Duncan is a fully qualified Approved Driving Instructor (A.D.I) sanctioned by the D.V.S.A.
He provides client centred manual driving lessons in the Warminster, Westbury and Trowbridge areas, calmly and safely. He promotes an environment where mistakes are ok, we can learn from them, so as long as you are being responsible and doing your best then no worries , he’s got you (dual controls are a wonderful thing)!
He’s had the opportunity to help many people learn how to how to drive.
He’d love now to see whether we could work together too and help you achieve your ‘why’ driving ? (freedom, see my horses more, do the school run, get to work, college, school, football easier and out of the rain! see my friends more and its a cool thing to do!) are just some of the examples we’ve been told that how ‘Learning to Drive’ would help!
How will you learn?
Of course, we point you in the right direction, really it’s down to you, its your lesson, we’re very supportive, that’s our style. We have the Technical content of each lesson which is listed in the ‘What will you Learn’ section below. That’s what you’ll need, its in the Lesson syllabus, to be a safe driver for the rest of your life. How do you learn it though? Well, we’ll be led by you and we’ll be calm. By the way, if its your first driving lesson ever, you must have a Provisional Driving licence and bring it along with you, we’ll also need to see it if its your first time with us.
How do you learn best?
- Visually? You can watch a video via an app, look at a diagram, or I can demonstrate
- Reading? We have material you can read and you can make notes too
- Listening? We can have a chat about it.
- Doing? Practise, practise, practise!
We discuss this so you’re comfortable in the environment.
Not sure how you learn best? We’ve got an interesting little procedure you can do to find out, that is optional , of course
When we get the car moving and start to learn, we can talk you calmly through it, (telling you what to do) prompting you (reminding you what to do) , or you can just do, your choice! We will always be planning the road ahead to make sure you are safe and will intervene verbally or physically (e.g dual controls) if we consider it necessary for your safety, at any stage. Then we can discuss the situation quietly afterwards.
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Key Passify Benefits
- You learn at your pace
- You learn how you want to learn
- You learn in a calm and safe environment
What will you learn?
So this is the Technical Information bit. We’ll discuss a topic below from the syllabus and set a lesson ‘goal’ to work toward you achieving independence at that ‘skill’ within that topic. Before that we’ll reflect on our last lesson. During our lesson we are always being flexible to change to incidental learning opportunities on route, change of goals or things that may need to be fixed. We will always choose an appropriate practise area reflecting your experience and skill level for our topic. Safety is our priority.
Generally, if you have the skill to move the car off, speed it up, slow it down, stop it and turn it accurately then you’ll be able to complete the syllabus below:
Lesson Syllabus
- Effective Mirrors
- Controls knowledge & understanding of basic skills
- Moving Off and Parking at side of the road
- Basic Junctions
- Traffic Lights
- Clearance & Meeting on-coming traffic
- Emergency Stop
- Pedestrian crossings
- Mini Roundabouts
- Roundabouts
- Town Driving and One way streets
- Dual Carriageways
- Rural roads and everyday drive.
- Parallel Park
- Reverse Bay Park
- Reverse straight back 2 car lengths and rejoin traffic from the right
- Forward Bay Park & reverse out
- Independent drive. Sat nav and response to signs
- Show me / Tell me questions
- MOCK TEST!
Then we’ll review the lesson. You’ll be encouraged to self-analyse. Then you’ll be on your way to becoming a safe independent driver
Key Passify Benefits:
- Comprehensive programme
- Client Centered
- Structured learning
Now we’ve done the hard work, you’ve passed your MOCK test and we’ve discussed booking your test. So, assuming you’ve passed your Theory test you can now book your Practical Driving Test
The Practical Driving Test
Key Points:
- Eye Sight test, see a number plate from 20.5 metres away
- Show me and Tell me vehicle safety questions
- 38-40 minutes duration
- 20 minutes Independent Drive following sat/nav or traffic signs
- 1 Manoeuvre out of a possible four that we will have practised. 1.parallel park 2.reverse bay park 3.forward bay park & reverse out 4. reverse straight back 2 car lengths and re-join traffic safely from the righthand side of the road
- Possible emergency stop
- Normal stops and Moving off – pulling over on side of the road and moving safely including Hill start, angled move off (from behind a car) .. moving off safely after stopping on a main road
- General driving ability…no serious or dangerous faults..no more than 15 driving faults….on various roads and in differing traffic conditions
Key Passify Benefits:
- NLP Performance Coaching
- You’ll be mentally prepared
- You’ll be confident in your technical ability