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Building on your learner's stage two skills
Recap of stage two goals
Building on your learner's stage two skills
In stage two, your learner gained experience driving on quiet, low-speed roads with other road users in a range of new situations and environments.
In stage three, they’re going to apply the skills they’ve been developing in stages one and two to more complex situations, such as main roads, busy traffic and difficult conditions.
They’ll spend a lot of time in this stage and it will feel more challenging than stages one and two.
The key thing is to always go on drives that match their experience level, so they drive in low-risk through to more challenging situations over time.
As you progress, new driving situations will gradually become harder to help your develop safe driving behaviours.
Always talk with your learner about how they’re going, so they only move on to new tasks when they’re ready.
Recap of stage two goals
Before you start stage three, you and your learner should agree they're able to do these tasks safely:
- Move from and stop at the kerb.
- Use mirrors and do head checks.
- Check for hazards when moving off.
- Drive on straight, quiet and low-speed roads.
- Drive around curves on quiet, low-speed roads.
- Turn left at intersections.
- Use roundabouts on quiet, low-speed roads.
- Slow down coming up to intersections.
- Travel through quiet intersections.
- Turn right at quiet intersections.
- Keep to the speed limit or at safe speeds for the conditions.
- Leave a safe space at the kerb and between your car and other cars.
- Start and stop on hills.
- Do a three-point turn and parallel park.
- Reverse out of a driveway or out of a parking spot.
- Know how to see and act to hazards on quiet streets.
- Obey traffic lights and give way and stop signs.
Review stage two goals before you start stage three.