It’s been a while since I’ve added anything new to my driver training website. Mainly because I don’t like repeating myself unnecessarily especially in text. However, events of the past few weeks have given me cause for thought, hence, what you’re about to read.
This link will take you to a Google Maps depiction and street directory description of a Scripted Drive that approximates the kind of route that a Driving Examiner MIGHT take in the Wynnum-Manly area. The MS Word script for use by supervising drivers is available here. The document is stored…
My day has ended with two failed tests, primarily because both candidates – that’s what the Qld Department of Transport and Main Roads calls you – were not ready for their test. Neither one consulted me as to their readiness, and it became blatantly obvious in the hour before each…
This kind of article makes me angry.
Whether you happen to be aged 16 or 76, your driver’s licence is an important – some might say vital – piece of regulatory status/commodity in the modern world. When you are learning to drive – as opposed to simply moving a motor vehicle around on the road – under…
In Queensland, a person learning to drive, aged between 16 and 25 years must complete 100 hours of supervised driving, including 10 hours of night driving. A person learning to drive must hold a current Learner Licence for a minimum of 12 months, and have that licence with them at…
This video, captured 25 January 2018, shows some very common and unnecessary critical and non-critical errors which often occur on ‘test day’. These errors come about as a direct result of NOT using the services of a professional trainer who knows exactly what a driving examiner will look for in…
As your driving instructor, I can take you to your Practical Driving Assessment, I can run you through a mock test scenario in the weeks, days or hours beforehand. I can point out to you the elements of a Practical Driving Assessment that you need to be aware of, BUT,…
Q-SAFE – the name given to the Queensland Department for Transport and Main Roads’ process of determining an individual’s ability to drive a motor vehicle in a safe, co-ordinated and appropriate manner at all times whilst observing and enacting the legislated behaviours contained within the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act…
This may seem like over-kill for some of you, it certainly does for me, but then, I’ve been driving and associated with cars for 42 years.
