I remember the first time i went on a motorway it was really scary. I know what Kelly means about the lorries they can be really intimidating and scary when they’re really close to you. I wish i did it with an instructor the first time but it does get easier the more you do it. Well done Kelly!
Hi Francis and Laura, Great video tips on motorway driving. I avoid driving on motorways whenever possible but seeing how you calmly persuaded your driver Kelly to observe and plan ahead when driving has given me plenty of confidence to drive at high speed. Brilliant work!
@@fitnessfran merging is the hard bit. Driving on the motorway is very easy but you have to remain focused at all times. At such speeds 1 second is all it takes for everything to go wrong.
All motorways are kinda the same once you're on them. As Francis said, nothing wrong with sticking to the left lane at 55 behind a lorry if you don't want to deal with 3+ lanes.
Great video. Bellisimo I'm having my first (and only) motorway lesson tomorrow. I've been postponing it for so long that watching your video made it look achievable and straightforward. Thanks again! 😊😅
I passed recently and I've only been on the A1M motorway so far, and that was bleak compared to the scenic A roads I'm used to! Not sure why having proper trees on both sides makes driving so much more enjoyable but it does. I'm going to have to use the M11 and the M25 this weekend though so thought I'd watch this to prepare myself.
This is a brilliant video! I’ve passed my test and I’ve booked a Motorway lesson with an instructor, so this video has made me feel better and not as nervous😊👍
Actually very useful. I had a couple of lessons in December and January after not driving for 3 years and I passed back in mid 2016. Then got my own car again in February and had my first motorway drives this month with my instructor. Slip roads and then passing exits is probably the most challenging bit. On my first drive there were 2 lorries in the left lane close together and I was level with the middle of the first one. Maybe I should have tried to squeeze in between them but I instead may have done a safe undertake as the slip road became its own lane and I had to keep right as became an exit shortly after. You make a very good point about speed perception. My area has a lot of 70mph dual carriageway with back to back roundabouts and slowing down enough coming up to the give way line is an area that can be quite difficult because of that perception. My driving instructor never advised aiming for a certain speed but I think this would help. 20 is a good number I think but others may say 15. 15 is a bit slow if the roundabout is perfectly clear and no queue in front of you to join
@@danskuku Then change instructor! Why spend money to put up with an instructor who has attitude. It took me one lesson with an instructor who kept showing attitude to know to never have a lesson with him again. Changed instructor straight away.
Fantastic video, lovely to see her getting more confident on a motorway! The closest motorway to where I live is a 30 min drive away so I don't know if I'll be able to go on that, but we do have a large dual carriageway as part of our ring road which is very similar to a motorway in almost every way (apart from the fact that it has the less common two lanes instead of three which is more common on motorways) so hopefully when I do my lessons I'll be able to go on there, and this video and channel has helped me with tips as well :) thank you very much!
Where was this video a year ago when I had just passed 😂! I took my husband half an hour down the motorway 3 weeks after I passed my test so my first motorway trip wasn't 3 hours to my mum's! I love driving on a motorway now.
First time I went on a motorway was the day after I passed my test. 100 mile round trip across 4 motorways, all at rush hour. After that though, I was fine with them
Hi Francis/Laura, great lesson, do you recommend people have a motorway lesson and/or consider doing pass plus or watch this video and just go for it! Passed in December but not done motorways yet. Cheers 👍
Depends on your confidence. I passed back in 2016 and then haven't driven much in total since passing compared to others and hadn't at all for 3 years, so having my instructor there helped but he also was trying to let me have some autonomy
@@Stallzyx thank you! I managed to practice with a friend today, drove from Letchworth to Barnet and back again via A1 (m). So this has given me the confidence to try and do alone. Just need to also ensure reading Road signs and keeping in the correct lanes too!
