Journey Context/Peer Pressure
Support material workbook 2.4
The learning objective of the scenario is for the learner to understand how context and journey goals impact on driving performance.
In particular the instructor should look to include the role that peer pressure has on driving performance.
Summary
The Goals for Driver Education (GDE) identify the need to develop a drivers knowledge and understanding relating to the context and goals for the journey. Against that background it is interesting to consider the goals of a learner driver when under tuition. *Edwards and Curle (2008) indicate that the types of faults seen in driving instructors would be limited by the context in which the driving lessons take place – an educational context. The context is unlikely to include the types of distractions or pressures the driver would normally encounter when completing a ‘real life’ journey. The goals when under tuition are likely to be significantly different To those a driver may normally have when completing and real journey. The goals whilst under instruction is likely to be associated with driving well, and in