Learning plan Driving Course
Introduction
Preface
Imagine getting into your car and driving to a friend. You drive away from a parked position, go over a couple of junctions, maybe overtake some cyclists and park it close to your friend’s house when you arrive.
All the actions you’re performing here are described in this document. The aim of this document is to give you an idea of what situations you can expect in traffic and how you can solve them. We will use this document also as a learning plan on our road to make you a safe driver. The index, from top to bottom, shows the buildup and the structure of the course. Before every lesson read the corresponding chapter/paragraph so you can prepare yourself for the lesson, maybe do some more research yourself and ask questions. In this way the lessons also will be a lot more efficient !
Summary
Part I is about car control and not extensively described in this document. Part II is about driving on straight and curvy roads. When you drive, you can see it as driving from junction to junction. These straight and curvy roads are the connecting roads between the junctions. Important skills here are the looking technique and position on the road. Part III describes the special maneuvers shortly.
Part IV is about traffic situations. Described here are the different traffic situations you can encounter (and have to solve) when driving a car. Important elements in traffic situations are: looking technique, priority, position on the road and signaling.
Progress
You can follow your own progress during the course by consulting the “vorderingenkaart” (progress sheet) in the RijbewijsApp. Meaning of the numbers in the vorderingenkaart:
- Homework next lesson
- Motivation and demonstration of a lesson
- Instructor tells exactly what to do (do together with me)
- Instructor gives short instructions what to do (do on instruction)
- Instructor only gives instructions when needed (do on less instruction)
- Instructor gives no instructions (do without instruction)
- The student can do this part of driving on his own in different situations
- The student can do this part of driving on his own in all situations
The numbers basically tell how independent a student is from the instructor to get through traffic in a safe way. A number as high as 6 means the student can do this part on an exam (CBR) level
Participating in traffic
Danger and hinder
It’s not allowed to make maneuvers that cause or could cause danger to other road users. Also it’s not allowed to cause unnecessary hindrance for other road users.
Note: it’s not always possible to go through traffic without hindering other road users. For example if you’re trying to park in a small street, drivers behind you sometimes have to wait for you.
Adjusted behaviour
You should always adjust your speed according to the other traffic and the traffic situation. A driver who adjusts his behavior well, will not hinder the other traffic unnecessarily and will not cause danger for other road users.
Note: a lot of students misinterpret this and they are just refusing to stop the car because they think they will hinder the other traffic by doing this. A lot of times you just have to make a stop in traffic to make a safe solution for the situation ahead of you.
Decisive behaviour
Predictability in behavior of road users is what makes the traffic safe. Hesitant behavior in traffic must be avoided as much as possible. Giving priority for no reason or waiting unnecessarily long at a junction are examples of indecisive behavior.
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Download Manual (EN)
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Car control
The car controls should be automized to be able to go through traffic safely.
View Part 1 | Vehicle control
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