@maramazone @maramazone for the signs as long as you know the number to use to get off. There will always be a sign 1 mile before your junction so you have time to plan. If you have to take a fork off just keep an eye on the gantry signs. Also if it's area you drive in often you will pick up landmarks of say a bridge or high rise building a down hill section etc. If you already know roughly your journey before setting off. It will help you to relax and you already know what instructions the sat nav will tell you or what signs to look for like junction number before it does. Then again if it's a journey you do all the time you won't need to use the sat nav
@maramazone a lot of it is just an experience that you will develop over time. It's much easier to gather knowledge now than when I was 17, and things like sat navs or Google maps didn't exist. At times, the information can be overwhelming and scary. Truthfully, if you just get on with it, you'll be fine. You've passed your test so you have shown you have the skills to drive and now it's about developing your skills as a driver and the best way is to do it. Let's say you can play the piano and are learning a new piece of music you would learn the right then once you have it mastered then learn the left then you would start to combine the left and right avengly over time and with practice you will not need to read the music to know what to play as you will just do it without thinking.
I'm getting my first car tomorrow and I'm driving on the A roads for the first time. I'm nervous but excited. I'm gonna have my mums bf in the car with me so I won't be on my own. Any advice?
That would be a really bad idea unless there's traffic on the main carriageway. There will always be a gap, no one is driving bumper to bumper at 70mph, you might have to adjust your speed to get ahead or behind someone though!
She did really well but please try and get her to stop the habit of resting the foot on the clutch permanently, I had that exact habit for years and up to now is still a really bad habit I am having trouble breaking. It feels unnatural for me to not do it now, I would'nt want it for this new driver.
Just to clarify.......If your instructor is fully qualified (ADI) with a GREEN BADGE and a dual controlled car they are allowed to take you on a Motorway even if you only have a provisional driving licence. However if your instructor is a trainee (PDI) with a PINK BADGE then they are NOT ALLOWED to take you on a Motorway!
For those that haven’t been on a motorway yet, it’s not scary at all. The first time I travelled on the motorway was when I was going to uni and it was quite fun, obviously I was on the right hand lane speeding at 80😂😂 but it was so much fun
Nah you can’t see the vehicle behind. It was a bit late but still safe to move otherwise I would have steered her away. This isn’t a mock test it’s a real driving lesson with an inexperienced driver. I could have edited this out to make it seem perfect but I feel like it’s more useful to show that there’s no such thing as a lesson going perfectly (for a learner)! You make mistakes and, as humans, we learn way more from mistakes than from being told what to do and executing it perfectly 😊
@@DrivingSchoolTV It looked like they were level with at least the back of your car, if not the rear doors so it would have been a crash if the Audi didn't brake. Was safe in the end but not everyone is going to pull back and ultimately they were holding their lane and the learner is moving across
Wasn't really a rush to move across either as no traffic ahead in the right lane and the light was still red / amber. I'm sure it's a point to learn from but it wasn't really dwelled upon
@@DrivingSchoolTV 19:01 He was up to halfway of your car, I'm not sure what you mean by it being behind. It definitely wasn't safe to move over, he had to brake completely else you would've went right into it. I never said that she has to be perfect, I get that she's a learner (we all were one day). I'm just saying that as an instructor you should've stopped her from moving over and not let her take the risk.
2 lane motorways are the worse with lorries overtaking over lorries which leads to lots of tailgating behind as they are wanting to do 70mph. The lorry wants to do 55mph and overtakes because the over lorry is doing 54mph.
@@JohnFarrell-bc8gt Yes the lorry overtaking the other lorry won't be tailgating. what I mean by tailgating are the vehicles behind the lorry that's in the 2nd lane because motorway's are set to 70mph and drivers behind just get frustrated because they have no choice other than to do 55mph because they stuck behind the overtaking lorry. I have seen it no end of times along long stretches of the A1 as example when you can't do 70mph for any reason then you're just left to no end of vehicles traveling far too close to one another. Lorry drivers are good when they do move over to let you on at slip roads which I give them credit for. As a car driver when they do this I don't build my speed to 70 straight away and let the lorry move back into the left lane soon as possible and then overtake soon after when it's safe
@@suzukidaniel1396 it may be frustrating if a lorry on a 2 lane carraigeway is holding up drivers who wants to keep at 70mph. But the trucker doesn't cause the lines of vehicles behind tailgating. Its the drivers themselves have the choice if they want to tailgate.
