Turn-in-the-road practise

Regardless of your current skill level, start your practise in a quiet location.

Spend between 30 and 40 minutes practising this manoeuvre over the next week or so. Quiet suburban roads, or off road areas, are ideal but you wild also need some roads where you have to give way to other drivers - also practice on both wide and narrow roads.

Start with an average width road and then graduate to narrower roads. Set yourself a challenge to see just how narrow the road has to be before you have to make five moves as opposed to three.

When choosing your location bear in mind the local residents. In many areas the residents get fed up with learner drivers constantly practising outside their front doors. They don't want you adding to their frustration as you practise for your advanced driving test!

I suggest that you don't do more that two turns in any single location if there is any possibility that someone might be upset – advanced drivers don't upset people and don't do road rage!

When you are easily able to meet the accuracy targets move on to a slightly busier location so that you are 'forced' to keep a good look out for other road users.

Next: After your first practise session read the notes in Step 7 and ask yourself whether you are completing the turn-in-the-road correctly.