How to Help a Teen Practice Driving

Assess your own driving., Take your teenager onto quiet streets., Proceed to busier areas., Introduce the idea of multitasking slowly., Ask for help to make an objective assessment.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Assess your own driving.

    Grab someone else and go for a spin with them.

    If someone else assessing you feels that your driving is not the best, then it may be best to leave the teaching to the professionals.

    After all, health and safety should be top priority. , Make sure you are confident that the teen can control a car all by themselves in a area where the risk of causing an accident is minimal., Once your teen has mastered the basics of driving, start taking them out onto the busier streets.

    Start off with the residential roads, building your way up to bigger roads where the speed limits increase., This refers to steering, changing gear and checking mirrors at once.

    The best place to test these is at roundabouts of varying sizes., Once your teen, in your opinion, has perfected their driving skills, have the same person who assessed you assess the teen and give feedback on what they think.

    They may pick up on something that you haven't yet.
  2. Step 2: Take your teenager onto quiet streets.

  3. Step 3: Proceed to busier areas.

  4. Step 4: Introduce the idea of multitasking slowly.

  5. Step 5: Ask for help to make an objective assessment.

Detailed Guide

Grab someone else and go for a spin with them.

If someone else assessing you feels that your driving is not the best, then it may be best to leave the teaching to the professionals.

After all, health and safety should be top priority. , Make sure you are confident that the teen can control a car all by themselves in a area where the risk of causing an accident is minimal., Once your teen has mastered the basics of driving, start taking them out onto the busier streets.

Start off with the residential roads, building your way up to bigger roads where the speed limits increase., This refers to steering, changing gear and checking mirrors at once.

The best place to test these is at roundabouts of varying sizes., Once your teen, in your opinion, has perfected their driving skills, have the same person who assessed you assess the teen and give feedback on what they think.

They may pick up on something that you haven't yet.

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