The Ancillary Controls These help in driver comfort and the driving task. The driver’s seat...
The Story of The Car Part 9: The Ancillary Controls
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The Story of The Car Part 8: Signals and Lights
Signals and Lights. If glass and mirrors are for taking information, signals and lights are for...
The Story of The Car Part 7: Mirrors
The mirrors along with the car's windows are for the taking of information. You need to know what...
The Story of The Car: Part 6 Steering System and Method
Is the directional control of your vehicle. The wheel is always set to the side of the vehicle...
The Story of The Car Part 5: The Clutch and Gears
The Clutch and Gears. Torque is the power in an engine and horsepower is the speed in the engine....
The Story of The Car Part 4: Braking
The Braking. Most vehicles will have 2 types of braking systems. The Hand brake. This is sometimes...
The Story of the Car Part 3: Accelerating
The Accelerator The accelerator controls the supply of fuel to the engine and hence the speed or...
The Story of Your Car: Part 2
Anatomy of your car A view of your vehicle is that of 3 boxes sprung on 4 wheels for maximum...
The Story of Your Car: Part 1
Vehicle Development. The modern vehicle is a miracle of evolution. From horse and cart to the...
Overseas Pupils
The language: A driving test candidate must have enough English for safe driving. In effect this...
Show Me Tell Me Questions: The Engine
Your practical driving test isn’t just about the physical act of driving. Before you even get in...
The Story of The Driving Test
So what is a driving test? It is a test of driving competence, judged on what the examiner sees at...
The Story of The Road
We’ve talked about how we and our bodies shaped driving but what about how we came to have the...
The Story of How Our Bodies Shaped Driving
We are all a bit different from each other and the modern car will allow for that. What the car...
Driverless cars: The future of driving
Artificial Intelligence Conference at The University of Portsmouth Thursday 13th June 2019 was the...
Driverless Cars: The Driver
What about driving in a driverless car? If you remember, last month we spoke about the different...
Assessment criteria: Anticipation and planning
Assessment criteria: Anticipation and planning Expected outcome / competence Display an awareness...
Driverless Cars: Legality and Insurance
Driverless cars are frequently referred to as CAV, meaning Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and...
First learner on the motorway
Lots of drivers don’t even think about going on a motorway however, in a survey of 1,000 drivers...
Gear Changing
Any gear changing is smooth and balanced. This will be how you use the clutch, gas and gear stick....