OK we all have them!! It helps you remember
For checking the mirrors remember to look out for BOB and TOM
Left mirror BOB - boy on bike
Right mirror TOM - twit (or worse) on motorbike
a daft we thing - but remember it and you may just save a life
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Apply online for your provisonal license
You can now apply online here for your provisional driving license
Sunday, 20 September 2009
The 'sorry button'
I was taking a pupil through the 'show me, tell me' questions the other day and I asked if she knew another way to put the indicators on to check they were working.
She told me 'you could use the sorry button'
'The sorry button?' says I
'Oh yes, I was out with my friend on the motorway the other day, I was watching her drive and I noticed she pressed that button lots, I asked her what it was and she told me it was for when you had done something dum and wanted to say sorry to the other drivers.
She was pressing it a LOT!'
She told me 'you could use the sorry button'
'The sorry button?' says I
'Oh yes, I was out with my friend on the motorway the other day, I was watching her drive and I noticed she pressed that button lots, I asked her what it was and she told me it was for when you had done something dum and wanted to say sorry to the other drivers.
She was pressing it a LOT!'
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
MotoskooL's latest newspaper article
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(conditions apply)
This unique offer will get you of to the right start in learning to drive; give Pam, Bill or Raymond a call or check out our website for more details of our offer. Our contact details are in the advert on this page.
Our Instructors have a wealth of experience and ask you to do your homework before deciding on who you should train with.
At motoskooL we are committed to improving driver safety in the West of Scotland. If you have any questions or concerns about learning to drive please give one of our instructors a call for free advice – we are here to help even if you already have a Driving Instructor.
Please keep an eye out for our monthly driving features in this paper, and if there is any aspect of learning to drive you would like covered please contact motoskooL
Tips on choosing your instructor
• Use a local instructor, this should save you money. They don’t have high advertising costs which reflect on lesson prices. (Guess who’s paying for the adverts with the national driving schools “YOU”)
• Your instructor should be on time, patient and friendly.
• You should be encouraged to pass your theory A.S.A.P.
• You should if you can have 2 x 1 hour lessons per week which will help reduce the time in learning to drive.
• Always ask the length of time of the lesson (not all instructors offer 1 hour)
• Most of all you should enjoy your lesson.
4 Lessons for £20 from motoskool.net
(conditions apply)
This unique offer will get you of to the right start in learning to drive; give Pam, Bill or Raymond a call or check out our website for more details of our offer. Our contact details are in the advert on this page.
Our Instructors have a wealth of experience and ask you to do your homework before deciding on who you should train with.
At motoskooL we are committed to improving driver safety in the West of Scotland. If you have any questions or concerns about learning to drive please give one of our instructors a call for free advice – we are here to help even if you already have a Driving Instructor.
Please keep an eye out for our monthly driving features in this paper, and if there is any aspect of learning to drive you would like covered please contact motoskooL
Tips on choosing your instructor
• Use a local instructor, this should save you money. They don’t have high advertising costs which reflect on lesson prices. (Guess who’s paying for the adverts with the national driving schools “YOU”)
• Your instructor should be on time, patient and friendly.
• You should be encouraged to pass your theory A.S.A.P.
• You should if you can have 2 x 1 hour lessons per week which will help reduce the time in learning to drive.
• Always ask the length of time of the lesson (not all instructors offer 1 hour)
• Most of all you should enjoy your lesson.
Monday, 18 May 2009
Motoskool in Paisley
Here is the team in their motoskooL sponsered kit.
motoskooL has also agreed to write a monthly driver eduacation feature for the Paisely daily Express and the Renfrewshire World so please keep an eye out for us there and if there is any advice you would like covered in a feature then please let us know
Friday, 15 May 2009
The POM routine
There are lots of acronyms in learning to drive, they are supposed to make it easier to remember what you are doing.
We have already covered MSM - Mirror, Signal, Maneuver
another important one is the POM routine.
You need to do this every time the car pulls away.
Prepare
You usually prepare the car by selecting first gear, setting the gas and finding the bite point. On hills there are different ways you can do this - but we will cover that later.
Then the tricky bit - hold your feet still
Observe
Good all round observations are needed here starting from the left looking out all windows and mirrors and finishing up looking out the blind spot just before you move.
At this point you can consider if a signal is needed, in most situations it isnt.
Move
The easy bit (although it can sound scary) Just release the hand break and the car may already start moving slowly (depends on how high on the bite point the clutch is) Then slowly raise the clutch all the way off, giving more gas if the car needs it (you will hear the change in the engine noise if the car needs gas)
Thats you driving.
As you become more experienced P and O merge together as you are preparing the car as you are observing - just remember not to Move until you have Observed that it is safe to go.
We have already covered MSM - Mirror, Signal, Maneuver
another important one is the POM routine.
You need to do this every time the car pulls away.
Prepare
You usually prepare the car by selecting first gear, setting the gas and finding the bite point. On hills there are different ways you can do this - but we will cover that later.
Then the tricky bit - hold your feet still
Observe
Good all round observations are needed here starting from the left looking out all windows and mirrors and finishing up looking out the blind spot just before you move.
At this point you can consider if a signal is needed, in most situations it isnt.
Move
The easy bit (although it can sound scary) Just release the hand break and the car may already start moving slowly (depends on how high on the bite point the clutch is) Then slowly raise the clutch all the way off, giving more gas if the car needs it (you will hear the change in the engine noise if the car needs gas)
Thats you driving.
As you become more experienced P and O merge together as you are preparing the car as you are observing - just remember not to Move until you have Observed that it is safe to go.
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