Here are some top tips from our very own Andy Wall from Andy's Driving School on choosing the right driving instructor for you.
Make sure you have a good relationship with your Instructor (if you don't then your lessons will suffer). If you do not know them, ask to meet them prior to booking lessons with them, as most will be willing to visit and discuss things.
Some Driving Schools including National ones use Trainee Driving Instructors, this is legal, it just means they havent taken/passed their final exam. Trainees have a pink triangle licence, fully qualified Driving Instructors have a Green octagonal Badge. Ask to see their Badge, if its Pink you may want to find another instructor or ask for a lesson price reduction as they are using you to practice for their final exam.
If you are paying for a 1 hour lesson you should have a 1 hour lesson not 45 minutes as sometimes seems to happen.
Apart from the first hour of an initial 2 hour lesson for someone who has never driven, make sure you spend a good percentage of your time driving, not sitting at the side of the road looking at a manual of how to do the manoeuvre.(You are spending your money to learn to drive not look at pictures).
Driving Instructors should never shout or make you feel useless, if they do I suggest you find another instructor.
Also some Driving Schools ask you to sign up for a certain number of lessons, the highest I have heard is 35!!! Ask the question what happens if I'm ready in 15 lessons, remember we all have different skills and abilities some may take 40, some I have trained have passed in 20 lessons.
Andy's Driving School with the ability to teach you to drive safely, not just to pass your Driving Test.
