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Once you have perfected your basic control skills you will be ready to learn the procedures necessary to navigate safely round the various road systems. For example, left hand and right-hand junctions and emerging from a side road, Each time you are presented with a potential or actual hazard on the road (i.e. anything [...]

1. D.S.S.M (Door, seat, steering, seat belt and mirror) Also known as ‘the cockpit check’, you should carry out this routine before setting off anywhere. Its purpose is to make sure you are in a safe and secure driving position and able to control the car with proper visibility for your upcoming journey. 2. [...]

Theory test Before you can start driving lessons you must hold a provisional licence, you can apply for this any time after you reach 15 years and 9 months. You can take your theory test anytime from your 17th birthday so if you are keen to learn to drive you might want to start [...]

Before we get to exactly what MSM is, we’d just like to remind you that your mirrors are there to help you, so use them, you will fail your test if you aren’t seen to regularly use your mirrors, not just a quick glance but emphasising your head movement to show you are really [...]

It’s not unusual to be nervous before your test and most of us will have experienced feeling nervous and have our own ways of dealing with it but here are some ideas to help you. Before you take your driving test Chat to your instructor about how you feel, if there is something you [...]

Once you have passed your test you then have to tackle the task of insuring your car. New driver insurance is notoriously expensive and more and more new drivers are turning to Black Box Insurance (telematics) to help reduce the cost. But what are the advantages and disadvantages to it? Is it worth [...]

How many of you can directly relate your poor driving skills, aggressive road behaviour and carelessness on how badly your day is going? Do you set off on the school run or commute to work late and find yourself impatiently tooting the car in front for not pulling away quickly enough (in your [...]

Did you know that the average age of a new learner is 26? I think most of us think that it’s all 17 and 18year olds, but with the cost of driving lessons going up over the years, more youngsters going off to university and two car families lots of young people are putting [...]

When the time comes to take driving lessons the initial question is probably automatic or manual? So, what’s the difference and which should you choose. Well, a manual car has a clutch pedal and in order to change gear you need to depress that at the same time as changing gear. An automatic [...]

The DVSA say that on average 45 hours of driving lessons are needed before passing your test. In terms of money that is in the region of £1500. Most of our learners pass in about 30 hours and those that have additional driving time with Mum or Dad can often do it in [...]