Corners and Junctions - learn to drive
Bends in the Road
Brake Excercise
Left into a Side Road
Right into a Side Road
Wide Open T-junctions
Restricted View T-junctions
Some Other T-junctions
Stop Junctions
Box Junctions
T-junction on a hill
Hatch Markings
Bends in the Road
This lesson offers advice on handling bends in the road, preparing your vehicle and warning other vehicles.
This lesson guideline is as below:
- MSM Routine – Mirror, signal, manoeuvre.
- Assessing the corner.
- Right and left bends.
Brake Excercise
This lesson offers practice exercises to handling bends and corners in the road, including general awareness and manoeuvring.
Left into a Side Street
This lessons takes you through turning left from a major road into a minor road.
Lesson guideline:
- MSPSL – Mirror, signal, position, speed and look.
- Road markings.
- Mirrors.
- Signalling.
- Position.
- Speed.
- Look.
- Assessing the new road ahead.
Right into a Side Road
This lessons takes you through turning right from a major road into a minor road.
Lesson guideline:
- MSPSL – Mirror, signal, position, speed and look.
- Road markings.
- Mirrors.
- Signalling.
- Position.
- Speed.
- Look.
- Assessing the new road ahead.
Wide Open T-junctions
A t-junction is where the end of your road meets another road. This lesson offers advice on handling t-junctions and making the manoeuvre safely. When at a t-junction you must always give way to traffic on the other road.
Lesson guideline:
- Recognising a T-junction.
- Turning Left – MSPSL, gear changes, awareness and moving off.
- Turning Right – MSPSL, assessing traffic, gears and braking, awareness and moving off.
- Pedestrians.
Restricted View T-junctions
This lesson covers turning right and left safely out of a t-junction when there is a restricted view.
Lesson guideline:
- Turning left – MSPSL, road position, gear changes, awareness and manouevring.
- Turngin right - MSPSL, road position, gear changes, awareness and manouevring.
- Parked cars and hazards.
Some Other T-junctions
Where there are no signs or road markings it is important to recognise a t-junction and give way to traffic on the other road. This lesson covers these other junctions and talks you through turning right and left.
Lesson guideline:
- MSPSL.
- Road positioning.
- Awareness and observation.
Stop Junctions
At a stop junction you must come to a stop before moving off. This lesson guides you through the correct procedures.
Lesson guideline:
- Identifying the stop junction.
- The approach – MSPSL.
- Stopping.
- Moving off.
Box Junctions
Box junctions are a way of giving certain traffic flow priority. This lesson takes you through the rules of these box junctions.
Lesson guideline:
- Identifying the box junction.
- Understanding the rules.
- MSPSL.
- Going straight on.
- Turning.
T-junction on a hill
T-junctions on a hill are great for perfecting your clutch control. In this lesson you will learn how to control the car and manoeuvre through the junction correctly and safely.
Lesson guideline:
- Approach - MSPSL.
- Gears and clutch control.
- Manoeuvring.
Hatch Markings
Hatch markings separate two traffic flows and protect right-turning vehicles. They are white markings on the road and are bordered by either a solid or broken white line.
Lesson guideline:
- Turning right.
- Broken white lines.
- Solid white lines.
- Manoeuvring.