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MSPSL – Mirror, Signal, Position, Speed, Look

Published May 4, 2012 | By admin

Pupils learning to drive can use the MSPSL routine to deal with junctions and roundabouts.

Below is an extract from one of my ‘How-2-Drive’ handouts which can be downloaded from: http://www.how-2-drive.com/downloads.php

Also, you can watch a video clip of me, Howard Floyd demonstrating the use of MSPSL when approaching left and right hand junctions on:

http://www.how-2-drive.com/videos.php

MIRRORS

SIGNAL

MANOEUVRE

POSITION

SPEED

LOOK

When to use MSM

 check the speed & position of traffic behind

is a signal necessary? who will benefit?

is any change of speed or direction necessary?

your vehicle must always be in the correct position as you approach the hazard.

use brakes to slow for the junction, then select the correct gear

What can you see?  Who has priority?  Be prepared to stop

Is it safe to proceed, or should you wait?

Be prepared to stop, ready to go.

  • Always, use before:
  • Moving off
  • Signalling
  • Slowing down or stopping
  • Changing direction

-        turning left or right

-        overtaking parked or moving vehicles

-        changing lanes

-        Slowing down or stopping
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Pass Plus driver training

Published May 4, 2012 | By admin

Well done Billy on passing your Pass Plus driver training course today.

You can now drive safely on Motorways, Dual Carriage ways, rural and town road in a variety of conditions.

This will now lower your car insurance and significantly reduce your risk of a collision if you use the advanced driving techniques you learnt today.

For more info on Pass Plus driving courses, go to : http://www.how-2-drive.com/pass-plus-courses.php

or for general help and advice with driving go to : http://www.how-2-drive.com

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Eco Driving Tips

Published April 26, 2012 | By admin

With the cost of fuel set to hit 150p per litre, here are some tips to help you get the most miles out of your tank.

To book an Eco Driving lesson go to : http://www.how-2-drive.com/ or go to my downloads page for more driving tips.

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The car Reduce unnecessary weight – remove anything not required from the boot etc

Remove roof racks – this creates more drag

Tyre pressures – check regularly, every one or two weeks, more drag!

Wheel alignment – minimise drag and tyre wear

Oil – ensure you are topped up between the min / max levels

Windows – if open cause drag at high speed, so use Air Con and close windows!

Buy a car with good economy – look at hybrids, LPG, diesel , stop/start technology

Automatics – use more 10% more gas, so stick it in N at the lights and in jams
You

the driver

 Planning – look ahead, no point accelerating up to red lights, then braking hard!

Smoothness – flow with the traffic, leave ‘big’ space in traffic to keep you moving

Accelerate – no lead foot, be smooth, be progressive – save money

Route – know where you’re going, pick the best route and you won’t get lost!

Gears – use selective gear changes when slowing, and block up when accelerating

Engine off – turn it off at the lights, or in conjestion

Speed –        driving at 35mph in a 30 will save you fuel

driving at 60mph will save 10% less than if you drive at 70mph!!

driving at 70mph will save 25% less than if you drive at 80mph!!

Cruise control – use it on a run, it will stop any harsh acceleration
Other useful tips Reverse whilst the engine is warm, you’ll use more fuel when its cold

Winter – modern cars don’t need to be warmed up, so no need to leave the car idling in the morning, that way no one can nick it!

Shop around – know where to buy the cheapest fuel at www.petrolprices.com

Walk – do you really need to drive to the shop to buy a pint of milk or post a letter?
The TEST Drive a route in your usual style and measure MPG and Average speed

Now drive the same route putting into practice the above

My results for urban route

Before:         MPG 30.2 and Av Speed 14mph

After:            MPG 39.8 and Av Speed 18mph

Your results:
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Driving Test terminated

Published April 20, 2012 | By admin

Today, for the first time in my time as a driving instructor, one of my pupils had their driving test terminated by the examiner due to dangerous driving!

The pupil, who was not ready for his driving test decided to go ahead with it despite my concerns that he was not ready to drive un-supervised.

20 mins into the test, the examiner had to use the brakes to stop him going through a Pedestrian crossing on RED with a mother and her 3 children on the crossing!  He then said he was going to stop!  We then proceeded and at the next crossing, this time on green with no pedestrians in sight.  So what did he do?  He stopped suddenly (in a downpour) with a long tail of traffic behind.  The first 3 cars managed to stop, but the 4th vehicle, a motorcycle was not able to and crashed into the back of a car, causing serious damage to his bike.  Fortunately, he was ok.  We stopped, and made sure he was ok before the examiner decided he had seen enough.

