Out of town & rural roads
Rural hazards - bends & lanes
- Reading the road surface
- Passing places
- Soft verges/kerbs
- Differences between towns and rural roads
- Dealing with bends
- Speed and position of other vehicles
- Dead ground
- Gradient and their effects
- Loads and weight distribution
- Effects on vehicle performances
- The horn and its effective use
Overtaking & progress
- MPSLMSM - overtaking correctly
- Passing slow moving traffic
- Where, when and why to make safe progress
- Increased potential for overtaking manoeuvres
- Safe distance following
Observations - Middle & far distances
- Pedestrains with and without footpaths
- Animals
- Horses and riders - when and how to pass, riders' hand signals, slow moving horse box, approach speed
- Slow moving vehicles
- Tractors
- Mud on road
- Concealed entrances
- Hazard perception
