A step-by-step guide
This course contains step-by-step instructions for driving an automatic car. It has been designed to help you to get your driver’s licence. It has over 30 video lessons that contain in-car videos, drone footage, and animations. The course is not a replacement for practical driving lessons; it should be used alongside your practice to enhance your driving skills. Whether you are an entirely new beginner, simply want to improve your driving skills, or pass your manual driving test, this course is for you. If you would prefer to drive an automatic, please see our “Learning to Drive a Manual Car” course
What you’ll learn
- Learn to drive an automatic car with step-by step instructions.
- Controls Lesson: This lesson explains the basic controls of an automatic car and the safety checks that must be carried even out even before starting the engine.
- Moving off & Stopping: Learn how to move an automatic car from a stationary position, drive along the road in a straight line and stop safely.
- Approaching Junctions: Learn the routine for approaching a junction to turn left & right as well as dealing with T-junctions.
- Crossroads: This subject deals with various crossroads including controlled & uncontrolled. Off side & near side turning are explained.
- Roundabouts: Lane selection and observations at dealt with at various roundabouts including Mini roundabouts, Double roundabouts & Spiral roundabouts.
- Reverse Maneuvers: Step by step guide to safety carry out all required maneuvers including the parallel park, front and reverse bay park & stopping on the right.
- Dual Carriageways: How to join a dual carriageway from slip roads & side roads, driving along, change lanes and overtaking; all explained.
- Pedestrian Crossings: Identify, approach and deal with various types of pedestrian crossings including Pelican, Puffin, Toucan, Pegasus & informal crossings.
- Emergency Stop: Full instructions on carrying out the emergency stop exercise and and how it it conducted in the DVSA driving test.
- Planning & Anticipation: Learn how we can anticipate and plan for the actions of other drivers, cyclist, pedestrians and animals.
- Country Lanes: What is the speed limit & what speed should we drive at with the possibility of bends, potholes, surface water, pedestrians & farm machinery.
- Vehicle Safety Questions: Learn the 21 safet question that can be asked in the UK driving test.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- Controls Lesson –> 3 lectures • 15min.
- Moving Off & Stopping –> 1 lecture • 8min.
- Junctions –> 3 lectures • 45min.
- Roundabouts –> 7 lectures • 18min.
- Reverse Maneuvers –> 4 lectures • 45min.
- Dual Carriageways –> 4 lectures • 12min.
- Pedestrian Crossings –> 1 lecture • 11min.
- Meeting traffic & Adequate Clearance –> 2 lectures • 9min.
- The Emergency Stop –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Planning and Anticipation –> 1 lecture • 8min.
- Independent Drive –> 3 lectures • 17min.
- Country Lanes –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Vehicle Safety Questions (Show me, Tell me) –> 1 lecture • 11min.
Requirements
This course contains step-by-step instructions for driving an automatic car. It has been designed to help you to get your driver’s licence. It has over 30 video lessons that contain in-car videos, drone footage, and animations. The course is not a replacement for practical driving lessons; it should be used alongside your practice to enhance your driving skills. Whether you are an entirely new beginner, simply want to improve your driving skills, or pass your manual driving test, this course is for you. If you would prefer to drive an automatic, please see our “Learning to Drive a Manual Car” course
Many driving instructors spend a lot of time explaining the theory; the concept behind a particular subject before it is put into practice. For example, if you are doing roundabouts for the first time, the instructor will pull up on the side of the road and talk about roundabouts to ensure that you have the basic knowledge. Imagine the time and money that you would save if you studied the roundabout section of this course before your driving lesson. The course also makes a good revision guide. You can watch it over and over again.
NOTE: This course has been designed and filmed in the UK. However, the basic concept of learning to drive applies nationally. Nevertheless, you need to be aware that in the UK, we drive on the left-hand side of the road.