She seems to have a bad habit of resting her left foot on the clutch, that will wear the clutch down quicker overtime. Apart from that she drives pretty well😊
Give way to traffic on the motorway when joining,and DONT TAILGATE. Most drivers don't think they are tailgating when they are They haven't got a clue how far ot takes to stop a vehicle. She will end up doing it,just like all the others. Just like some people reading this! This instructor is totally wrong. 70 mph is very fast! It takes over 300 feet to stop a car,and in the wet it may take over 400 feet in the wet. The 2 second and four second rules are are very poor indication of safe gaps. Car lengths are a better indication,and if conditions allow,you must stay as far as you can from other road users! Moving back when you see the car in the mirror is too soon. You will take the stopping distance away from the car behind.The instructor needs a refresher! She didn't know the national speedlimit signs! Read the Highway Code BEFORE YOU DRIVE These are the airheads that drive on our roads. Low standards and poor driving everywhere. Driving at high speed with one hand. This is risky for an experienced drivers.This instructor is a joker! Do it at low speed. I have criticised many driving instructors on their teaching techniques,and they never reply!
You can drive with one hand.We have manual cars so we have to change gears.Nothing wrong with it.She wasn’t tailgating anyone.I am sure everybody knows the National speed limit sign.It’s just her nerves she couldn’t see and remember.Everyone has their own teaching techniques.You go ahead and became a driving instructor and you will see that many other people will not like your way of teaching which is totally fine.
If this is her second lesson in years. She's exceptionally good or I smell porkies. As driving instructors. They make it seem easy which will lead to disappointment among the viewers on their first few lessons.
It's LITERALLY her second lesson in 4 years! No bs for RUclips, promise!!! (it took a bit of convincing) If it's your first few lessons then a motorway session is NOT realistic at all. But she HAD been taught everything 4 years ago.
What a good I instructor you are, giving your pupil so much encouragement and praise to help her confidence.
I remember the first time i went on a motorway it was really scary. I know what Kelly means about the lorries they can be really intimidating and scary when they’re really close to you. I wish i did it with an instructor the first time but it does get easier the more you do it. Well done Kelly!
M25 is perfect for learners, barely get over 30 on a good day and half the time you are stopped. 10/10
Because of you and this video i was able to go on motorway 🎉🎉 i cannot thank you enough
Thanks for these videos. I went on the M1 few days ago. Felt alot safer watching these x
Hi Francis and Laura,
Great video tips on motorway driving. I avoid driving on motorways whenever possible but seeing how you calmly persuaded your driver Kelly to observe and plan ahead when driving has given me plenty of confidence to drive at high speed. Brilliant work!
As long as you're looking far ahead and looking for faster moving vehicles from behind and planning its really not that hard
What an excellent motorway lesson 😊 well done guys
Omg she did so well I'd be terrified of the M25!
It sounds crazy but when you get on and get comfortable it's not that hard 😊
@@fitnessfran merging is the hard bit. Driving on the motorway is very easy but you have to remain focused at all times. At such speeds 1 second is all it takes for everything to go wrong.
All motorways are kinda the same once you're on them. As Francis said, nothing wrong with sticking to the left lane at 55 behind a lorry if you don't want to deal with 3+ lanes.
@@fitnessfran true its pre conceived ideas that make it worse than it is.
@Shakeel Zaman looking way ahead give you plenty of time
Great video, this instructor has an excellent teaching style
Yes, he is. Im wondering if he really is in real life or just for videos. My instructor doesn't comment teach too much
Great video. Bellisimo
I'm having my first (and only) motorway lesson tomorrow. I've been postponing it for so long that watching your video made it look achievable and straightforward. Thanks again! 😊😅
I passed recently and I've only been on the A1M motorway so far, and that was bleak compared to the scenic A roads I'm used to! Not sure why having proper trees on both sides makes driving so much more enjoyable but it does. I'm going to have to use the M11 and the M25 this weekend though so thought I'd watch this to prepare myself.
I passed my test and I didn’t have a motorway lesson unfortunately. This video helps.
