Emergency STOP! Driving Lesssons Luton
If you are taking taking lessons with our driving instuctors in Luton, you will know that there is a 1 in 4 chance of receiving an Emergency Stop during your driving test. An Emergency Stop will test your competence in stopping the car as quickly and as safely as possible. It’s important to know how to carry it out efficiently as it could result in you failing your test.
Why is an Emergency Stop important?
You may have to carry out an Emergency Stop for various reasons when you drive. A small child may run into the road, someone in front may suddenly brake or there could be problems with your own car in which the safest thing to do is stop the vehicle. Hopefully you won’t need to but whatever the reason may be, you need to know how to stop the car in the quickest way possible to prevent a car accident.
If you drive with our driving instructors in Luton, your driving instructor will thoroughly cover the Emergency Stop before your driving test. However, here are some of the reasons you may fail on performing an Emergency Stop :
Not reacting quickly enough. A delay in reaching the brake pedal quickly enough will cause the car to travel further than it should.
Not stopping quickly enough. The brake pedal should be pressed very firmly. By not doing so, the car will take longer to stop.
Vehicle skids out of control. Stamping on the pedal resulting in a skid, although a small skid if bought under control quickly might not fail you.
Taking your hand off of the steering wheel before the vehicle stops. You try to apply the parking brake or touch the gear stick before the vehicle has actually stopped.
Applying the parking brake before the vehicle has stopped. This could result in the vehicle going out of control.
Not checking your mirrors once you have stopped. You will not be aware of what is going on behind you. Not completing an all round observation once you are asked to drive on. A 360 observations must be done as usual before you drive on to ensure it is safe to move off.
Not signaling if there were someone to benefit while stationary or before moving off after the Controlled Stop. It could be a car in front or behind you, let them know you are stationary or let them know you are about to move off, if it is safe to do so.
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