The pupil has now been made aware he is not fit for test and more lessons are required.

Today I learnt a valuable lesson.

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Spring Driving Tips

Published April 20, 2012 | By admin

Now that winter is behind us, consider a Spring clean on your car!

1 Road Salt. Start by a good clean on the outside to remove all of that road salt or grit, as that will start to cause rust if left.  Make sure you get right into the wheel arches, where it will be hiding.

2 Tyres. If you use winter tyres, its time to change back to summer tyres as temperatures will now stay above 7 degrees.

3 De-clutter.  Get rid of any excess weight from the boot, as this may no longer be needed and it will reduce your fuel consumption.

for more tips, go to http://www.how-2-drive.com/

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Paragon Driving School – Website

Published April 9, 2012 | By admin

So the website is the most important thing to my business as it will create all the new income so getting it right and exactly how I want it is very important.  The landing pages for the majority of visitors to my site will be specific to their area as I’m guessing people are going to search for “driving lessons in area” or “driving schools in area”. thus I need to break my area down to accommodate a small enough area so as to get the meta tags for the search words that people are going to use. This fortunately works out to be one post code area containing two named locations within said post code, i.e. Putney, Roahampton within sw15. Some areas are larger and need to have two web pages and some post codes only have one named location worth using so two adjacent post codes were used on one web page.

So after some SEO on each of the intended landing pages and getting the rest of the site ready it was just down to getting the logo sorted, and that surprisingly took a lot of time. But I’ll tell you all about that and my SEO plans for the site another time.

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Paragon Driving School – the beginning

Published April 7, 2012 | By admin

I’ve been a driving instructor with RED for nearly a year now and have now decided to go it alone, at some point in the future anyway.  I plan on creating a website and getting it up the rankings before making the switch and I hope to write all about how it was done.

First of all I looked at my competitors websites to see how they worked, how they broke there covered area’s down and over how many web pages; how they linked there pages, keywords used, how they were trying to use seo and so on.

So I put all my ideas down and started to build by site.  Have a look and see what you think. I’d already built a site to get my own people rather than totally relying on RED to provide them, so I new a little of what I was doing before I started. It took me best part of 6 months to get that one how I wanted; so this one was a lot easier.

So from here on in it’s all about link building and getting up the rankings, thus I am writing here for my anchor keywords.  So here’s to the first of many updates of how my site progresses.

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DriveSafe SOM in Darlington

Published March 21, 2012 | By admin

Welcome to  we are here to help. If your looking for Driving Lessons Darlington, to pass the DSA practical test or simply improve your driving knowledge or skills in or around the Darlington area including Middlesbrough, Stockton, Northallerton and surrounding areas then you have come to the right place. We aim to provide a comfortable learning environment for all of our pupils when on there driving lessons with DriveSafeSOM and a professional friendly service.

We are using the latest 2012 Fiesta edge and offer driving lessons with a patient and knowledgable fully qualified driving instructor who will always encourage you and improve your driving skills, confidence and all round ability. If you have never driven before, have done a little driving, need to pass the test or simply need help improving dont hesitate to give me a call or contact me via the website I will get you on the road to being a confident skilled driver.

Drive Safe School of Motoring is based in Darlington and owned by Mr Paul Wade who holds the postition of Driving Instructor Darlington and has extensive driving experience over the whole of the north east, is a fully qualified instructor capable of producing strong skillful safe drivers. If its Driving Lessons Darlington or perhaps you want to expand your skills and Pass Plus Darlington is more suiting then again DriveSafeSOM is the right choice. A great service and a great price we can also take on clients from all of the surrounding areas to include Middlesbrough, Stockton, Northallerton.

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    New Driver Special Offer Thornton Cleveleys

    Published March 21, 2012 | By admin

    When you are ready to learn to drive and you’re looking for a Driving School look no further! Vantage-ADI Driving School Thornton Cleveleys is your only choice for Driving Tuition. And with a great offer to new drivers of your first 5 lessons for only £70, now is the time to start your driving experience, Call today on 07745 818829 or visit my site on www.vantageadi.co.uk

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