Archive for March, 2010
8 Tips to Help You Pass Your Driving Test the First Time
Written by admin under Driving Lessons
When learning to drive, and ultimately taking your test, take heed of these 8 tips and your chances of passing the test first time will improve dramatically.
1. The most important thing you can do is invest in worthwhile driving lessons. Do no automatically choose the cheapest lessons you can find. Usually something is cheap for a reason. Choose lessons based on quality and reputation. Try to get recommendations from previous customers, and have a chat with the instructors to get a feel for them before handing over any money.
2. Clarify with the driving school exactly how long each lesson is. Does it include pick up time? Paperwork? How much time are you actually going to spend learning. Ten minutes here and there can add up to some major lost learning time.
3. Where possible avoid a trainee instructor. Whilst it is true that instructors need to gain experience before becoming fully qualified, you stand the best chance of passing your test if you take lessons form an experience driving instructor. You are paying money so you should get the best tuition for that money.
4. Check the condition of the car that the instructor uses. You want a reliable, and average car to get an accurate feel of how to drive. Remember that when you do your test, it is more than likely to be held in a different car to the one you learnt in. Try to get some experience driving different cars.
5. Do your pre test preparation properly, that means studying your theory book, and getting friends and family to test you. The better prepared you are, the easier your theory test will be.
6. Apply to take your theory test as soon as you begin lessons. Its best to get the theory test done and out of the way, so you can concentrate on the actually driving.
7. Keep your lessons regular. It is proven that regular lessons is the best way to learn. Intensive courses have higher failure rates as you are trying to cram in too much in too short a period of time. If you spread the lessons out over too long a period of time, you will waste too much time reacquainting yourself with what your learnt previously, rather than learning new things.
8. Have one last practice lesson right before your test. This will build confidence, and really does help with the pass rate.
By: James Culvers
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Choosing a Driving Instructor For Your Driving Lessons
Written by admin under Driving Lessons
Tags: Dsa, Franchise Fees, Training On The Job
When you choose a driving instructor, there are several things you should look for. The most important thing is looking to see whether the instructor is actually fully qualified. You can find this out before you even get into the car.
All DSA approved driving instructors must by law display a badge in the windscreen of their car when giving paid tuition. If there is no badge on display, the instructor could be working illegally and not even be a driving instructor.
If the instructor displays a PINK badge, that means they are not fully qualified. It means they have passed 2 of the 3 exams needed to be a driving instructor, but have not yet passed the final (most important) exam, which tests their ability to instruct. The pink badge means they are ‘training on the job’ and just getting experience for their final exam. If they fail the exam 3 times, they will not be able to instruct anymore and you would have to find another instructor.
A GREEN badge means the instructor is fully qualified.
Many large schools like BSM sponsor trainees. They do not have to inform you that your instructor will not be fully trained and qualified.
Most good driving instructors would build their business from recommendations. Some instructors might choose to work for a company like BSM so they get work given to them. They have to pay very high franchise fees (around £300 per week) to BSM in order to use their name and car.
When choosing an instructor, the best option would be to ask friends if they would recommend the person they learnt with, and don’t go with the cheapest in town.
You have to ask yourself: if driving instructors are charging silly prices for lessons, is this the only way they can get work? If they were good instructors getting many recommendations and could be charging £20 per hour, why are they working for £10?
By: Jennifer Phippard
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