Moving off and stopping: Drive out & Lesson goals

Lesson goals

Your goal:

To enable your pupil to move off and stop safely under full control and with appropriate observation checks.

Pupil's goals:

To understand the need for and demonstrate appropriate actions required to move off and stop including the ability to:

Moving off:

• Starting the engine safely
  
• Selecting first gear.
  
• Setting the gas.
  
• Finding the clutch biting point.
• Making effective observation before moving off (including blind spots)
  
• Signalling where necessary and correctly before moving off
  
• Releasing the handbrake
  
• Co-ordinating the gas pedal and clutch when moving from a standstill
  
• Steering to a safety line

Stopping:

• Stop smoothly without pitching forward
  
• Co-ordinate use of footbrake and clutch when stopping
  
• Stop smoothly without pitching forward on a downhill gradient
  
• Secure the car after stopping when appropriate (handbrake/neutral)
  
• Recognise a safe and legal position to stop
  
• Stop the car parallel to the kerb
  
• Give an appropriate signal before stopping when required

Note that these are generic lesson goals. Individual learners will have specific personal goals and other goals related to different aspects of learning but still relevant to the lesson. The lesson goals shown here are to help you to break down the process and skill into it's component parts.

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