Introduc�on

About the book

This book is part of our ongoing commitment to help others and give you the best possible chance of being the best instructor you can be.

We have put together this, strive to drive the golden nugget trail book, which is full of hints and �ps to help you and give your students the best possible informa�on and reference points, that are not taught in other books. It will help and support ADIs / PDIs or even parents teaching their children. The book has been designed with our experiences and knowledge gained through our many years of teaching. Both Kev & Neil are ORDIT registered trainers, we wanted to share those years of training in the driver training industry in this book.

Through reading this book you will see poten�al issues and be able to turn them into solu�ons and give your students the best possible chances of becoming safe and considerate drivers and passing their driving test.

One of the main reasons we thought of crea�ng this book was from one situa�on that happened to Neil while on a driving lesson and here is that story: I took a student who could drive on a lesson and asked him if he could do a le� reverse around the corner.

He replied “of course” and he seem very confident. “Ok, pull up on the le� and reverse around the corner” I asked.

A�er a pause I asked, “Ok when you’re ready”, he looked at me and said, “where are the spots”. I looked at him and said, “what spots?”

“The ones to guide me around the corner” he replied, I replied “no spots in this car”, he said “so how am I going to get it around the corner?”

I gave him a puzzled look and said, “are you telling me you will put spots on your car a�er passing your test, or do you think your car comes with them on?”

He pondered for a while and said, “what do I need to do?”

My reply was, “guide it around the curb. How can you find yourself a reference point?” A�er discussing where and how he might find a reference point, that light bulb moment came.

With this now in hand, we a�empted the turn. Once we had a�empted it a few �mes he said, “what am I doing wrong?”

I helped him find some points of turn and this changed the result and he never looked back.

The morale of this statement is they cannot work it out for themselves if you give them the informa�on to complete the goal first.

For me to help you – you need to help them understand what they are thinking and feeling.