Revision question · Band 4 publications, instructional techniques

What's likely to happen if you continually use the steering or the dual controls while you're instructing?

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It will build your pupil's confidence, as you're in control

It will help develop your pupil's hazard awareness skills

It will undermine the trust between you and your pupil

It will allow your pupil to concentrate on other aspects of driving

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It will undermine the trust between you and your pupilThis was the right answer

If you need to use the dual controls, you must make sure the pupil understands why you've done so. If you need to use the dual controls often, it suggests that you've overestimated your pupil's ability and are asking too much of them. If you don't recognise this, your pupil may lose confidence and the trust between you may begin to break down.

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National standard for driver and rider trainingReviewed guidance summary · Use a dual control only when risk demands it, then discuss why; habitual intervention undermines trust and responsibility.

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