Kelly did well. What a great video btw. So entertaining. Thank you ❤
This is a brilliant video! I’ve passed my test and I’ve booked a Motorway lesson with an instructor, so this video has made me feel better and not as nervous😊👍
I need to do the same 🥺
@@Quindr7247 you should! it definitely helped me😊
Actually very useful. I had a couple of lessons in December and January after not driving for 3 years and I passed back in mid 2016. Then got my own car again in February and had my first motorway drives this month with my instructor. Slip roads and then passing exits is probably the most challenging bit. On my first drive there were 2 lorries in the left lane close together and I was level with the middle of the first one. Maybe I should have tried to squeeze in between them but I instead may have done a safe undertake as the slip road became its own lane and I had to keep right as became an exit shortly after.
You make a very good point about speed perception. My area has a lot of 70mph dual carriageway with back to back roundabouts and slowing down enough coming up to the give way line is an area that can be quite difficult because of that perception. My driving instructor never advised aiming for a certain speed but I think this would help. 20 is a good number I think but others may say 15. 15 is a bit slow if the roundabout is perfectly clear and no queue in front of you to join
Great driving instructions driving along the motorway Tracks ! 😊
Great video !! I just passed my test and I want to learn motorway driving I’m scared too😩 I wonder when will I be able to do it.
My God, I wish this man was my instructor
me too he's so calm. Mine got attitude 😭
@@danskuku Then change instructor! Why spend money to put up with an instructor who has attitude. It took me one lesson with an instructor who kept showing attitude to know to never have a lesson with him again. Changed instructor straight away.
Amazing instructor amazing knowledge
Thank you 😊
Fantastic video, lovely to see her getting more confident on a motorway! The closest motorway to where I live is a 30 min drive away so I don't know if I'll be able to go on that, but we do have a large dual carriageway as part of our ring road which is very similar to a motorway in almost every way (apart from the fact that it has the less common two lanes instead of three which is more common on motorways) so hopefully when I do my lessons I'll be able to go on there, and this video and channel has helped me with tips as well :) thank you very much!
Great video! I’ve been driving for years and the interstate still scares me in busy cities!
Do you cover enfield
Hey faith! We're a team of 3 instructors based across South London 😊
Great video man!! Keep up the content we’re loving it
Where was this video a year ago when I had just passed 😂!
I took my husband half an hour down the motorway 3 weeks after I passed my test so my first motorway trip wasn't 3 hours to my mum's! I love driving on a motorway now.
First time I went on a motorway was the day after I passed my test. 100 mile round trip across 4 motorways, all at rush hour.
After that though, I was fine with them
Around 3:53 you started to count 3 seconds. You started at 1 and finished at 3. That is only 2 seconds.
Hi Francis/Laura, great lesson, do you recommend people have a motorway lesson and/or consider doing pass plus or watch this video and just go for it! Passed in December but not done motorways yet. Cheers 👍
Depends on your confidence. I passed back in 2016 and then haven't driven much in total since passing compared to others and hadn't at all for 3 years, so having my instructor there helped but he also was trying to let me have some autonomy
@@Stallzyx thank you! I managed to practice with a friend today, drove from Letchworth to Barnet and back again via A1 (m). So this has given me the confidence to try and do alone. Just need to also ensure reading Road signs and keeping in the correct lanes too!
@maramazone @maramazone for the signs as long as you know the number to use to get off. There will always be a sign 1 mile before your junction so you have time to plan. If you have to take a fork off just keep an eye on the gantry signs. Also if it's area you drive in often you will pick up landmarks of say a bridge or high rise building a down hill section etc. If you already know roughly your journey before setting off. It will help you to relax and you already know what instructions the sat nav will tell you or what signs to look for like junction number before it does. Then again if it's a journey you do all the time you won't need to use the sat nav
@@wrightwoodwork thank you Aaron, very good advice and will bear this in mind when branching off to other areas too! 👍🙏
@maramazone a lot of it is just an experience that you will develop over time. It's much easier to gather knowledge now than when I was 17, and things like sat navs or Google maps didn't exist. At times, the information can be overwhelming and scary. Truthfully, if you just get on with it, you'll be fine. You've passed your test so you have shown you have the skills to drive and now it's about developing your skills as a driver and the best way is to do it. Let's say you can play the piano and are learning a new piece of music you would learn the right then once you have it mastered then learn the left then you would start to combine the left and right avengly over time and with practice you will not need to read the music to know what to play as you will just do it without thinking.
