1. 1. Knowing how to use the buttons and switches in the car is so important for safe driving. You never know when that sudden fog is going to start, or if you’ll need your hazard lights.

      Some of these controls will come up in your show me, tell me questions, and it’s not unlikely you’ll need to use them as you’re driving around with your examiner, especially if you wake up to a rainy of foggy day.

      At any point in the test, you can ask your examiner if it’s OK for you to pull over to adjust, say, your mirrors. As long as you do it safely, with perfect observation, that’s totally fine.

      If you’re doing private practice in your own car, make sure you’re confident with all those controls too.

The basic car controls

1. 1. • Foot controls: accelerator, clutch, foot brake
      • Hand controls: handbrake, steering wheel, indicators, gear stick

You need to be able to use any of these controls instinctively, without having to look at them.