Today we're going to be talking about vehicle management last but not the least out of the
seven criteria points when you're doing your driving assessment so under vehicle management
there are a fair few aspects that you've got to understand and obviously you've got to implement
when you're doing a driving assessment now firstly when you sit behind the wheel you've got to be
seated properly so how do we put our body in the position so we can reach all the controls without
having any major troubles reaching them you've got to be able to reach all the controls properly but
also you you make sure your wrists can reach the top of the steering wheel so if i'm a little bit
further i might bring the seat a little bit more forward so this is just a guide we had an argument
not long ago with somebody who was claiming that you know you've got to explain that you know
you've got to reach the controls but you know not all the people have the same length of their arms
and legs you know so you've got to understand that the best position for any driver to reach all the
controls all the switches and everything that's necessary if your wrists can roughly reach the
top of the steering wheel without leaning forward okay so that's about right there
okay you've got to make sure that your both hands are on the steering wheel on the outside of the
rim at about ten to two position on the o'clock you're not allowed to steer from the inside
so i never understood personally how somebody can find that easier because it's not it's far more
difficult so when you're driving as well you've got to make sure that everything's in the proper
sort of order you know when you're doing things and you know obviously
a lot of things will come under vehicle management how you operate your switches and everything else
how are you steering so you can't palm your steering wheel either so when you're steering
you've got to steer with both hands unless you're operating any of the switches such as indicator
switch or you know window wiper or similar so when you're steering you don't have to push pull
like in that sort of motion but make making sure that every you know that you have your
hands on the steering wheel at least one at the time okay so when you're steering
when you're cruising you've got to make sure that you have them both
on the steering wheel the best position is to have your thumbs on the rim and to release the pressure
in your elbows a lot of times people don't understand that you know they've got to make sure
that the elbows must be loosened up so you know that's one of the aspects that a lot of people do
wrong because if you do that you will definitely 100 percent be marked for your vehicle management
because you cannot steer properly like that because you'd be too firm and also if you have
your hands down the bottom of the steering wheel because then your ability to steer adequately
will be impaired one more thing that you've got to understand when you're driving a motor vehicle you
shouldn't have any loose objects particularly on the dashboard but also in the in the back seat or
anywhere in the car because if that loose object can get your attention while you're driving and if
you try to reach to you know to save something from crashing if you reach for something to to
grab it it's obviously going to impact your driving and your steering and obviously
keeping an eye on the road so make sure when you sit in a car with the examiner you don't
put your log book or whatever you might have your keys or you know phone whatever it might be
on the dashboard so nothing can be loose on the dashboard it's as simple as that it is a driver's
responsibility to make sure that everyone's wearing seat belts in saying that when you're in
the driving assessment the examiner will not trick you and they shouldn't do that by not putting the
seat belt on and try to get you to intercept what's what's wrong so you know they do not
do that make sure that your doors are closed you know and and that the handbrake is uh
completely released when you you know when you take off so if any of the dashboard lights any of
the warning lights are on whether they that orange or red lights you've got to attend it okay so
you've got to understand if your door is partially open that your door light will definitely
show that it's open or if your handbrake is up or even if it's just partially on it wouldn't
necessarily be catching and breaking but it would carry the same amount of points they will not fail
you immediately but they will definitely give you at least about 30 seconds to address it
if you fail to do that they may terminate your driving assessment vehicle management
is mainly common sense for example if it starts to rain you are expected to switch on the wipers
or if if it's you know dusk and you know obviously you should put the headlights on the regulation
in the metropolitan area is when the street lights come on you should turn your headlights on as well
but you can you can tell by other drivers and you can tell by the visibility it's not only because
you don't see a lot of people think you've got to put the headlights on because your visibility
is not as as as it was like half an hour ago no it's because of other drivers
any vehicle is easier to intercept by other road users if you have your
headlights on so steering and gearing is important so you know when you're turning
make sure that you don't palm steering wheel what i mean by palming palming would be this so you're
not supposed to do that when you're changing gears don't have your hand constantly on the gear knob
so have your hands on the steering wheel unless you're changing gears so you know only when you
change a lot of times examiners mark people who haven't had any professional lessons for leaning
on the gear knob and keeping the hand all the time on the gear knob it is not necessary okay so
have your hands on the steering wheel while you're driving make sure that you do it only when you're
changing gears and simply just try to make sure that you continue doing that until your driving test
finishes try not to relax too much if the examiner seems to be friendly and they're talking to you
chatting to you still you've got to complete everything properly because they've got to mark
you for the points that you are obviously scoring in order to pass your driving test so we hope that
this video was helpful and it will prevent a lot of people failing from you know doing some
what we call little things but they are just as important as any other points that you need to
score in the driving assessment so thank you for watching and we will see you in the next video