How To Steer a Car Properly - With UK Driving Test Advice

In this video, we'll be sharing some useful tips on how to maintain good control of your car using the steering wheel. We'll cover how to adjust your seat to ensure optimum control while staying comfortable, explore different steering techniques, and provide guidance on what's expected from you regarding steering during the UK driving test. Whether you're a beginner taking driving lessons or a seasoned driver, this video is sure to help you improve your steering skills and stay safe on the road.

We'll also answer the big question - are you allowed to cross your arms during the driving test?

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[worlddriving]

🙂 Subscribing really helps us make more videos

[Vayshen]

I got surprisingly angry at the notion that the video would end so soon. You really got me there Chris!

[Abe_]

Thanks Chris. I’ve been following all your videos since and I applied everything I learned from your videos today in my driving test in London Tolworth. I had the 7am test.

I passed on first Attempt with 2 minor faults only for hesitation on a busy roundabout and Control – Gears.

I actually watched the Show Me, tell me questions again today to refresh my memory and they asked me the same things 😂.

And the reverse Bay parking video as well helped because that’s what I got. Happy driving everyone:))

[wiki]

Hey Chris, thank you for all your videos I ended up binge watching them over the months and I passed my driving test today with 3 minors 😊

[cossiefordman]

Like how you gave the Gangsta bit GTA San Andreas style writing nice touch 👌🏼

[Qtalkz]

Thank you this video helped a lot I had my lesson where we covered this for the first time yesterday evening and I feel I may have subconsciously picked up the crossing arms from being in others cars so it was a bit challenging getting my head around this technique however after watching this I have a better understanding and am excited to try it out next time I am behind the wheel

[worlddriving]

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[ogochukwumelvina]

I just subscribed and started washing your videos today, you teaches so well and you are more detailed than my instructor. Easier to understand. I wish you can be my instructor

[henrygoltiano]

Cris, learning from you is pleasurable. You're a good instructor. Thank you.

[Danielagostinho]

A few variations I use is to allow some overlap of the hands on the steering wheel to smooth the transition between one hand and the other, and also to allow the hands to go past 12 o'c otherwise I might find it hard to keep the wheel in certain positions

[allieallyali]

Thank you so much for all this information. Especially the comfortable positions for driving.

[JacobKinsley]

Bro i've been doing like 50 hours of driving so far and all this time i've been adjusting the seat only half correctly, my instructor showed me the first few times but i forgot the whole procedure since then. No wonder my legs get tired after about 10 minutes... the chair is way too low down in my dad's car, i just assumed because my legs reach the pedals with a slight bend it didn't need adjusting.

Jeez, I realize now how important it is to constantly review the fundamentals.

[handsomesquidward]

0:31 lmao the editing in these videos get funnier and funnier

[becxalxbm]

good morning chris great video as always hope you are well cxx

[moseschristopher]

I'm watching from Nigeria. Tried the push pull technique today but my instructor said that's a bad way of steering😢.

[richardr]

Great videos ❤ about time they got rid of the 10 to 2 hand on wheel crap

[VypaGaming]

The very start of the video is literally how I steer lol

[hitolosimonvagi]

Which gear would be appropriate to go down a steep hill

[Kostantino]

American police use this technique but with down hand position. With this technique if I need to turn left I need to push steering wheel with right hand first, with hand position on the video I need to pull steering wheel with left hand

[theaikidoka]

I would argue that crossing hands/arms is OK, because you can only really do it at low speeds. At higher speeds (where the airbag would deploy on a collision), the car moves so much in response to steering that you simply can't move your arms enough to cross them without also crashing. At the lower speeds where you CAN cross arms, the airbag isn't likely to be triggered by a crash.
However, there IS an argument to be made for not moving your arms in such a way that you block your own vision, which maybe could happen with crossing arms. That is a potential risk if you were parking and pedestrians were in close proximity.
Thanks for all the great advice over the years.