Exceptions
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SOME of what I teach you will not ALWAYS be the best thing to do.
Here are the most common exceptions: |
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1. Hazard sequence (MSPSL)
Sometimes, speed S may need to reduce BEFORE you can change your necessary position P. But M is always first, and L is always last. You can omit signal S if you are CERTAIN no-one would benefit but, on a driving test, a signal S is ALWAYS desired to navigate through a junction.
2. Brake before clutch (BBC)
If already travelling below walking speed, clutch can go down first. If at walking speed, B and C together.
3. Creeping out at junctions
Sometimes, in busy urban settings, you do need to be assertive (not aggressive) despite non-stop line of traffic passing in front of you. Your tiny motion will encourage someone to be generous and leave a useable gap: "cheeky, not rude".
4. Lanes on a roundabout (approaching, and in the junction)
If you're sure no-one is alongside you, you can "slew" between lanes to "maintain maximum safe speed".
5. Reversing on mirrors
On a very few occasions, a thinking driver (what the DVSA hopes we'll all become) would work out it's safer to flick between all 3 mirrors (1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1, etc.) than try looking out of the rear window (where you view below the bumper is obscured). This is usually when reversing into a closed space, such as a driveway, where small children and animals might be.
Sometimes, speed S may need to reduce BEFORE you can change your necessary position P. But M is always first, and L is always last. You can omit signal S if you are CERTAIN no-one would benefit but, on a driving test, a signal S is ALWAYS desired to navigate through a junction.
2. Brake before clutch (BBC)
If already travelling below walking speed, clutch can go down first. If at walking speed, B and C together.
3. Creeping out at junctions
Sometimes, in busy urban settings, you do need to be assertive (not aggressive) despite non-stop line of traffic passing in front of you. Your tiny motion will encourage someone to be generous and leave a useable gap: "cheeky, not rude".
4. Lanes on a roundabout (approaching, and in the junction)
If you're sure no-one is alongside you, you can "slew" between lanes to "maintain maximum safe speed".
5. Reversing on mirrors
On a very few occasions, a thinking driver (what the DVSA hopes we'll all become) would work out it's safer to flick between all 3 mirrors (1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1, etc.) than try looking out of the rear window (where you view below the bumper is obscured). This is usually when reversing into a closed space, such as a driveway, where small children and animals might be.