Driving lessons Oakdale, Poole

Impact School of Motoring have offered driving lessons in Oakdale, Poole for many years. With our extensive experience we would like to give some advice to pupils on how to be safe dealing with one of  the most difficult junctions in Oakdale.

 Joining the Dorset way at the Oakdale junction has often caused problems for many drivers. This appears to be because there is a sharp bend before joining the slip road so no time to build up speed, after the bend there you would be directly next to the dual carriageway (with no barriers or chevrons) so people try to join the carriageway immediately without having sufficient speed. There is a simple solution to ensure you can do this safely. Although the slip road is thin, it is however really long, so long in fact I could not fit the whole thing on this image without losing image clarity. So after taking the bend, stay left and build your speed on the very long slip road this will allow you ample time to assess your mirrors and safely select an opportunity to signal and move onto the carriageway.