If lane 2 slower down to 50mph are those in lane 1 allowed to undertake? I always do it as I believe it's legal.
Slip roads need to either be longer or be independent lanes without a give way line. They are dangerous.
Slip roads are harmless,it's the incompetent drivers.
Hey what car do you drive Francis? Really nice with that roof.
How would you deal with all the lorries and coaches that use the motorways
great vid
3:46 Bit of a struggle counting to 2 there.😆
does you give automatic lessons?
Amazing instructor. How can I book classes with him :D
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19:00 you should have taken control there bud.
I'm getting my first car tomorrow and I'm driving on the A roads for the first time. I'm nervous but excited. I'm gonna have my mums bf in the car with me so I won't be on my own. Any advice?
Hi Francis! I need help with pass plus . Please Help!!
Could you stop at a slip road if no one gives you space or it’s full
That would be a really bad idea unless there's traffic on the main carriageway. There will always be a gap, no one is driving bumper to bumper at 70mph, you might have to adjust your speed to get ahead or behind someone though!
@@DrivingSchoolTV ohhh okay thanks!
While it's not a great Idea to stop on a sliproad,if there is no space you must stop.
Never been to Motorway feels scary
Wish to
Drive on motorway too ..
She did really well but please try and get her to stop the habit of resting the foot on the clutch permanently, I had that exact habit for years and up to now is still a really bad habit I am having trouble breaking. It feels unnatural for me to not do it now, I would'nt want it for this new driver.
Same with me.I think I will be safer if I rest my foot there just in case I need to press the clutch
I done my test in Hither Green and this gives me ptsd 😂
Are UK based driving instructors allowed to do motorway driving lesson? I was told by my RED driving instructor this is not allowed. Is this true?
You've been lied to there. You can go on a motorway with a driving instructor, and they have to have dual controls
Correct. As a learner you're only allowed on a motorway with an instructor in a dual control vehicle.
They changed it a few years ago so that you can. I couldn't when I was doing my test in 2017.
Just to clarify.......If your instructor is fully qualified (ADI) with a GREEN BADGE and a dual controlled car they are allowed to take you on a Motorway even if you only have a provisional driving licence. However if your instructor is a trainee (PDI) with a PINK BADGE then they are NOT ALLOWED to take you on a Motorway!
the scariest part for me is coming off the motorway onto a roundabout people are so fast and i would be paniking cause id want to slow down
Gonna come back and watch this but saw it scrolling down my yt home page and it said "autismo" art when you introduced them on the captions 😅
🤣 hah cheers youtube auto captions 🙄🤦♂️
10:25 You actually got a Mcclaren?!
Loool I don’t have a mclaren it’s definitely my dream car though!!
For those that haven’t been on a motorway yet, it’s not scary at all. The first time I travelled on the motorway was when I was going to uni and it was quite fun, obviously I was on the right hand lane speeding at 80😂😂 but it was so much fun
You doing 70+10%+2 there? 😳
You sound like an arrogant fool
19:00 That was VERY close! I think you should’ve stepped in there.
Nah you can’t see the vehicle behind. It was a bit late but still safe to move otherwise I would have steered her away. This isn’t a mock test it’s a real driving lesson with an inexperienced driver. I could have edited this out to make it seem perfect but I feel like it’s more useful to show that there’s no such thing as a lesson going perfectly (for a learner)! You make mistakes and, as humans, we learn way more from mistakes than from being told what to do and executing it perfectly 😊
@@DrivingSchoolTV It looked like they were level with at least the back of your car, if not the rear doors so it would have been a crash if the Audi didn't brake. Was safe in the end but not everyone is going to pull back and ultimately they were holding their lane and the learner is moving across
Wasn't really a rush to move across either as no traffic ahead in the right lane and the light was still red / amber. I'm sure it's a point to learn from but it wasn't really dwelled upon
@@Stallzyx That's exactly what I was thinking as well. The Audi had to pull back else if would've been a definite collision.
