Did You Know?

The UK has some of the busiest roads in Europe. In Western Europe, only Italy has more vehicles per mile than the UK.
There are around 35,760,901 vehicles currently on the UK roads, which is roughly one car for every two people
Our favourite car colour is silver. There were 7,996,383 silver cars on the road in UK in 2014
Percy Shaw's glass reflectors, otherwise known as Cats Eyes, first appeared on British roads on 29th April 1935
The world's first speeding ticket was given to someone driving at 8mph!! Back in 1896, the speed limit in Britain was a meagre 2mph and cars had to have a chap walking in front with a red flag to warn pedestrians of their approach.
The Gatso was the first speed camera used in the UK when it was installed on the M40 in 1991.

Your First Driving Lesson

Learning to drive is the start of a life changing step and a skill for life. Your first lesson is designed for you to get to know your instructor and for the instructor to assess your skill level. The instructor will issue a driver log book which is used to record your progress.


You will be required to bring  your provisional licence to the first lesson, where the instructor will record your details. Your instructor will also check your eyesight meets the required standard.


Your first lesson will cover the safety of entering and exiting the vehicle and the use of the main controls of the car, to ensure you have a good understanding of your training vehicle and how it works.


Upon being confident with the controls your instructor will teach how to move away and stop on the left, which is a basic skill easy to perfect. Following this skill your instructor will teach how to work up the gears to build up speed and park on the left.


Having mastered the control of the vehicle and gained confidence to move off, this is a solid foundation to progress onto junctions and more exercises.
At the end of the lesson you will be given feedback where your instructor will establish knowledge, confirm learning has taken place and schedule your next lesson.

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