Majority of the time reversing needs to be spent looking back behind so you can see through more at once and into the undistorted uncropped distance

Sadly, yes. I've taught a lot of people who had previous instructors. Some obviously changed because they were unhappy with the instructor, some because they had moved around a bit, or their instructor had moved, changed jobs or retired. One thing I noticed was that very few of those pupils had been taught how to properly deal with parked cars and meeting situations. Some said that their previous instructor hadn't explained a situation, and then had blamed them when they cocked it up. One, on his first lesson, was asked if he knew how to do an emergency stop. He said that he thought he did and, rather than ask him to explain what he thought he should do, the instructor asked him to show him. So, he drove down the road and then yanked on the parking brake. The instructor, whose fault it was, then had a go out him for doing something so dangerous!

Will you if the only parking space available is on the wrong side of the road? Or would you just take the long way and make a U-turn? A use case for this manouvure probably is too niche though at best yeah. I don't understand why they replace three-point turning with this which is actually needed a lot of the time and can be done on most roads when not busy and a quicker method isn't being used.

If you signal and an oncoming vehicle is approaching you must take you indicator off as soon as possible so they don't think you're going. DON'T always signal, look and see whether it will help or hinder anyone first. On a test a vehicle can park in front of you after you've parked. Sorry for correcting you but people read comments with their tests coming up and your information may be misinterpreted. Thanks for watching, Ashley

sayfi Fair comment, he failed to indicate on the example on the two way street.

mousehouse People think your going to move when you're not. If a car then slows to let you out it could fail the driving test. Exactly the same as if you were moving off from the left normally. Thanks for watching and your comments. Ashley

....and I'm still going to indicate when now there's nobody there!

Hmm. I'm with you but your last point ".. tell me when you get there"?? I get frustrated with drivers who signal late and I'm thinking "tell me where you're going, not where you been!!" Mirror - Signal - Manoeuvre. Not S*d the Mirror - Manoeuvre aaaannnddd Signal 8)

@@ashley_neal Isn't a car slowing to let you out down to them slowing out of courtesy rather than you forcing them to out of dangerous driving? They could continue and ignore your signal. There's no pressure on them to stop just because your signal is on? Also, can you be failed if you're pulling out from the left and they do the same? What if they just want to help you?

+Alex xiaomi yi dashcam. Thanks for watching 👍

Ashley Neal Okay thanks for answering my question.

Have a look at this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eciUZpSj0tbZh40.html Ashley

A lot easier than the old test

Ashley Neal thanks

Well, it is allowed but wrong in my view. I'm in two minds about teaching it, it's obviously good to know how to deal with it correctly but I don't think it should be encouraged. Big crashes will occur, I reckon.

The safety concerns over the test are part of the reason for the strikes on 4th and 5th. It's happening around the country also.

Tommy Neil That’s an Automatic. Thanks for watching 👍

Ashley Neal guessed that at the sound of it changing take it you do auto lessons only

Tommy Neil I switch between teaching the instructors and teaching learners in the Automatic 👍

If you don't have to then you shouldn't.

Definitely not.

£50 extra for the insurance is something I’ve never heard of. Have a look at this for the signalling kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9mKo5B139zGfHU.html

@@ashley_neal Thank you for getting back to me. I've just watched the video and left positive comment. Whilst I may not "always" agree with you regarding signals, in my view, that video is spot on. Thanks again.

Once sure you can safely leave (checking mirrors and looking over your left shoulder), you can set the car in motion. Signaling should be on from the moment you decide to leave until joining the lane you intend to use after leaving.

It is also illegal after lights on time in virtually all case....so YES most UK drivers park illegally overnight...and instead of tackling this we are teaching a whole generation to do the same....only in the UK - i dispair

If you are signalling when stationary, the cars coming towards you don't know if you are saying 'let me out' or 'I'm going when you have passed'. If you are going to go when they have passed, why tell them.

@@Grahamvfr So, if you're not supposed to tell them you going to go once they've passed and then there's a good gap and no-one would benefit then do you apply the signal at all? What about cars coming up from behind? I also don't get why it's a fail if the other driver sees your signal and chooses to stop out of courtesy. No-one is forcing them and it's upto them.

@@Bangandthedirtisgone I understand your point. Yes I do apply and teach to apply the signal because you 'are' actually going, even if it appears no one will benefit. If someone stops to let you out, no you won't fail, but that's fine if you intended to signal to ask to be let out. But why tell someone who's coming up behind you that your pulling out, if your not pulling out. I've witnessed learners on test put on a signal willy nilly, then a car has slowed, this now confuses the learner because they think "oh is he stopping for me" the stopping car thinks "well come on then pull out"... Then gets bored and speeds up again just as the learner decides to go and it gets sooooo messy. Hope that makes sense.

@@Grahamvfr So signal but cancel it if a car comes from either direction? I guess you'd tell someone who's coming up behind you you're wanting to pull out for the same reason you'd apply it pulling out from the left? just cos it's the way you're taught to do things? to let others know where you want to go?

@@Bangandthedirtisgone yes sort of, but you don't need to cancel signal for oncoming traffic, as they need to know your moving from a parked to a driving position. My technique is, as my hand releases the handbrake it moves up to the indicator to put it on, as I'm moving off. If you can picture that.