So You Wish To Start Your Driving Lessons
You have arrived at the magic age of seventeen and want to start to drive (UK). It is expensive and you want to be as confident as you can that the money you spend on your driving lessons is not thrown away. You will want to find a driving instructor and then ask appropriate questions of him/her.
There are many directories on the web that have listings of driving schools and driving instructors. The biggest I have found is the Driving Schools Directory who literally cover many thousands of UK towns. Insert your home town in the ’search box’ and you will be presented with a listing instructors that cover your area. Take notes of those that may be interesting to you.
When you contact them, you will want to be certain that they are fully qualified and not ‘trainee’ instructors. You can tell this by the type of badge (licence) they display in their car. A fully qualified driving instructor will have a green octagonal licence displayed whereas a learner ADI will have a pink triangular licence.
Most driving instructors will offer money off for booking multiple lessons or if you are a student. Some will also offer discounts based on your profession e.g. nurses. Be sure to ask about these discounts.
Realise though that cheap isn’t always the best and could result in taking more driving lessons than required, thereby costing you more cash overall. So, once you start your training, do not be shy to change or try an alternative instructor if you are not happy for any reason.
Some of these reasons could be a personality clash, shouting, turning up late, using the lesson time to stop off at shops/do errands, stopping to use their mobile (illegal whilst driving), a dirty (un-clean) car etc.
Don’t forget, you are paying a lot of money and should therefore receive a top service.
