You have arrived at the magic age of seventeen and want to start to drive (United Kingdom). It is not a cheap affair and you need to be as certain as you can that the the cost of your driving lessons is not thrown away. You will want to locate a driving instructor and then ask suitable questions of him/her.

There are lots of directories on the internet 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. Enter your home town in the ’search box’ and you will be presented with a list of instructors that cover your area. Take notes of those that may be interesting to you.

When you make contact, you will want to be sure that they have full qualifications and not ‘trainee’ instructors. You can tell this by the type of badge (licence) they display in their car. A fully qualified instructor will have a green octagonal badge showing in heir car whereas a trainee will have a pink triangular badge.

Most schools will offer a discount for booking a number of lessons or if you are a student. Some will also offer discounts based on your profession e.g. students. Be sure to ask about these discounts.

Don’t forget though that cheap isn’t always the best and you could end up taking more driving lessons than needed, thereby costing you more cash overall. So, once you start your lessons, do not be afraid to change or try out another driving school if you are not happy for whatever 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 (smelly!) car etc.

Don’t forget, you are paying good money and should therefore receive a top service.


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