route planning. The scenario should have strong focus on navigation and the need for regular breaks. Wider ‘Human Factor’ issues are explored more fully in the Risk Assessing a Journey and Human Factor scenarios.
Scenario
Phase 1 (in car) Duration 3-5 min max
The scenario should start with the instructor asking the learner if they can identify a long journey they may be considering undertaking. If this cannot be established the instructor could provide them with a fictional journey. This journey should be of about 3 hours in duration. Once this is established the instructor should ask the pupil to list all the issues they may need to consider when planning the journey. The instructor should look to draw out the following areas; navigation, time of day, congestion, road works, sources of information, breaks and fuel stops, etc. Once these have been identified and briefly discussed the instructor should then set the next element of the scenario.
Phase 2 (Self-learning)
In this phase the instructor should ask the learner to consider three options for route planning a journey. The learner is then to consider the positives and negatives for each option.
Phase 3 (In car) Duration 3-5 min max
In this final phase the learner is asked to identify their preferred method of navigation. The instructor should then encourage the learner to identify how the negative issues associated with this form of navigation could be addressed.
Risk-Assessing a Journey
Support material workbook 3.1
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Summary
In the UK the concept of journey planning has tended to focus on what would be seen within the Goals for Driver Education (GDE) as the lower