Driving Instructors Branch of Unite the Union Special Edition | Page 46

Time Pressures

Support material workbook 3.6

•To understand how ‘time related’ journeys could impact on driving performance.

•To increase the learners awareness as to what factors affect the decision making process when considering the following traffic events; overtaking, traffic lights and railway crossings.

•To understand and demonstrate coping strategies involved with this journey.

Summary

During their driving lessons, it is unlikely that a learner would experienced any time related pressures as their driving instructor would control the duration of the lesson from start to finish. In the real life journey, a driver is likely to be restricted by time constraints when driving from A to B. As such, one of the key goals for an instructor is to encourage the learner to consider their driving not only in the current training context, but when