Get Started

The very first thing you will need is a provisonal driving license which can be obtained here

Stages Of Learning
Time 'U' Passed instructors will teach you to drive in a structured manner according to the DSA approved syllabus. This means that control and safe procedures are studied first followed by more complex tasks as you gain experience and confidence.

You will progress through 3 stages of learning:

1) Beginner - when you will be instructed in certain basic tasks involving car control and safe road procedures.

2) Intermediate - as basic tasks are mastered, you will still need prompting in order to reinforce safe procedures and ensure effective control. New subjects will be introduced under full instruction.

3) Experienced - you will be left alone to drive, being prompted only to avoid an omission of a safe procedure such as a vital mirror check or to avoid a control fault, as in moving away in the wrong gear. Finally you will undertake mock tests to ensure your suitability for the DSA practical driving test.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Beginner

• Basic understanding of how the controls of a vehicle work and cockpit drill.
• Move away and stop safely, increase speed and apply higher gears.
• Junctions turning left and right, giving priority and priority to proceed.
• Importance of clutch control, 'the biting point' and hill starts.
• Meeting other traffic and anticipation when taking or giving priority.
• Use of mirrors and emergency stop.
• Manoeuvres: Turn in the road, reverse into a junction to the left or to the right, parallel park (reverse), bay park (reverse).

Intermediate

• Pedestrian crossings, practise with clutch control in busier traffic and introduction to hazard perception.
• Crossroads, controlled and uncontrolled.
• Roundabouts including lane discipline.
• Observation, awareness, anticipation and planning.

Experienced

• Lane changing.
• Multi-junction roundabouts.
• Dual carriageway training at higher speeds and application of 5th gear.
• Overtaking safely on dual carriageway and single carriageway roads.

Finally throughout your course of driver education and training you will learn the importance of a good driving attitude and how, by anticipating other road users' actions you can avoid stress and maintain a high tolerance of others' poor behaviour or errors. This is known as defensive driving and forms the basis of all of the DSA approved procedures.

Time 'U' Passed instructors will teach you to drive in a structured manner according to the DSA approved syllabus. This means that control and safe procedures are studied first followed by more complex tasks as you gain experience and confidence.

Refresher Lessons
Have you passed your test already but still nervous about taking to the road?  Let one of our wonderful instructors take you out in your car or ours for refresher lessons.  You may find that after just one lesson you feel ready to travel the world.