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| Passing your
driving test is an excellent achievement, it's the important first step towards
becoming a safe driver for life. Here's what you do next. |
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| Passing your
driving test is an excellent achievement, it's the important first step towards
becoming a safe driver for life. Here's what you do next. |
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Passing your test is a wonderful feeling, well done! A few words of thanks to your instructor would not go amiss... But before you rush out on your own to celebrate with your friends, just consider the following:Your extreme happiness can affect your driving - let yourself calm right down before you drive again. |
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| <<< YOU ARE NOW A HIGH-RISK DRIVER ? >>> |
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Your instructor will probably have some words of advice as well as praise, after you pass. Listen carefully as you are now a high-risk driver: DRIVERS AGED 17 -25 REPRESENT 16% OF FULL LICENCE HOLDERS, YET ARE INVOLVED IN 28% OF CRASHES, AND ACCOUNT FOR 52% OF DEATHS ON THE ROAD! |
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| <<< ADVICE FOR FIRST TIME DRIVERS >>> |
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To avoid becoming one of these statistics, treat every drive you make as a learning experience. We recommend you buy a set of green "L" or "P" plates for your car, so that other road users realise you are an inexperienced driver.Try to maintain and develop the high standards you adopted as a Learner driver. |
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| When you make a mistake, ask yourself what you need to do differently to avoid repeating it. Observe carefully how other drivers deal with different situations, then adopt the ideas that work and reject the ones that don't. | ||
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| <<< FURTHER TRAINING >>> |
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We strongly advise you to make use of the Pass Plus scheme for newly-qualified drivers, or at least to take Motorway lessons. We also encourage you to work towards taking an Advanced Driving Test - best attempted after you have gained a good deal of general driving experience. |
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