Road Position While Driving With Reference Points | Driving Tutorial | Updated 2023

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Published 2019-11-21
Having safe Road Positioning and using the correct Reference Points while driving is a necessary technique that will help you drive harmlessly both before and after you pass your UK Practical Driving Test.

In this Driving Tutorial, Francis The Instructor demonstrates how to identify the reference points on your vehicle, manoeuvre down narrow roads, and have the safest road position while driving.

00:00 - Intro
01:37 - How to judge the distance from the curb
02:26 - Driving on a road with parked cars
03:11 - Safe positioning real life examples
03:41 - Setting reference points to judge distance
04:47 - Why positioning is important
05:22 - Positioning on a narrow road
07:04 - Positioning on a wide road
07:54 - Multiple lane roads - which lane to drive in
09:31 - Driving in bus lanes
11:11 - Outro

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All Comments (21)
  • @GetDriving
    Road positioning is one of the most important things to learn, What videos would you like to see next? 😃
  • @Faith-sr8zw
    This has been an ongoing problem for me and I always refer to these specific videos when I have something to work on. Clear, easy and concise explanations! Thank you!!!
  • @honeysvw
    You drove around my area so this is very helpful.
  • I saw a previous video of another guy explaining which was really helpful, try to imagine a car is coming towards you, you will be kind of scared not knowing if you have enough room to go through so an easy way of not getting pressured is imagining the parked car on the left is mirrored in front of you since most cars are all the same width so knowing that the parked car is the same width and it is able to fit through that gap, you will also be able to fit safely through that gap.
  • I find turning left so difficult. I keep swerving out to the other lane and then having to steeply steer back into my lane. Please do a video on that :-)
  • @PatyChesters
    Oh my god ! Thanks so so much for explaining how the bus lanes works 🙏🏼
  • @cieratime389
    This is a very important concept to grasp.. got a serious in my exam because I was too close to the parked cars next to me in a tight space when parking on the left! sad because I only got 3 minors! But in driving u learn from experience so it’s not too bad
  • @LeeBayliss98
    I had my first lesson yesterday and used a window wiper part for my parking reference point (2015 fiesta)
  • Hey thanks for the tut man! My driving instructor regularly mentions to me that when the road turns to the left i should be positioned more on the right hand side of the road so that on coming traffic can see me early (and visa versa) and that say for example someone was cycling or walking a dog I could also see them as early as pos. He's also mentioned that if you give oncoming cars too much space they will take it making it tricker for you in tighter situations to pass. What are your thoughts? Cheers!