Lessons include all of the types of driving that your driving test does - for example, town centre driving, rural driving and dual carriage-way driving. Lessons use roads in and around Bury St Edmunds - just as the driving test does.
Rather than "wasting" a proportion of each lesson sitting by the side of the road learning theory, I point out theory and hazard perception issues as relevant during a lesson and advise students what learning materials to buy so that they can study at home.* This reduces the number of lessons needed as more time is spent on real driving.
* Note, however, that when a new subject is introduced, a small briefing may be required but I try to keep this as short as possible. Likewise, a few minutes of each lesson do have to be spent setting objectives (to comply with DVSA guidelines) but, again, I try to keep this as short as possible.
Before your driving test, I will spend some time rehearsing the 19 "Show Me, Tell Me" questions that must be learnt.
Lessons are a minimum of 1 hour but can be longer if required.
Note: As the driving test entails driving in and around Bury St Edmunds, I usually recommend that students who need picking up from Thetford or an outlying village book a longer driving lesson to allow sufficient time for driving on the type of roads that will be required in the driving test.
I am happy to pick-up and drop-off students from any location in and around Thetford - town centre, their own home or the home of a friend.
I offer driving lessons at a time to suit the student and, in addition to standard office hours, work evenings and Saturdays if required.
I use a modern, well-maintained, immaculate Citroen C3 1.4 Diesel. The car is a manual, dual-controlled, medium-sized car.
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Advantages of the Citroen: | Light, sensitive, responsive car that makes manoeuvres easy and so reduces the number of driving lessons needed. |
I am happy to let students drive their own car (manual or automatic) once it is safe to stop using the dual-controls of my own car. Students must have their own insurance if driving their own car.
Pass Plus is an additional set of instruction (minimum 6 hours) for newly-qualified drivers that helps to develop driving skills and improve their road safety. The six modules of Pass Plus focus on different driving conditions: driving in the dark, driving in bad weather, driving on dual-carriageways, motorway driving, town driving and rural driving.
Students are assessed by me whilst completing the modules and, once they have reached a satisfactory standard in each module, they will be sent a certificate that entitles them to reduced car insurance.
I am an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) for Pass Plus and offer flexible time-scales to suit a student's individual concentration level - for example, some find that 3 hours in the morning and three in the afternoon, with a break in-between, works best.
I offer a flexible, individually-tailored plan to students who wish to take their test quickly. The key limitation is the student's concentration span - there is no point in wasting money on an 8 hour lesson if a student can only concentrate effectively for 2 hours. It is often better to have daily - or twice-daily - lessons. In all cases, I discuss with the student what is best for THEM.
A student from Bury St Edmunds who passed first time with driving lessons from TLC Driving School