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April 2023

Booked your driving test?

Don’t have an instructor for those “few lessons” you “need” and the use of a car just so you can pass?!

If this sounds familiar, it’s worth noting WE ARE NOT HIRE CARS.

Driving instructors are well aware of the many people who book practical tests and then rush around asking every instructor in the local area hoping someone will take you. We get messages from you several times a week! The answer is always the same - no!

So let’s look at why you are you finding it hard to get an instructor to take you on….
The truth is we are busy, and booked up weeks in advance. We therefore do not take pupils we don’t know and haven’t trained, we concentrate on those we do know and are prepared to put the required hours in.

Why you ask?

Because it takes more than a “few lessons” to assess your ability for a start. We then have to spend time to correct the faults and ensure that you have enough time to practise driving to the safe standard that is required to pass. 
We then have to ensure you can consistently drive safely and INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT HELP…. 
So hopefully now you can start to see why your kind offer of a “few lessons” is often rejected.

I have never met a student yet who has been able to meet the standard required to pass a test in two lessons, and I would invite any instructor to correct me if I’m wrong.

So why have you booked this test? 

Maybe you're in a rush to pass- I get it we want it done ASAP. Also, it’s expensive learning to drive isn’t it, lessons are costly we understand that, but so is a funeral….

Ask yourself this…(and be honest)….

Would you jump into a pool knowing you aren’t able to swim yet….in the hope you might just survive?

Of course you wouldn’t! So then why book (and or a sit) a test you’ve not prepared for, aren’t at the standard to pass and could risk other peoples life’s all to “have a go” - yes I’m talking about the examiner who has to sit next to you fearing for his life, and the other road users you’ve put at risk all to “have a go”?

So please - if you’ve made it this far…don’t book a test until you have spoke with an instructor willing to take you. 
Your blocking up an already back logged system, and will no doubt have to cancel that test when you fail to find an instructor to “hire”. Making it even more difficult for people who are ready to book a test.