order skills of Vehicle Manoeuvring and Mastery of Traffic Situations. However this narrow approach fails to take into account a number of associated issues that should be considered when risk assessing a journey. These issues would be more associated with the two higher levels of GDE; Goals for Life and Skills for Living and Goals and Context of Driving.
Aim of scenario is to encourage the learner to identify and discuss the likely risks associated with a typical journey and list them against four broad headings:
Scenario
Phase 1 (In car) Duration 3-5 min max
As the scenario links to a number of other human factor scenario (fatigue, alcohol, drugs, etc.) the scenario is to be completed in a single phase.
The learner is encouraged to discuss the likely risks associated with the following journey.
You and three of your friends have been invited to go to a party about one and a half hours drive away from your home on a November evening. You are the driver and you all intend to return after the party. You will need to drive on a variety of types of roads. You have agreed to meet more friends first, in a bar, before following them to the party.
As the learner identifies the risks the instructor should ask the learner under which of the headings they would like to place the risk.
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Once the risks are identified and completed the instructor should discuss with the learner which one of the risks they would like to discuss next week, from the Personality/Journey related sections as the vehicle skills and road literacy are covered in their driving lessons. Over the coming weeks the list should be reviewed as each of the risks are discussed.