Driving Lessons
Practical Driving Sessions
This is where the real work and the enjoyment of learning to drive really begins. It should be enjoyable and I as your trainer will put you at your ease, explaining things as you go, enabling you to practice at a sensible pace, to improve your skills. Learning to drive takes commitment from you, dedication and a bit of effort. After all, gaining a driving licence is a privilege - once gained, it should be looked after.
I provide a positive, interactive form of driver training, and my driving sessions are normally conducted over a one hour, one an a half hour and two hour lessons. Most driving schools offer a one hour lesson once a week. There is nothing wrong with this method. In all probability you will still be having driving lessons six months later. Over the last couple of years I have been encouraging pupils to have a one an a half or two hour lesson twice a week. With the result, pupils are reaching test standard much more quickly than the one hour lesson a week method.
The more time you can give to your driving tuition the more information you will
absorb over a shorter period of time. Thus the months spent learning to drive are greatly reduced. This can also help reduce the overall cost of learning to drive.
In a two hour lesson you get more time to practice what has been taught.
With the old one hour lesson once a week method you are repeating part of last weeks lesson.
You will learn to drive in a friendly and patient atmosphere. I will work with you to devise a plan of action that suits your level of driving experience, style of learning and confidence level. My goal is to prepare you as much as possible so you pass your test the first time. I will train you step by step, covering a wide range of driving conditions, including town driving, dual carriageway and open roads, where higher speeds come into it. When I think that you are at test standard, I will advise you to take the test. I will pick you up from home, school, or place of work and drop you off at the end of your training session.
Practical Driving Test
Not as scary as you might think! If you are properly prepared, the test is straight forward. Simply demonstrate to the examiner your skills in the car, as you have been taught, try not to be nervous! You need to be able to show the examiner that you are safe to be allowed to drive unaccompanied as a qualified driver.
The test is currently conducted over a variety of roads on set routes, and lasts approx 40 minutes. There is one reversing exercise an emergency stop and eight to ten minutes of independent driving included. The examiners marking sheet records ‘faults’ minor, serious, dangerous. For a pass, no serious or dangerous must be recorded. A maximum of 15 minor faults are allowed, but obviously, the fewer recorded, the better!
It is all about car control, concentration, anticipation and awareness.
Learners
Learning to drive is a big step, it is not only learning to control a car, it is taking responsibility as a road user, and thinking about the safety of others. Learning to drive offers so much, new found freedom and independence, improved job prospects, and with it comes responsibility, but it should be FUN !
So come and have fun learning to drive with 4 Seasons Driving School.
To start learning to drive, you need to be seventeen and the holder of a provisional licence. You need to be able to read a car number plate at 20.5 metres(67ft) on old style plates, 20 metres on new style ones.
The DSA Driving Test consists of, A theory and hazard perception test, and a practical driving test. You need to study and practice for both!
This is where the real work and the enjoyment of learning to drive really begins. It should be enjoyable and I as your trainer will put you at your ease, explaining things as you go, enabling you to practice at a sensible pace, to improve your skills. Learning to drive takes commitment from you, dedication and a bit of effort. After all, gaining a driving licence is a privilege - once gained, it should be looked after.
I provide a positive, interactive form of driver training, and my driving sessions are normally conducted over a one hour, one an a half hour and two hour lessons. Most driving schools offer a one hour lesson once a week. There is nothing wrong with this method. In all probability you will still be having driving lessons six months later. Over the last couple of years I have been encouraging pupils to have a one an a half or two hour lesson twice a week. With the result, pupils are reaching test standard much more quickly than the one hour lesson a week method.
The more time you can give to your driving tuition the more information you will
absorb over a shorter period of time. Thus the months spent learning to drive are greatly reduced. This can also help reduce the overall cost of learning to drive.
In a two hour lesson you get more time to practice what has been taught.
With the old one hour lesson once a week method you are repeating part of last weeks lesson.
You will learn to drive in a friendly and patient atmosphere. I will work with you to devise a plan of action that suits your level of driving experience, style of learning and confidence level. My goal is to prepare you as much as possible so you pass your test the first time. I will train you step by step, covering a wide range of driving conditions, including town driving, dual carriageway and open roads, where higher speeds come into it. When I think that you are at test standard, I will advise you to take the test. I will pick you up from home, school, or place of work and drop you off at the end of your training session.
Practical Driving Test
Not as scary as you might think! If you are properly prepared, the test is straight forward. Simply demonstrate to the examiner your skills in the car, as you have been taught, try not to be nervous! You need to be able to show the examiner that you are safe to be allowed to drive unaccompanied as a qualified driver.
The test is currently conducted over a variety of roads on set routes, and lasts approx 40 minutes. There is one reversing exercise an emergency stop and eight to ten minutes of independent driving included. The examiners marking sheet records ‘faults’ minor, serious, dangerous. For a pass, no serious or dangerous must be recorded. A maximum of 15 minor faults are allowed, but obviously, the fewer recorded, the better!
It is all about car control, concentration, anticipation and awareness.
Learners
Learning to drive is a big step, it is not only learning to control a car, it is taking responsibility as a road user, and thinking about the safety of others. Learning to drive offers so much, new found freedom and independence, improved job prospects, and with it comes responsibility, but it should be FUN !
So come and have fun learning to drive with 4 Seasons Driving School.
To start learning to drive, you need to be seventeen and the holder of a provisional licence. You need to be able to read a car number plate at 20.5 metres(67ft) on old style plates, 20 metres on new style ones.
The DSA Driving Test consists of, A theory and hazard perception test, and a practical driving test. You need to study and practice for both!
