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…
Something that has come to my attention of late is the use by Driving Examiners of what amounts to ‘slang’ language in the pre-drive check
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…
https://goo.gl/maps/ttZGeU5z4BT2 This link is to a scripted Google Maps route through the Greenslopes test area for the purposes of familiarising a trainee with the streets and traffic volumes that may be experienced during a Practical Driving Assessment. NOTE: this is NOT a Test Route. There is no such thing as…
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.
I discovered today, much to my chagrin and the disappointment of a young lady looking forward to her driving test, that EasyAs Driver Training has no control over the test booking process on Saturdays, outside of Strathpine and Redcliffe testing centres.
