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Intensive Learner driving in Appleton, Warrington, Manchester, Widnes, Cheshire and the North West with learnertuition. You want intensive driving lessons. We want to teach you to drive. You pass the test. Simple! |
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Fast track courses to pass the DSA Driving Test ADI TRAINING - please ring for details and a chat |
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WHAT WE OFFER Whatever standard you are currently at we teach you intensively to pass the DSA statutory test. All courses are one 2 one. Whether you want an intensive crash course (residential course) or a single full day learner driving session we can meet your needs. Please give us a ring to discuss options. Our instructors are highly qualified over and above standard ADI driving instructor standard and we offer high quality tuition in a friendly but professional manner. You may pay for any course with cash, cheque or by credit/debit card via the payments page. Please arrange dates/times beforehand. Ring: 07947 198 957 or 01925 211 944. If you are interested in becoming an ADI contact us. We could save you some money and enable you to become a top instructor - if that's what your aim is. WHY US When you do, for example, the full single day learner driving session with us you get a full day's tuition. Apart from a coffee break in the morning and a quick lunch-stop most of that time you will be driving, not sitting by the side of the road having a long chat with an instructor. If you have difficulty with any aspect or developing your drive we drive you as we talk it through, then get you to try again. Actions speak louder than words, so they say. You can organise with us to do split days in a week or consecutive days. We organise the times together and then we get on with teaching you to drive. In the earlier phase we teach you the theory as you drive so that you can get the theory test completed and learn to use it practically on the road. Above all you get high quality tuition with regular demonstration drives to show you what standard you are aiming for. One intensive day with us will develop your driving significantly. Ready for test or failed your test? Try our one-day course
IF you have already done lessons and/or have learned with your parents and feel that you are ready for test we run a one-day learner driver course to get your driving up to DSA test standard. This would also suit someone who has previously failed their test. You would be expected to be already able to complete the standard manoeuvres to a satisfactory standard. This is a full day course, very intensive. with a significant amount of driving. We do not sit by the roadside talking! And we work until we are happy with the standard, even if it means stretching the day. If you have failed your driving test on one or more previous occasions we assess your drive and pinpoint reasons for your test failure. You will find this very instructive, but without feeling like a failure. Failing to pass is often not a lack of ability, more a failure to home in on the real weaknesses in the drive. One day course: 8 hours: Cost £195. All training material supplied.
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Residential / Intensive multi-day learner crash courses? |
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You can choose to take a three/five/six day intensive learner driving courses with a test at the end of the course. Or you can book the test for a week or two later. This is a popular option with our students. |
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We offer a full range of intensive learner driving courses, optionally with a test at the end of the course. Please ring 07947 198 957 for details and to discuss which of these courses is best for you. For the three day course you will have already gained some confidence behind the wheel. You will have SOME experience of one of more of the manoeuvres required for DSA driving test, these being: -
You will be taught correct procedure for all of the above DSA driving test manoeuvres Cost: £425+test fee. All training material supplied. See below to book. |
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For the 5/6 day course On this course we take you from absolute novice to test-ready. This is a very intensive course and we keep you working until you are at test standard. Cost: £645 +test fee. All training material supplied. See below to book. |
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If you are not sure which course will suit you please ring and we can discuss the best option for you. We can arrange accommodation for you if you live out of the area - we are in the NW, within easy reach of Liverpool, Chester, Manchester and Warrington.
REQUIREMENTS for all learner driving courses A theory test certificate is required for a course with test at the end of the course. A valid provisional driving licence is required for all learner courses. This will be checked (both parts) at the beginning so please bring with you. failure to bring your licence will prohibit instruction. This is the responsibility of the student in all cases. Eyesight check - read a number plate at 20.5m If you need to book your DSA theory test, click here. You will need a UK driving licence number and a debit or credit card. For your nearest DSA theory test centre click here. |
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WHAT WE TEACH YOU A safe drive that will keep you out of trouble and convey to the DSA examiner a feeling of security and confidence. This is important - understanding examiner psychology. You will learn:
Our one-day session is designed to prepare a competent driver for test, to highlight any areas of weakness and to provide a program for remedial work. It also includes a mock test.
