CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 7 to 10

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 7 to 10
This is part 4 of my driving lesson experience at CDC. You can find part one here. Lessons may vary according to the students' speed of progress.



Lesson 7:
- Evaluation. Review on everything learnt so far.

Lesson 8:
- Narrow courses: S and Crannk course

Lesson 9:
- Stopping on slope
- Directional change

Lesson 10:
- Vertical parking More>

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 5 and 6

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 5 and 6
This is part 3 of my driving lesson experience at CDC. You can find part one here. Lessons may vary according to the students' speed of progress.



Lesson 5:
- Lane changing judgements
- Lane changing speed adjustment
- Lane changing procedure
- Negotiating right turns positioning
- Negotiating right turns speed adjustement
- Negotiating right turns procedure

Lesson 6:
- U turns positioning
- U turns speed adjustment
- U turns procedure More>

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 3 and 4

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 3 and 4
This is part 2 of my driving lesson experience at CDC. You can find part one here. Lessons may vary according to the students' speed of progress.






Lesson 3:
- Pre-driving checks
- Knowing the parts of the engine compartment
- Lane discipline
- Regulating speeds according to road conditions
- Safe following distance

Lesson 4:
- Blindspots, how to check and when to check
- Stopping and moving off from the kerb
- Following traffic rules. Signs, intersections, yellow boxes, etc
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CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 1 and 2

CDC Class 3A Driving Lesson Walkthrough: Lesson 1 and 2
I've started on my driving lessons, so thought I'd give a brief walkthrough for those who are curious what it's like.





Lesson 1:
- Explanation of devices and controls in the car
- Adjustment of seat and mirrors
- Understanding the dashboard numbers and symbols
- Starting the car
- Moving off and stopping
- Gradual bends
- Sharp bends

Lesson 2:
- Driving through junctions
- Lots of practice to improve on weak areas
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gothere.sg

gothere.sg
It's been around for a while, and it's pretty well known. But here's a quick run through, in case you haven't heard of this.
Short Story:
gothere.sg plans the best journey for your needs. All you need to do is key in the start and end point.

Long Story:
gothere.sg fills the gap that once was the territory of streetdirectory.com. After that site was disallowed from providing it's travel planning service, we were left hanging.

And it's simple too.

Key in the start and end points



Out comes the instructions


You can choose how you want to travel, by bus only, bus+train, car or taxi. Each provides you with sub options such as the fastest/cheapest route, or if you want to avoid the ERP.

Then you also have a zoom-able map. Just like google's. Cos it's powered by google. Don't forget you can switch to satellite view too. Just note the picture may be a little old and out dated.


Give it a go, I use it for almost all my travel now. There's a mobile version too, so just key gothere.sg into your portable internet device and you'll be able to access it on the move. More>

Pass Basic and Final Theory tests easily

Pass Basic and Final Theory tests easily
The expected methods of learning for these exams are through studying of the Official Handbook. In the old days, some resourceful people could get their hands on “past year papers” and study up on those. We of the internet generation are even luckier.
Short Story:
Head over to www.singaporetests.com for a database of questions that are likely to be asked during the exam.

Long Story:
The Basic and Final Theory handbooks cover many aspects of driving. But tests never cover everything. The shortcut way to study for any test is always to know the test questions in advanced.

Here is where singaporetests.com comes in. This site offers you 2 alternative methods of studying.

1. Download an e-book with all the information you need to pass the exams. It’s condensed and leaves out the useless information from the Official Handbook.
2. Sign up for Test Engine, a mock test which gives you access to their huge database of questions that have came out in the past. It’s like doing a 10-year series.

I highly recommend using the Test Engine. For Basic Theory there are, at this point of writing, 403 questions. You can deduce for yourself how much an advantage you have from knowing the possible questions that will be set.

From personal experience, after running through the Test Engine twice, I was able to complete and pass the Basic Theory test within 10 of the 50 minutes. I shall report again when I apply the same method for the Final Theory test.

Update: Just took my Final Theory. Passed easily again also in 10 minutes. Great stuff.
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