ADI Part 3
Hints & Tips

Lifelines on the ADI part 3

• When the SE realises that you haven't spotted a particular fault on your ADI part 3 he/she may throw you a 'lifeline' for example...


• You didn't I.D. one or more door mirror checks before a signal.... the SE could say something like 'I love this interior mirror, you can see so much of what's directly behind can't you?'
  (do you agree that the SE is trying to help you out?....in effect the SE means.... TELL me what I'm doing wrong here by using the core competencies to fix it!)

Role Play during the ADI part 3

• Have you given mock tests to your learners? Do you like to play it as real as possible?, I suspect your answer is yes!
• Now think back to how your pupils react to this, in the main it puts pressure on them, and generally speaking they don't fall about laughing and tell you that they lost it because they know you're not the real examiner, they really concentrate as if it where a 'real' driving test.......Make certain that YOU treat the SE as a real pupil!

The Word Picture during the ADI part 3

• It's very common to let the 'word picture' go into one ear and straight out of the other one, the word picture on your ADI part 3 is one of the most important things that the SE will give you, and yes....treat it as a gift....the information you glean from the word picture can mean the difference between having a green badge in your window or not, the main reason for not hearing it is what I like to call 'shellshock' (test nerves)........so take a breath, relax and ask the SE to repeat the word picture if you where 'shellshocked'

Control of the lesson before engine start

• Control of the lesson can be achieved by various methods depending on the circumstances at the time......
  An example of the control needed occasionaly before the engine has even started could be when the SE/Pupil is simply ignoring you for whatever reason, in this case a good dose of verbal control will do the trick, (and until you hear that the SE/pupil will try to listen to you, DO NOT let them start the engine!)

Verbal Control on the move

• Think of verbal control on the move in two scenarios, firstly the control element of a full talk through after a briefing on any subject that has not been attempted before, sound like a phase one scenario? simple...just talk them through the full subject....Planning ahead on a driving lesson

• Then let's think more of a phase two situation.....you are being relatively quiet and the SE/pupil STARTS to commit a fault.......again take verbal control to correct it BEFORE the fault develops into a full blown DANGEROUS or SERIOUS situation (don't hesitate to use the dual controls if the situation gets to the dangerous level) if you didn't have the time to correct it before the event then make certain to use the core competencies and help the SE through the next similar situation