Driving Lessons
Beginner lessons tailor-made for new drivers, focusing on initial safety and confidence.
Working on initial car control, Moving off safely. Learning how to initially take the car away safely and under control, braking and use of the clutch to stop. Initial gear changes and learning how to steer,
mirror work. Approximately four to eight hours to achieve this.
Gradual moving out onto the main roads when safe to do so. Lean how to turn left and right, roundabouts, roadcraft. manoeuvres, dual carriageway, motorway driving, driving test when ready. My aim is to help you learn safe driving skills for life not just for test. Full driving experience not just test routes.
Confidence building, mentoring and coaching
Learning how to be confident in your driving skills and roadcraft. I will start with initial instruction and gradually mentor and coach you to test level and beyond.
Supporting you to become confident in how to deal with most situations, Learning all aspects of the road ahead and around you. Learning to have the confidence to read all aspects of the road and what to do in any given situation. Mentoring and coaching you to a standard that you feel confident to drive on your own or with any passenger and the driving examiner.
Overcoming Driver Anxiety
I help learner drivers and those with licences who have anxiety issues.
Learning how to stay calm in situations and finding out how to deal with them. It is very easy to get overwhelmed with driving situations and I will help you try and find a solution to overcome potential
issues. Learn how to give yourself more time to see and deal with a potential problem so that you can find a solution so that when something occurs you have a strategy to deal with it.
Motorway Driving
Learning how to drive on a motorway. Lane choice, speed and mirror work.
Motorways are the safest roads to drive on. You will learn how to choose you lanes and drive in them safely. How to overtake safely in your overtaking lanes and return safely using the correct mirrors to
your driving lane. Learning speed and how to keep up with traffic safely. How to enter and exit motorways safely.
Refresher Lessons
Courses Ideal for those returning to driving, want to improve driving skills, anxiety, motorway worries, Older drivers who wish to polish up their driving, parking issues, enhancing and building confidence and being safe.
Sometimes drivers have had to take a break due to personal reasons or worry about going on journeys, motorways, country roads. I can help you regain those lost skills and give you new ones in respect of modern driving experience. Support for older drivers who feel they have lost those skills and have any issues with any potential parking anxieties There are many more vehicles on the road in the modern era and often it can be daunting for older drivers. As a driver with nearly 50 years driving from military service onwards I have a wealth of experience to help and support you.