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>OVERVIEW OF THE HELP SYSTEM
>1 - Overview of Learning to Drive
At the top of the screen are five buttons that can be clicked using the mouse cursor/button.
They are titled - `Get Started', `Learn to Drive', `Learn the Theory', `Pass the Tests', and `Follow Up'.
By clicking on the buttons from left to right, questions will be displayed in the box below, covering
all the main issues of the process of learning to drive. If you click on a single question, the answers
will be listed in the large central box below. In some cases, a coloured icon will appear in the top
right hand box giving you more information. Click on the coloured icon to see the extra information
available for the selected answer.
>2 - Reference Section
Along the lower right hand of the screen is a reference information section consisting of three buttons
titled - `DTSP Help', `Organisations' and `Books'.
Clicking any of these buttons, will display a 3 column list of topics in the upper central box. A mouse
click on any of these topic titles will display useful reference information both for your driver training
and for your progress after passing the tests.
>REASONS FOR DRIVING TEST SUCCESS PRACTICAL
- Almost 38,800 road users are killed or injured each year in accidents involving at least one driver
with less than two years post-test experience.
- In 2000, 12% of drivers involved in injury accidents were aged 17 - 21 and yet they accounted for
only 7% of licence holders.
- Currently, about 1.2 million practical car tests are taken annually and of these just under 44%
pass first time, with a slightly lower pass rate for the under 21 year olds.
- There is ample evidence to show that the way many new drivers learn is unsatisfactory. Although
the number of accidents involving learner drivers is low, too many are taking the test ill prepared.
- Hazard perception tests have been conducted and have demonstrated that novice drivers perform
very poorly when their scores are compared with more experienced drivers.
- Driving test candidates frequently fail on observation at junctions and their use of speed. But those
who practise frequently have higher pass rates, as do those who have experienced driving in the
dark and in adverse weather conditions.
- Novice drivers are over-represented in single vehicle loss of control incidents, also in speeding
accidents, during hours of darkness, while making right turns and certain kinds of overtaking.
The character of accidents involving novice drivers indicates a general lack of all-round experience.
- There is a real need for learners to become self-reliant before they drive unaccompanied. Practice
lessons (with a non-professional driver) is a valuable halfway house from supervised driving to
driving alone.
- The DSA recommends that the best way to learn to drive is to have regular planned lessons with
a good professional instructor, and by having as much practice as possible.
>THE AIMS OF DRIVING TEST SUCCESS PRACTICAL
- To give an informed overview of the whole process of learning to drive, which in turn gives the learner
a perspective on their training progress to date.
- To consolidate the lessons learnt from driving lessons given by professional ADI instructors, by:
- introducing the car controls and their functions, which can be studied at your own pace
- reinforcing the pre-drive checks, through repetitive useage, until they become second nature
- reinforcing the importance of the MSM and PSL routines through simulated driving scenarios
- strengthening the need for a safe driving attitude through simulated hazardous conditions
- To give the learner safe, progressive driving sessions that can be paused, analysed, and understood
- To give the learner a simulated experience of driving on a motorway, which L-drivers are not allowed
- To accelerate the process of becoming a safe and considerate all-round driver, saving time and money
>OVERVIEW OF DRIVING TEST SUCCESS PRACTICAL
This driver training program is structured with the following facilities:
A Main Menu Page. This is the hub of the program. All other facilities/pages are accessed through this
page and all return to it. On this page is a button titled - Exit - in the bottom right hand corner. Clicking
the Exit button will close down Driving Test Success Practical and return you to the computer Desktop.
An Information Centre page, which you are currently in. This gives an overview of the driving process,
along with help, reference and various information services.
A Program Options page. Here you will be able to set or undo various program operational parameters,
such as master volume settings for the voiceover sounds and the special effect sounds. Here also you
will be able to reassign which keyboard keys you would like to control the various car controls with.
Module 1 - This introduces you to the cars controls, their location and looks, their function and purpose.
Module 2 - This introduces you to your virtual 3D car, and you learn to move off, change gears, brake and stop.
Module 3 - This teaches you the correct way to drive safely through bends, junctions and roundabouts.
Module 4 - Manoeuvring the car, such as turning, reversing and parking is covered by this module.
Module 5 - This covers encountering and dealing with hazards: static, moving and road conditions.
Module 6 - Training and experience in adverse weather conditions and night driving is gained here.
Module 7 - This module allows the learner to gain valuable experience on a dual carriageway and a motorway.
Module 8 - This final module is a driving test involving both questions and practical driving situations.
>THE MAIN MENU PAGE
This is the central control page of the whole program. From this page you can go to any other, and all
other pages return to this via their exit button.
The Main Menu consists of a central list of options or facility pages. The top of the list is titled - The
Information Centre. You are currently in this facility now. The remaining eight options in the list are
titled as Modules one to eight. These are the driver training modules. The training begins with Module 1
and progresses through to module 7. Module 8 is a driving test that will check your training progress and
score your driving skills. From the report you may gauge how much you have learnt and how far progressed.
In the bottom left hand corner is the button titled - `Options'. If you click on this you will be taken to the
program options page. This will allow you to set or undo various program settings, which are saved
when the program closes. They are reloaded and applied when the program is run again.
Next to the 'Options' button is the 'Videos' button. This opens the video viewer facility that allows you to
study all available training videos. The third button marked 'Help' activates the program help system.
In the bottom right hand corner is the button titled - Exit. When clicked this will close Driving Test Success
Practical down and return you to the desktop.
>SETTING UP THE CAR CONTROLS
The Options page is accessed from the Main Menu page, by clicking on the `Options' in the bottom left corner
of the screen. In the lower half of this page are the settings of the keyboard keys that are used to control
the training car. By clicking on any of the boxes you may change the setting to a new key of your choice.
The arrow keys are permanently dedicated to acceleration, braking and left and right steering control.
When you click on a key box, instructions in the top right pane will guide you through the process of
selecting a new key assignment. Not all of the keyboard keys are available for selection, for example,
the F1, F2 etc keys are exempt, as are the shift, alt and tab keys.
>Please Note
It is advisable to keep all your major control functions in close proximity for ease of use. For example,
it is a good idea if your acceleration and braking are the 'A' and 'Z' keys, to make the 'S' and