The System Sheets: four printable references for the Dutch practical exam

Four visual reference sheets that compress the parts of the exam people struggle to hold in their head: where to look, where to put the car, when to act, and how to keep control during a manoeuvre.

Each one is a single page, built to be read in a minute before a lesson rather than studied at a desk.

WHAT YOU GET

The Observation System. How to actually look. The scanning routine and its rhythm, what belongs in each mirror, the situations that must interrupt the routine and trigger an immediate check, when a shoulder check is required and how to keep it short, and the sequence an examiner expects before a lane change.

The Space & Speed System. Where to put the car and how fast to go. Base road position on marked, narrow and parked-up streets, the safety cushion around the car, the two-second rule and when to increase it, speed that fits the road rather than the sign, and how to take corners without steering and braking at the same time.

The Decision & Timing System. How to choose and commit in time. Reading a situation before you reach it, building time and options, deciding between continue, adjust and wait, and the four timing errors that decide exams: too late, too early, too hesitant, and a situation that has changed.

The Manoeuvre System. Parking, reversing and staying in control. The four rules that apply to every manoeuvre, reversing in a straight line and around a bend, bay parking forwards and in reverse, parallel parking, the three-point turn, the half-turn and the hill start, plus what the examiner watches in each.

WHY VISUAL

Most of this is easier to see than to read. Position, timing and observation are spatial problems, and a paragraph describing where to look is a poor substitute for a drawing of it.

WHO IT IS FOR

International drivers preparing for the Dutch practical exam, and anyone who has been told to improve their kijkgedrag without being shown what that looks like from the driver's seat.

The sheets work on their own and pair with the full 57-page guide, which explains the same system situation by situation.

FORMAT

• Four printable pages, PDF, English
• Instant download

Independent educational material based on Rijprocedure B. These are teaching frameworks, not official CBR sequences. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CBR, and no guarantee of a passing result.