Plan the route

Before you do the assessment, you'll need to work out where you are going. Plan a structured drive with driving scenarios that you'll face later, when on your P's.

Choose a structured drive

Make a route based on a pretend scenario - something that feels more real than driving around aimlessly. Try to combine all sorts of different driving challenges to deal with along the way. Don't make it too easy! But don't set yourself an impossible task either. Here are some suggestions:

  • Go to the cinema, stop by an ATM on the way and then park nearby
  • Drive to pick up a friend and take them to sports practice. Once at your friend's house remember the friend actually wanted to be picked up from work. Go to the place of work, park nearby then go to the sports practice
  • Drive to a cafe, make sure you stop to pick up some shopping on the way. Drive home a different way
  • Take some relatives for a drive, pick them up at their home, take them to a special place then drop them off somewhere different. Return to pick them up and drop them home