A quiet street at night for your first night drives
Begin night practice on quiet, familiar streets, then build up to busier and darker roads.
Asked in road safetyShown in 2 practice questions
What it means
A quiet street at night for your first night drives: what should you do?
Through the windscreen above your yellow bonnet, a suburban street stretches away at night. Street lights cast pools of light on the road, house windows glow on both sides and there is no other traffic. This is the right setting for your first drives after dark: a street you know well, so judging distance and speed in low light is the only new task.
What to do
1
Choose streets you already drive by day for your first night sessions.
2
Leave a bigger gap than usual, about four seconds.
3
Move on to busier roads and unlit country roads only as your confidence grows.
Practice questions with this scene
You have just started practising at night. Where is the best place for your first night drives?
Right.Not quite. The answer is A.
Night driving is harder, so start on familiar, quiet streets and build up to busier and darker roads.
Source: Safe driving practice
You are about to try your first drives after dark. Which roads should you pick?
Right.Not quite. The answer is A.
Start night driving on quiet, familiar streets, so the dark is the only new thing to deal with.
Source: Safe driving practice
Common questions
Where should a learner do their first night drive?
On quiet streets you already know well, then build up to busier and darker roads.
Why is driving at night harder?
Speed and distance are harder to judge in the dark, so a bigger gap of about four seconds helps.
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