Motorways
Bristol is ideally situated for this module with 3 motorways all within touching distance of one another. The junctions on and off are all different offering a good insight in what to expect when joining and leaving in other parts of the country.
Joining/Leaving
- Slip road practice - Joining coming up and going down onto motorway at speed
- Assessing traffic - emerging and entering safely
- Reading signs and using advance one mile marker to exit
Forward planning & observation
- Reactions to other road users who are joining and leaving
- Lane discipline
- safe lane changing
- Seperation distance from car infront
- Reactions to signs and markings
- Awareness and reaction
- Judgement of faster and slower moving traffic
Overtaking
- When safe
- When necessary
- Overtaking (MPSLMSM)
- Effective observation of other road users in other lanes
- Crawler lanes and slow moving traffic
- High sided vehicles and wind/turbulence effect
Breakdowns & safety procedure
- Planning a journey
- Fatigue - adequate ventilation and use of services
- Use of hard shoulder and the dangers
- Dealing with other occupants
- Dealing with animals
- Emergency telephone
