What is the objective for Session 5?

During this session your ADI should make sure that you can correctly position your vehicle on the road for the action you are about to take. Actions include:

• positioning on the straight
• cornering
• negotiating bends
• negotiating junctions
• changing lanes
• entering and exiting from slip roads
• entering and exiting junctions
• reversing
• turning
• parking
• stopping

You should also be able to correctly position your vehicle while progressing through traffic and within traffic lanes.

What is the minimum this first session should cover?

During this session, you should drive in traffic in a variety of road conditions so that you have enough chances to position your vehicle:

• on the straight
• in traffic lanes
• on bends turning left and right
• turning left and right
• negotiating roundabouts
• approaching and emerging from junctions
• reversing
• performing a turnabout
• parking
• stopping in a confined space
• stopping in traffic.

Expected outcomes: what should I have learned at the end of Session 5?

At the end of the fifth session, you should be able to show that you can:

• consistently maintain a safe position on the road while keeping a safe braking distance;
• make appropriate and safe use of road sharing; and
• perform manoeuvres (parking, reversing and turnabout) in challenging situations.