If you are training to be a driving instructor or you are already a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor, helping your client to control their speed can be challenging.
When your learner driver is trying desperately on their lessons to obey the speed limits or you are constantly telling them about their speed and appropriate speed.
The question is do you really believe they will try that hard when they have passed their driving tests?
How can you influence them? Is your training and even your trainer helping you to deal with these potential speeding problems or is the training being delivered, all about passing that driving test? Remember we are training people to drive in a post test environment.
Coaching and Client Centred Learning helps the learner share their thoughts and opinions in a non-judgemental environmental. We know that somewhere in the region of 85% of drivers will and do break the speed limit.
Drivers will risk fines and new drivers risk losing their license if they get 6 points and yet there seems to be a social tolerance to speeding.
There is quite often a tolerance built into speed cameras but not all. There is an article that you can have a look at here on confused.com that suggests speed cameras cause confusion in many drivers.
Teaching people to drive is just not about training the skills of moving the cars. It is also helping your learners to deal with their thoughts and feelings and where they come from.when driving. Learning to manage yourself when driving is a challenge, we get distracted! Imagine what is happening to the learner.
Discussing how they really think and feel is essential in producing safe driving for life. There is a website that is promoted by the DVSA, called ‘safe driving for life’ which has useful articles that may help you and give you valuable information.
I found this post about inappropriate speed and how to avoid it. Follow this link to find out more: I hope this latest blog gives you food for thought.
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