I think it's a good idea for learners to experience motorway driving with an instructor once a degree of competence has been reached of course.
I was very nervous on the motorway to begin with but now I love driving on the motorway. I know some that will avoid it altogether because they imagine it to be much worse than it is. I would have preferred to have got to grips with it with an instructor rather than my friends who just laughed at my sheer panic. Personally I feel safest driving on the motorway as opposed to minor roads.
That's true and it helped a little but unfortunately our dual carriageways aren't really comparable to motorways. They're very short, you don't really get the speeds you get on a motorway and you usually join and exit on roundabouts so I had no experience of joining using a slip road at speed. Incidentally my biggest bug bear is people tootling on the slip road which seems to be very common around here.
I was very nervous on the motorway to begin with but now I love driving on the motorway. I know some that will avoid it altogether because they imagine it to be much worse than it is. I would have preferred to have got to grips with it with an instructor rather than my friends who just laughed at my sheer panic. Personally I feel safest driving on the motorway as opposed to minor roads.
Originally Posted by Shrike:
“I don't see the need for learners on motorways. One of the last lessons I had was to go on a busy dual carriageway - same speeds as a motorway so a good practice. I do wonder why so many people have this fear of motorways, did they never practice on the dual carriageway?”
“I don't see the need for learners on motorways. One of the last lessons I had was to go on a busy dual carriageway - same speeds as a motorway so a good practice. I do wonder why so many people have this fear of motorways, did they never practice on the dual carriageway?”
That's true and it helped a little but unfortunately our dual carriageways aren't really comparable to motorways. They're very short, you don't really get the speeds you get on a motorway and you usually join and exit on roundabouts so I had no experience of joining using a slip road at speed. Incidentally my biggest bug bear is people tootling on the slip road which seems to be very common around here.




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like the existence of a 'fast lane' for example.
How many drivers would you guess use winter tyres here (non-studded)? As far as I know it's not mandatory and you're perfectly allowed to skid along in your summer tyres year-round.