (Team lessons are 'specials' where you would have two, or ideally three, customers in the car for a two or three hour session focussing in depth on specific aspects of driving).

Failing to look in the mirrors and/or make progress after emerging

If your learner has emerged safely this should be an easy one to fix by simply explaining the dangers of not making progress and the reason is that checking mirrors before starting to make progress.

You can usually do this on the move coupled with active prompting to press gas pedal and to get up to the speed limit where safe to do so.

This particularly important for right turns to avoid holding up following traffic - which in turn can create anxiety for some learners.

Checklist

ChecklistYou have now completed the sections for Emerging both left and right and should have gained the skills required for success.

Questions: Download your question sheet here. You should be able to answer the questions easily - if you are unsure about any answers you need more study/practice.

After completing the questions check your answers with our example answers - your key points should be similar. Click here for our example answers.

Before moving on make sure that you:

When you are confident that you have achieved the points above, complete your study log before moving on.

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