Having illustrated some of the methods of navigation what we might consider now is how you tackle it when it is thrust through the window at the start of a section. However difficult it may look, you can always go to the next junction. You should instruct your driver on how to drive gently up the road. You should read the handout carefully and then read it again. There may be more information than you think. It will usually contain the time allowed and distance to be covered together with the navigation to be solved. By the time you get to the first junction you may have worked out which direction to go or you may arrive there just as somebody else who has sorted out the navigation and is just setting off again. But beware of blindly following another car, he may know where he is going but he may not...Even if you are following, keep trying to make the navigation fit and keep an eye on where you are going otherwise you may end up lost off route which is a lot worse than being baffled on route! Alternatively you can pull up at the junction (don’t obstruct it) and try and solve the handout. Whichever, its better than cluttering up the control area. With practise you will be able to plot on the move, always keeping at least a junction or two ahead of the driver.

If you are totally baffled by the handout it may even be worth getting your driver’s opinion - miracles do happen and he may see how to do it or provide the clue you need to solve it. As a last resort some intuitive guess work might not go a miss, you may stumble on a code board which will give you a clue that you are going in the right direction. Don't discard handouts, keep them safe and easily located - you never know when they may be needed again. Some organisers engineer ways of reusing previous handouts or include additional information to be used later.