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Review your learner's stage two progress
Check how your learner is going with the stage two learning goals, coaching tips and post-drive discussions.
In this topic
Stage two goals
Stage two supervising tips
Stage two post-drive questions
Coming up in stage three
Stage two goals
By the end of this stage, you and your learner should agree they’re able to do these tasks safely:
- Move from and stop at the kerb.
- Use mirrors and do head checks.
- Check for hazards when moving off.
- Drive on straight, quiet and low-speed roads.
- Drive around curves on quiet, low-speed roads.
- Turn left at intersections.
- Use roundabouts on quiet, low-speed roads.
- Slow down coming up to intersections.
- Travel through quiet intersections.
- Turn right at quiet intersections.
- Keep to the speed limit or at safe speeds for the conditions.
- Leave a safe space at the kerb and between your car and other cars.
- Start and stop on hills.
- Do a three-point turn and parallel park.
- Reverse out of a driveway or out of a parking spot.
- Use hazard perception of see, think and do on quiet streets.
- Obey traffic lights and give way and stop signs.
Stage two supervising tips
Keep these things in mind when you take your learner on drives:
- Help them plan drives in places with quiet, low-speed roads and little traffic.
- Talk with them about potential hazards to look out for before they drive.
- Direct where they’re going, so they can focus on obeying signs, managing their speed, seeing potential hazards and car control.
- Make sure you take them on drives that have a range of intersections, such as roundabouts and T-intersections.
- Make sure they keep practising all the skills they’ve learnt so far, such as parking.
- Gradually increase the complexity of drives as they gain more experience and when you both agree they’re ready.
- Review their logged hours to make sure they’re getting a broad range of driving experience.
- Talk with them about how they’re going at the end of each drive to check on their progress.
Stage two post drive questions
Use these questions to help talk to your learner after a drive:
- What do you think you did well?
- What could you have done differently?
- What hazards did you see and how did you respond to them?
- How do you feel about driving through intersections?
- Do you know why it is important to check your blind spot?
- What driving tasks would you like more practice with?
- Are there any road rules you are not sure about?
What's in stage three
Stage three is about driving in more complex situations, using all the skills learnt in stages one and two.