The residential courses takes you from beginner to test standard. At the end of the course you can take your practical car test. This can be pre-booked when you book your residential course.
Parent-taught and Ready for Test? If you've been taught to drive by your parents there are often several key areas that missed, even though your driving is quite flowing. Book a half or full day session to get you to test standard. With forthcoming regulations to require a vehicle used for test to have dual controls this is an excellent way of improving and also getting comfortable in another car. Semi-auto, DSG and automatic gearboxes? Where there is no clutch in a car, such as in a semi-automatic or DSG gearbox (e.g. Audi/Mercedes/Seat) a candidate will receive a licence that is designated/limited to automatic-only cars. There's a wide variety of paddle-shift type gearboxes available on cars, but practical tests for a standard full licence require the use of a conventional 4/5/6 speed manual gearbox with clutch. If in doubt, contact the DSA. PLEASE NOTE: We do not run 1 hour driving lessons. There are many traditional driving schools who can offer this. However, we feel that these are not time or cost-effective for either pupil or instructor. Minimum sessions we run are two hours. Please ring to discuss options. Advice is free and happily given! 07947 198 957 anytime |
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USEFUL LEARNER DRIVER ADVICE- this advice is priceless to any learner driver |
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Driving test advice. Tips to help pass your test, and keep you safe on the roads CONCENTRATE, OBSERVE, ANTICIPATE and then SPACE and TIME - this is the basic advice that always serves you well How to drive a junction - when you set off across a junction do a quick check left-right BEFORE CROSSING. Does the examiner's confidence a world of good. Oh, and saves your life when the idiot jumps the lights. Critical if you're first off from the lights. Don't look into the junction when you are next to it - it's too late then. My routine - pupil looks into each road and says the word "happy" before crossing. Learn to vocalise your observations. Link things together. Engage First gear check mirrors for bikes, second gear observe the junction. Don't steer and change gear; do one or the other. Link an observe to a gear selection. Look into the roundabout, select the appropriate gear to continue/stop. Roundabout. Always approach planning to stop at the line but constantly observing/scanning so that you can go when the opportunity arrives. "Slow until you can go, when it's clear take the gear." This way you will not be caught out or sail into the junction. New road, new observation. Observe far, middle, near and rear. Treat every turn as a new road. The next 20 seconds can fail you. So CONCENTRATE. See a light think. Indicator or brake light. Do I need to slow? Green light, think about stopping, Red, think stop but prepare for a go. As soon as you see a light in front of you step off the gas, ASSESS, then decide what needs doing. Try and let a situation resolve before you get there, perhaps coming off the gas early and loose a little speed early. Dodgy situation? Cover the brake. Always cover the brake when approaching lights on a downhill road. Car keeps on moving and you're ready for a stop. Examiner notices things like this and it makes them feel COMFORTABLE. They don't pass SCARY drivers. Would you? Pedestrian crossing. Look for red stop light on the right; means it's a puffin. Won't change 'till the people are off the crossing. There's no flashing amber on a puffin so don't move off until the green. No red light on right: Pelican; takes 7 seconds to change. Slow the car early and ready for the change. When a person's on the crossing they have priority whether red or green. Look out for bikes on the pavement near a crossing. Always scan the pavement for potential crossers. ALWAYS have space in front of you, especially at junctions. You should always be able to see a group of cars in front of you, then a space, then you. Think of them as the Play and you as the Audience. NEVER get involved in the play. This is my single best piece of advice! Manoeuvres - these are failed for accuracy or (more often) observation. Make sure you observe BEFORE you start - imagine there's a kid waiting to run behind your car. Then, do at least three observes during the manoeuvre. The examiner will always spot something before you. If you want some advice on a part of the test ask me. The bigger the vehicle in front of you the greater the space - if it's a bus or a bin wagon EXPECT it to stop. It's not rocket science! ALWAYS stop with a car length in front of you. You must be able to see TYRES and TARMAC. That way, if you miss a side turning you still have space for the car. Slowing down. Forget the gears. Only grab a gear when you know you can go. That way you grab the right gear. Right turn, grab the gear as you look into the road. Then you won't cut the corner and get a steering or a major fault . Get the gear at the end of your braking. Try and come off the clutch at the same time as you come off the brake. This works REALLY well, especially downhill turns. May not be the advanced driver system but the brake pedal keeps the car controlled. You'll feel the difference. Questions on learning to drive sent to the website Smoothing out gear-changes - This is hardly ever taught, never explained and little understood. Move your hand to the gear-lever first. Try to move the gear and depress the clutch at the same time. The longer the revs have to fall before the next gear comes in, the more jerky the gear-change. Come straight off the clutch going up gears so as the revs fall they match the next gear; Changing down - blend it in going down. If you get the gear at the end of your braking the revs have to rise less so there's virtually no jerk. Remember if the engine has to speed up, as you're not touching the gas, the energy has to come out of the car - hence the lurch.
