Driving Instructor tv Video Blog: Recent Episodes
Blaine Walsh
Helping driving instructors (ADI's) and people wanting to become driving instructors (PDI's) get more from their profession.
Blaine interviews Evan Morris an ADI whos company does track motorsport training as well as fleet.
Blaine talks to Marc Ford about the Fresh Start conference coming up on 8th and 9th of February.
60% of fatal accidents happen on country roads. What can we do as driving instructors to help our students. Here Blaine has a few ideas.
There seem to have been many TV programs featuring bad drivers and more are planned. What do you think of them? Are they all missing a trick here?
As an instructor your pupil’s will ultimately be taking a test. Regardless of whether this is a learner test or a Part 3 are you sure you know exactly what the Examiner thinks is important?
Why be a lonely driving instructor. Blaine talks about how networking can help you in many ways from going for a coffee to helping each other with mock tests.
Some useful tips about how to carry out different types of mock tests that can be an integral part of your pupils’ learning
A few points mentioned in Driving the Essential Skills and what we are teaching pupils about separation distance if cars are close behind us etc when driving in fog or any other time
You work hard to get new students, so its really important that you retain them. So professionalism, level of instruction and more is really important.
Blaine talks about how we can measure success. This isn't just our pass rate rate but other factors that might be more relevant such as retention, income or even the amount of referrals you receive.
In car cameras and now becoming more and more popular with driving professionals and now driving instructors are starting to use them. But what are the benefits and do they really help?
Checking mirrors or checking blind spots are things that learners are taught, but do they really know why they need to do it? Do they look but not see. This blog post is about asking thought provoking questions
introducing tips for teaching manoeuvres to your pupils, when to starting to teaching them and what to teach.
Blaine talks about teaching our pupils how to reverse into a parking bay, but ensuring we get their speed and steering consistent before introducing reference points
This week on the blog we are looking at the turn in the road exercise. Its straight forward, but the main thing that I do is to not let them take the turns off whilst moving.
In this video blog Blaines talks about manoeuvres and looking at reverse parking or parallel parking behind a car in the street.
Want some tips on how to teach reversing round a corner? Blaine talks about how he does it and some good tips.
There seem to have been many TV programs featuring bad drivers and more are planned. What do you think of them? Are they all missing a trick here?
Blaine talks about Test Day preparation and everything from checking the licence before you head to the test centre, Show Me Tell Me and more.
Find out why ADIs are getting marked down for on the DVSA Standards Check in the risk management section. Blaine has been sitting in on a number of tests recently, so find out more
As an ADI you probably do mock tests with your students before their driving test, so why not have one before your DVSA Standards Check test with a trainer like Blaine Walsh or other
Blaine talks about the Standards Check and if all instructors do not adopt a coaching style for their Standards Check will it effect their grade?
Ideas on what to teach learners ready for when they pass their test. Such as what to do when you breakdown, strategy if they dont feel safe in a friends car and more from Blaine.
Learners are not allowed on motorways, however it is an important subject and you can still teach it. Find out more from this video blog from Blaine Walsh
Blaine talks about teaching the two second rule and how to teach this to your pupils, so they are not just considering their own distance but all around them
Find out about being prepared for the DVSA Standards Check, the rumours from driving instructors and the confusion in the industry. Blaine explains more.