First and foremost, you have to ask yourself, why are you learning the theory?
First and foremost, you have to ask yourself, why are you learning the theory?
This is because they didn't actually bother learning the theory properly!
They managed to pass the theory test because they learned the answers by rote using online apps.
Learning by rote might be great for learning your times tables, but when it comes to propelling a metal box at potentially 70mph, you want to know that what you are seeing or doing is correct. If you've learnt the theory by rote, it is highly likely that you won't have a clue as to what is right or wrong.
We are by no means saying that apps are not good for learning the theory, but learners need to delve deeper than just remembering the answers without fully understanding why the answer is the answer.
To be a really confident safe driver you need to spend time fully understanding the theory of driving.
This is so that you have a mind full of the specific information to be capable of making informed decision at the right time, to keep you and everyone around you safe.
Just some of the core basics of understanding why we use circular, triangular and rectangular signs on the whole, is because they become easily recognisable well in advance of being actually able to read them.
Online sites like ours, books, You Tube, Apps etc.
Here are some of the most recognised books to begin your journey into becoming a knowledgeable safe driver.
Reading them all more than once will help cement the information into your brain.
You want to be at a stage where an instant answer comes to mind when thinking about any driving situation.
So often we hear "Can I go?" "What does that sign mean?" "What are those road markings for?" "Who has priority here?" "What's the speed limit here?"
These questions and endless amounts more are general questions that a driving instructor gets asked time and time again. Now no driving instructor will have a problem giving the answer to these questions, but if the theory was fully understood by a learner, they would only be asking the question to clarify that they know what they know, not because they couldn't be bothered to learn the information in the first place.
Sadly, the way the driver industry has gone, especially over the past 4 years, and the huge backlog that has been created since Covid, has pushed many learners to have to undertake the theory learning for themselves and feel that possibly it's a waste of their well earned money paying for a driving lesson to be sat learning the theory with their driving instructor. If this is you, try and work with your driving instructor to implement as much as they can with you while you are also learning the practical side of driving. There is nothing wrong with asking as many questions as you can to clarify things while you are on the move. And if the subject does not make sense, you can always pull over to discuss the subject in more depth.
Doing (driving) and putting into practice the theory that you have learned will help cement that information into you memory banks.
