Welcome to
Pinnacle Driving School
Cork City
 

What to Do

• Always drive closer to the edge of the road, on the left, rather than the centre of the road,
  (without danger or inconvenience).
   
• Give clearance of approximately door's width ONLY to parked cars (or other obstructions) when passing them.
   
• Always look (i.e. a quick glance) in the mirrors at regular intervals (e.g. every 12-15 seconds) when travelling along the road.
   
• Always keep within 45 Centimeter's (or 1.5 feet) of the kerb or edge of the road when pulling in to stop at the side of the road to do a turnabout, hill start and the reverse around a corner. Be within 45 Centimeter's of the kerb and parallel to the Kerb when finished the reversing around the corner also.
   
• When pulling off from a the hill start, at the start of the turnabout (1st point only) and after reversing around a corner always remember to check your mirrors, signal and look over your right shoulder (to check your blind spot) before taking off from the side of the road.
   
• Give right of way to pedestrians waiting to cross at pedestrian crossings, zebra crossings or if they have started to cross at a junction one is turning into.
   
• For any left / right turn on the road always look (i.e. a quick glance) your mirrors (M), signal (S) and take up your position (P) if safe to do so in good time, i.e. MSP. For left turns stay as close as possible to the kerb. Do not swing wide. For right turns go to the centre of the road/junction before turning the steering wheel.
   
• Be travelling in second gear, off the clutch, coming up to a roundabout or left / right turn. If one has to stop 1st gear should be chosen until it is safe to go.
   
• One can stop the car in either second or third gear at a red traffic light, at a stop sign or on the side of the road. Second gear is ideal. In an emergency just STOP in any gear!!!
  • For a stop sign, stop and put the car into 1st gear - ready to go when safe
  • For a red traffic light the handbrake should be on until the green light comes on. Then take off in first gear. (Leave the car in first gear at a red light if one is near the front of the queue, otherwise put gears into neutral, N).
    
     
• On the test route one is required to demonstrate hand signals in the car for going left, right and straight ahead to a pointsman (e.g. a garda) and to following traffic. Also one will be required to reverse around a corner, do a turnabout on the road and a hill start.
   
• Never beckon anyone on during the test. It is not a safe thing to do
   
• If you are clearly beckoned on by someone else, you should go only if it is safe for you to go. In other words look before you leap.

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