In this driving lesson video, I'm going to give you five tips to help you move off properly and efficiently
from the side of the road and from a parking bay
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So tip number one is about remembering this rule here, which is called the 1,2,3 rule
One because you've got one gear stick
two because you've two indicators and three because you've got three mirrors and a blind spot when moving off
So as I was saying 1,2,3 is nice and easy to remember one because you've got one gear stick
Two because you got two indicators and three because you've got three mirrors
and a blind spot, and then I get the bite and go
and that's how we move off from the side of the road.
Tip number two is
to make sure that you get a proper blind spot, and I'll show you what I mean by that right now
Now when I say a proper blind spot, I do not mean doing this
that was just a sideway glance to the right
I'll probably see the footpath and the grass and the wall over there
But what I will not see is what you're about to see now when the camera pans to the right
I will not see that silver car there unless I get a proper blind spot
and it's a silver car there
but it could be a child or a pedestrian or a cyclist on another day
So as I'm moving off the most important step is this that I check all three mirrors
middle one the right one and a
proper blind spot like that so my shoulder here is coming over like that and I have a great view of the car and
everything around the car, so you must get a proper blind spot to increase your observation when moving off.
Tip number three is about getting a bite to assist you when moving off, here's what I mean
another very useful tip moving off is that you should get a bite while doing so
the bite will help avoid rollback
but even if it's not a hill it will actually make you move off a little bit quicker and a little bit more efficiently
so I've covered the bite before in Hill starts and in other videos
So it's basically this- you do into first gear as part of your moving off
you'll be getting a little bit of juice a little bit of acceleration up, and then you bring the clutch up
quick but not too quick until you feel the car connecting and you'll feel a slight rise, it's like a lift on the front of
the car and you'll probably hear the noise going down as well, so here it is now
There. I'll just relax it I'll get it again so a little bit of juice, bring clutch up now
There so if you can hear the noise has gone down and you've probably seen the rise in the car there now
I'm just going to bring it back and go to neutral, so that bite is a great and
important step moving off because it helps the car move off quicker
and it ensures you won't roll back and it leads to a smoother better take off in general.
Tip number 4 is about getting some extra mirror checks as you begin to pull away from the side of the road, here's what I'm talking about now.
So the next tip then about moving off is the importance of checking the mirrors even
after you've checked your blind spot, and as you're in your first
two to three seconds of pulling off
So as you're pulling off you should still keep an eye on the right side mirror as you
pull away just in case something has happened behind you like a cyclist has come or a
car has suddenly come from around the blind bend behind you or whatever
I'll show you what I mean now
and I'll do the one two three and you'll see me doing the extra mirror checks, so one is first gear
Two is indicator, three is all three mirrors
proper blind spot
get the bite then & go and now I'm just keeping an eye on my side mirror here & the middle mirror as well
side mirror again, so I'm just double checking there as I pulled away that everything was okay
and that nothing unexpected had come from behind me as I was pulling off
Tip number five is about moving off from a parking space within a bay where you could have open space
on both sides
So this is me earlier on today moving off from such a space.
In this situation I'm parked in a bay so I'm not parked beside a kerb on the left-hand side so whenever you're moving off from bay parking
like from a car park in a supermarket or whatever
It's important to give a full 360-degree look around to check for everything because there's open space on all sides here.
So I'll do it now, I'll go into first gear
I'll actually indicate left because I'm planning on going left anyway
now I'll give a full look around like this, out the back window, sides, out the front
over the blind spot as well
and again on the way back, and I've done a full 360-degree look around there
and out I go then, just make sure there's no traffic coming here
And that's what I would do there, so because there was open space on all sides there, I was anxious there to give a full
360-degree look around just in case anybody was coming up
from behind my right shoulder or left shoulder or from directly behind the car
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