One of my colleagues who originally helped me to set up my own website, has recently started Find Driving Instructors, a site which has a comprehensive directory of driving instructors across the UK.
If you're looking for a driving instructor - they'll be here!
Unfortunately we're no longer able to provide driving lessons, due to our commercial training commitments, but guess what, you can find driving instructors in Lancaster on the site!
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Monday, 4 May 2009
Eco-Friendly Driving
We are now running Eco-Friendly Driver Training courses for private and company drivers across the UK.
As DSA registered Fleet Driver Trainers we are perfectly placed to provide the best training for drivers to ensure that not only is their driving safe, but also fuel efficient, saving drivers and companies hundreds (and possibly thousands) of pounds a year.
As DSA registered Fleet Driver Trainers we are perfectly placed to provide the best training for drivers to ensure that not only is their driving safe, but also fuel efficient, saving drivers and companies hundreds (and possibly thousands) of pounds a year.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Refresher Training - Save Fuel!
Refresher training can be used by any driver and we often deal with driving nerves or bringing people back into the driver's seat after a long break, but with the rapid rise in fuel costs we thought we'd make a suggestion:
Take an Eco-Driving Lesson!
We can help anyone to save a little money on their fuel, while knowing that the extra cash in your pocket has been earnt while saving the environment.
Environmentally friendly driving is simple and the techniques we teach can be used every day by every driver, they make sense and you'll wonder why you've never done it before.
On average, we can help drivers to save around 5-10% on fuel (between 5 and 14 pence a litre), which over the course of a year's travel (12000 miles) for a driver in a modest family car (lets say a Ford Focus 1.6 petrol) should save you between £75 and £180 a year and once you know the techniques, you can apply them year after year and continue with the savings.
All for a morning or afternoon of your time and £75.
Take an Eco-Driving Lesson!
We can help anyone to save a little money on their fuel, while knowing that the extra cash in your pocket has been earnt while saving the environment.
Environmentally friendly driving is simple and the techniques we teach can be used every day by every driver, they make sense and you'll wonder why you've never done it before.
On average, we can help drivers to save around 5-10% on fuel (between 5 and 14 pence a litre), which over the course of a year's travel (12000 miles) for a driver in a modest family car (lets say a Ford Focus 1.6 petrol) should save you between £75 and £180 a year and once you know the techniques, you can apply them year after year and continue with the savings.
All for a morning or afternoon of your time and £75.
Friday, 26 October 2007
....so we started our own intensive course!
Yep, we felt we had to give in to the pressure - the customer is always right, they just need help to be right properly if you know what we mean!
Our Intensive Driving Courses are only done in automatic cars, and only after an assessment session.
Our Intensive Driving Courses are only done in automatic cars, and only after an assessment session.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Intensive driving courses
I keep getting phone calls and emails asking whether I do intensive driving courses so I thought I'd better explain my reasons for not doing them.
Intensive courses are very hit and miss - people learn in drastically different ways and at very different speeds. Most people simply cannot concentrate on one thing for more than around 3 hours a day, which means that to meet the average amount of lessons (45 according to the DSA), a customer will need around 3 weeks of training, with two 90 minute lessons each day.
For any normal instructor, fitting all of these lessons into their diary would be impossible unless they were very quiet - and if they're that quiet - why?!
A good instructor will be able to reduce the amount of lessons you may need, and by taking more than 1 lesson a week you will be able to reduce the amount of time it takes to get to test standard quite rapidly. Take slightly longer lessons (90 minutes I find is the most productive - more than this and the concentration starts to slide), and take maybe 2 or 3 per week.
The single most important thing in learning to drive is your own attitude - if you are determined to learn as much as possible from every situation then you will learn more quickly - but if you sit back expecting to be "taught" to drive - you will get no-where.
When booking driving lessons, try to plan in advance. Plan on the average of 45 hours, booking 90 minute lessons, and try to do 2 per week. Don't go for an intensive unless you really have to.
If you do decide on an intensive course - or are forced down that route - then go with an instructor who specialises in them. Book your course - but before you go on it, try to get as many driving lessons as you can. Remember that before your course you will have to pass your theory test, so get started as soon as possible.
Hope that makes sense - good luck.
Intensive courses are very hit and miss - people learn in drastically different ways and at very different speeds. Most people simply cannot concentrate on one thing for more than around 3 hours a day, which means that to meet the average amount of lessons (45 according to the DSA), a customer will need around 3 weeks of training, with two 90 minute lessons each day.
For any normal instructor, fitting all of these lessons into their diary would be impossible unless they were very quiet - and if they're that quiet - why?!
A good instructor will be able to reduce the amount of lessons you may need, and by taking more than 1 lesson a week you will be able to reduce the amount of time it takes to get to test standard quite rapidly. Take slightly longer lessons (90 minutes I find is the most productive - more than this and the concentration starts to slide), and take maybe 2 or 3 per week.
The single most important thing in learning to drive is your own attitude - if you are determined to learn as much as possible from every situation then you will learn more quickly - but if you sit back expecting to be "taught" to drive - you will get no-where.
When booking driving lessons, try to plan in advance. Plan on the average of 45 hours, booking 90 minute lessons, and try to do 2 per week. Don't go for an intensive unless you really have to.
If you do decide on an intensive course - or are forced down that route - then go with an instructor who specialises in them. Book your course - but before you go on it, try to get as many driving lessons as you can. Remember that before your course you will have to pass your theory test, so get started as soon as possible.
Hope that makes sense - good luck.
Monday, 9 April 2007
Better Value with Longer Lessons!
I've decided to stop giving 1 hour lessons - sorry guys!
There's a few reasons for this - the main one is that to make a reasonable amount of money from driving instruction - I would have to charge a huge amount for my 1 hour lessons (£24 an hour) which people simply aren't willing to pay.
With the longer lessons I have less trouble fitting them in to the diary, and more importantly they mean less "dead time" - travel time to and from lessons for which I'm not being paid. By reducing these costs I can offer better value on my longer lessons.
Just so you know -
90 minute lesson - £30
2 hour lesson - £36
Thanks, and remember, you get more done for less money in the longer lessons. Far better value for all of us!
There's a few reasons for this - the main one is that to make a reasonable amount of money from driving instruction - I would have to charge a huge amount for my 1 hour lessons (£24 an hour) which people simply aren't willing to pay.
With the longer lessons I have less trouble fitting them in to the diary, and more importantly they mean less "dead time" - travel time to and from lessons for which I'm not being paid. By reducing these costs I can offer better value on my longer lessons.
Just so you know -
90 minute lesson - £30
2 hour lesson - £36
Thanks, and remember, you get more done for less money in the longer lessons. Far better value for all of us!
Monday, 2 April 2007
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