@@DrivingSchoolTV 19:01 He was up to halfway of your car, I'm not sure what you mean by it being behind. It definitely wasn't safe to move over, he had to brake completely else you would've went right into it. I never said that she has to be perfect, I get that she's a learner (we all were one day). I'm just saying that as an instructor you should've stopped her from moving over and not let her take the risk.
2 lane motorways are the worse with lorries overtaking over lorries which leads to lots of tailgating behind as they are wanting to do 70mph. The lorry wants to do 55mph and overtakes because the over lorry is doing 54mph.
Lorries overtaking don't cause tailgating. Truckers don't have control of the tailgater behind.
@@JohnFarrell-bc8gt Yes the lorry overtaking the other lorry won't be tailgating. what I mean by tailgating are the vehicles behind the lorry that's in the 2nd lane because motorway's are set to 70mph and drivers behind just get frustrated because they have no choice other than to do 55mph because they stuck behind the overtaking lorry.
I have seen it no end of times along long stretches of the A1 as example when you can't do 70mph for any reason then you're just left to no end of vehicles traveling far too close to one another.
Lorry drivers are good when they do move over to let you on at slip roads which I give them credit for. As a car driver when they do this I don't build my speed to 70 straight away and let the lorry move back into the left lane soon as possible and then overtake soon after when it's safe
@@suzukidaniel1396 it may be frustrating if a lorry on a 2 lane carraigeway is holding up drivers who wants to keep at 70mph. But the trucker doesn't cause the lines of vehicles behind tailgating. Its the drivers themselves have the choice if they want to tailgate.
Why do people honk at the learner drivers? 😭 everyone had to learn at one point
Her left foot was over the clutch pedal the whole video.
Wow
Please don't rest your foot on the clutch.
People joining on the motorway scares me ...
Damn, the driver is so cute
She seems to have a bad habit of resting her left foot on the clutch, that will wear the clutch down quicker overtime. Apart from that she drives pretty well😊
She'll let go of that habit once she's comfortable & becomes more experienced.
Bro was not letting her focus and he kept on talking.
Give way to traffic on the motorway when joining,and DONT TAILGATE.
Most drivers don't think they are tailgating when they are
They haven't got a clue how far ot takes to stop a vehicle.
She will end up doing it,just like all the others.
Just like some people reading this!
This instructor is totally wrong.
70 mph is very fast!
It takes over 300 feet to stop a car,and in the wet it may take over 400 feet in the wet.
The 2 second and four second rules are are very poor indication of safe gaps.
Car lengths are a better indication,and if conditions allow,you must stay as far as you can from other road users!
Moving back when you see the car in the mirror is too soon.
You will take the stopping distance away from the car behind.The instructor needs a refresher!
She didn't know the national speedlimit signs! Read the Highway Code BEFORE YOU DRIVE
These are the airheads that drive on our roads.
Low standards and poor driving everywhere.
Driving at high speed with one hand. This is risky for an experienced drivers.This instructor is a joker!
Do it at low speed.
I have criticised many driving instructors on their teaching techniques,and they never reply!
You can drive with one hand.We have manual cars so we have to change gears.Nothing wrong with it.She wasn’t tailgating anyone.I am sure everybody knows the National speed limit sign.It’s just her nerves she couldn’t see and remember.Everyone has their own teaching techniques.You go ahead and became a driving instructor and you will see that many other people will not like your way of teaching which is totally fine.
Was Ashley Neal one of those driving instructors? He never replied to a few commenters questions.
What a awful motorway to start on
If this is her second lesson in years. She's exceptionally good or I smell porkies. As driving instructors. They make it seem easy which will lead to disappointment among the viewers on their first few lessons.
It's LITERALLY her second lesson in 4 years! No bs for RUclips, promise!!! (it took a bit of convincing) If it's your first few lessons then a motorway session is NOT realistic at all. But she HAD been taught everything 4 years ago.
@DrivingSchoolTV So is she a full liscence holder who's just brushing up on motorway skills?
You should take these otimo videos down. Iv been scamed. The app doesn't work. And i only got it from you recommending them!
Lmfao that was not a great pull away at the start. She never checked her righthand side mirrors nor did she check any blinds pots