Revision question · Band 4 publications, instructional techniques

You're teaching a pupil to move away on a downhill gradient. What advice would you give them about the gears?

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Use the lowest available gear

Use an appropriate gear for the gradient

Use the highest available gear

Use a lower gear than normal

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Use an appropriate gear for the gradientThis was the right answer

When teaching a pupil how to move off on a downhill gradient for the first time, the instructor will have to tell them which gear to use. However, as the pupil's skill develops, they should be encouraged to think for themselves and to make decisions based on their knowledge and experience.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 122Highway Code rule · Select a gear appropriate to the gradient and recognise that routine sequential downshifts are not required merely to slow.Prepare and control a car safelyReviewed guidance summary · Select a gear appropriate to the gradient and recognise that routine sequential downshifts are not required merely to slow.

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