Driving Lessons in snow

Last week the weather conditions gave me a chance of giving a few learner drivers some driving lessons in snow and icy conditions for the very first time of their lives.

You might be asking if it is a good idea to take provisional licence holders out in such conditions, and the answer is yes because this might be the only time that they would be able to learn how to deal with both the weather conditions and other road user who might be driving dangerously as I was able to prove to one learner driver from an experience instructor.



We exprienced a driver going too fast for the conditions, braking and swerving into parked cars. We also saw a black cab taxi driver reversing into a main road, and had we been speeding, we would have crashed into it despite us using the horn to try and stop it from doing the reversing maneuver which is also illegal.

This is also the time when a learner driver can pt into practice some of the theory test knowledge about stopping distances and avoid being in an accident from being unsafe on black ice.

Sadly the bad weather meant a lot of driving test cancellations for many who had appointments over the weekend, as the DSA takes the safety of it's examiners very seriously, and would not allow them to conduct practical assessments if the conditions were not perfect. I'm hoping that conditions start to improve, as snow is not good news for our business.