PST No.5 Exercises 6P and 8T
After the word picture from the SE or Supervising Examiner, you will go straight into the recap. Don’t forget this is now your time to take control and watch everything the SE is doing, especially when they go to move off, a prime time to throw a fault your way. Make certain they have done their Cock Pit Drill.
So the first part of the briefing will be on mirrors, then you will drive somewhere to do the Emergency Stop briefing, confusing for some but if you are on the ball and take control of the SE you can manage this easily.
This level of student will have covered these areas before, so you don’t need to teach just, remind them of hopefully what they already know.
For this PST, the relevant areas are
- briefing on emergency stop/mirrors
- quick reactions
- use of foot brake/clutch
- skidding
- mirrors, vision and use
- mirrors, direction, overtaking and stopping
- the effect of tiredness ie quick reactions
- mirror, signal, manoeuvre
Remember go through the briefing as a check list, and miss nothing out, and prove you are a professional driving instructor.
SE faults that may be thrown at you
- poor use of the mirrors, remember MSPSL
- failing to check door mirrors before turning, overtaking or changing direction
- adjusting mirrors incorrectly
- bad co-ordination of the foot pedals for the emergency stop
- failing to react quickly enough
- failing to press the brake pedal progressively enough
- taking the hands off the wheel before coming to a stop
- applying the parking brake before the car comes to a stop
- pushing the clutch too quickly / too slowly
- failing to check blind spots before moving off after the manoeuvre
The above faults may be used, as well as many others which you may never have seen before and probably never will see used by a learner driver, so be prepared. Use the following fault analysis check list.
Fault Analysis
- Identify Fault- Say It
- What or Where Should?
- Why Should?
- When to Do/How To Do/How To Judge
- So Next Time?
- Prompt or Guide Next Attempt
- Praise When Done/Be Specific
Don’t forget your structure for the briefing
- Recap
- Lesson Objective
- Lesson Briefing
- Debrief
Make sure you cover all the main points and keep to the structure, don’t miss anything out, if you do cover it in the Debrief at the end, this is your last remaining chance. Remember Good Bad Good, always finish on a good note.
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