Kapiti Driving School
Kapiti Driving School presents Street Talk Defensive Driving Courses
Courses run in Paraparaumu and Otaki quarterly (approximately 3 monthly)
Where to meet? –
- classroom sessions at Kapiti Old Mill, 7 Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu
- classroom sessions at Otaki College, Mill Road, Otaki
- On-road assessment and coaching drive starts at VTNZ, 39 Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu. Driving tests begin and end here.
Support – You are welcome to bring a support person, especially your mentor driver – the person who will be with you on your practice drives.
It’s the details that count –
- Before you drive : adjust your mirrors and seat, clean windscreen
- Complete Observation Routine before every move – mirror / signal / check check (wing mirror and front door window)
- Use your mirrors and turning your head to check your blind-spots
- Smooth braking and stopping – Give Way rules / braking before corners
- Intersections – traffic lights, no lights, dual lane, single lane, Give Way, Stop
- Hill starts – using your parking brake (‘handbrake’) to prevent ‘rolling back’
- Angle parking – getting parallel to lane markings and other vehicles
- Three Point Turn – learning to turn while your wheels are rolling
- Merging and Merge lanes
- Changing lanes and Right Turn Bay
- Turning Right from top of the tee and from bottom of the tee
- Identifying Hazards and what you’ll do about them – this is a key skill you’ll demonstrate in your Full Licence Test
- Preparing for your driving tests – confidence, awareness, smooth driving, dealing with nerves on the day
Your Vehicle – do your practise drives in the same vehicle you’ll sit your test in.
Pre-test warm up drive – book a pre-test warm up drive prior to your test.
Reference: NZTA Factsheet 45 Learn to Drive.