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Building on your stage one skills
Recap on your stage one goals
Building on your stage one skills
In stage one, you started developing your skills in basic car controls and practised driving in quiet areas with no traffic.
In stage two, you’re going to apply your new skills on quiet, low-speed roads with other road users.
You’ll gradually develop a range of safe driving behaviours and skills in new situations and environments.
The key thing is to always go on drives that match your experience level, so you drive in low-risk through to more challenging situations over time.
Once you are ready, start to choose routes where you can develop your skills, without driving beyond your ability.
It’s important early in this stage to talk with your supervising driver about how you’re going, so you only move on to new tasks when you’re ready.
Recap on your stage one goals
Before you start stage two, you and your supervising driver should agree you're able to do these tasks well:
- Adjust your seat, mirrors, steering wheel and other controls.
- Start up and shut down the engine.
- Move off smoothly.
- Slow down and stop smoothly.
- Go around corners smoothly at low speed.
- Check mirrors before braking.
- Check your blind spot before changing position, such as leaving the kerb.
- Stop the car on a slight slope and move off again using the park brake.
- Reverse in a straight line and around a curved path.
- Use gears smoothly, if you're a manual driver.
Review stage one goals before you start stage two.