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I go into a box junction if I'm turning right? - Short answer, yes. If
you're the first car and you can't make the right turn just because of
oncoming traffic enter the box and wait to turn right. If you're the
second car you can wait behind the first car - this is allowed. If you're
the third car it's usually best to wait behind the stop line at the
lights. When the first car moves check the lights and then place the car
behind the one left in the junction. Read Highway Code rule 150 carefully.
(Don't ever put the car where you really don't want it. e.g. over the
pedestrian crossing area of the traffic lights How do I improve my braking? Here's something that learner drivers struggle on and often fail their test for. Think of braking as having three parts. The first is the signal to the driver behind we are slowing for some reason. Check the mirror and lightly press the brake pedal. This lights up the brake lights, tells the following driver there's a need to slow down and it also tells the examiner you've seen the problem ahead. It also gets the car into a stable braking dynamic. The second is the loosing speed bit. Squeeze the pedal progressively harder increasing pressure and then reducing towards the end of the stop. The clutch usually goes down at the end of this phase, otherwise you loose some control and get a coasting fault on test. Try and brake as if you're stopping a metre or two before the stop line; then you can adjust your final stop point. . . . The third is the positioning the stop point with the end of the braking, This gives a lurch-free stop and allows you to stop the car accurately. Keep your hands on the wheel until you stop. Swap footbrake for handbrake at this point unless you are about to move off. Once you're stopped prepare for a move off. Observe, get your feet over clutch and gas. Watch the lights and keep an eye out for pedestrians and bikes.
How should I steer? Steering seems basically straightforward but is rarely learnt properly. The system described here is what is required when learning for test. There are other ways of steering a car but these can be learnt after your test. The following is for steering a left or right turn at lower speeds. 1. Try and hold the steering wheel at about the quarter to three position, arms slightly bent. 2. Turning left, with both hands on the wheel, raise the left hand on the wheel to the top and then pull first. Once the hand is level with the right hand, the right follows the left down to the bottom and takes over to push up, if necessary. Returning the wheel is just this in reverse. The trick is to keep the hands at the same level after the first initial pull down. Try to feed the wheel through the hands and not let either hand leave the wheel. 3. Don't apply gas until the steering is virtually straight, otherwise you will have to move your hands fast and untidily. Get the car basically straight. Only apply gas when you are happy you have looked up the road. 4. Don't do gear-changes when steering. You can practise feeding the wheel through your hands with a large round tray. Try and keep you hands on the tray and level all of the time. Put a mark at the top, turn it all the way around once and then return it back again. This is good practice for when you get back in the car. If it doesn't work at first try small shuffles of the wheel and then make them larger bites.
If you have a question - email it and we'll answer it here. Good luck!
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If the second car doesn't move when the lights change you're left where
you don't want to be.)