Those of you who currently only want the cheapest driving lesson in town might have to think twice about who teaches you to drive as from october 2010 because the DSA is making a major change to the UK practical car test which a lot of those illegal driving instructors who charge very low prices for tuition might not be able to meet.
From that time, it will be compulsary that your driving instructor sits in the car with you throughout the 40 minutes of the assessment, and the examiner thus will check the identity of those in a driving school car meaning that those offering cheap lessons no test will not be able to hide any longer. Will you be willing to learn to drive in a car with someone charging £15 per lesson for 40 hours and then be told you need to find another instructor to take you to the driving test because they are unable to sit in the car with you or another excuse why they can't attend the practical appointment with you at the dsa centre.
Bear in mind that having taken these many cheap driving lessons finding a new person to take you for a test at short notice may not be possible, and if you do find someone they might want a minimum of 2-4 hours at a higher price and might charge you excessively for the test day (since you don't have a choice), so think twice about those £17 lessons you are now taking.
The other way you will be affected by the new changes in october next year is that the illegal driving instructors will not fully know how to prepare you for independent driving since they can not interact with examiners to find out the latest developments, and even though they might continue to offer cheap lessons and give you the impression they know what they are doing, they might be using you as a guinea pig and will use the feedback you give to improve for the next time.
Cheap driving school prices might be attractive in the beginning, but the savings you might make in the beginning can be easily swallowed up when test time comes and you find out there is a large gap in your knowledge required for the dsa examiner to pass you and it is you that loses out in the long run, either by giving more money to the cheap operator or having to find a fully qualified ADI to offer remedial tuition to bring you up to standard.
BSM 10 for £199 Driving Lessons Offer
BSM's latest cheap driving lessons offer is 10 hours of learner driver tuition from £199 a discount that could save £30 or more off the normal prices charged.
As usual, this driving lessons offer from the British School of Motoring the UK's largest learner driver tuition organisation is for new customers only or those who haven't had lessons with one of their instructors in the last 6 months.
While the 10 for £199 deal will be available to a lot of provisional licence holders in the UK, learners in high demand areas might find that the driving lessons price in places like London, Birmingham, Leeds and Edingburgh might be a little higher.
You need to call BSM on their specials offer line of 0845 855 0161, and note the usual terms such as no refunds on this deal, 2 hour tuition slots must be booked, with payment in advance, etc.
Hurry for this offer is limited.
As usual, this driving lessons offer from the British School of Motoring the UK's largest learner driver tuition organisation is for new customers only or those who haven't had lessons with one of their instructors in the last 6 months.
While the 10 for £199 deal will be available to a lot of provisional licence holders in the UK, learners in high demand areas might find that the driving lessons price in places like London, Birmingham, Leeds and Edingburgh might be a little higher.
You need to call BSM on their specials offer line of 0845 855 0161, and note the usual terms such as no refunds on this deal, 2 hour tuition slots must be booked, with payment in advance, etc.
Hurry for this offer is limited.
Cheap Lessons no Test
I recently heard of a way in which some 'instructors' offer cheap £12 or £15 driving lessons to learner drivers but when it comes time for them to book a DSA practical driving test, they say sorry I don't do tests, you'll have to contact one of those that do. Obviously they don't advertise this fact when someone calls up enquiring about their services, and I'm sure they will keep this fact a secret from the learner driver for as long as they can.
So why do they offer these very attractive driving lessons price, and not able to take the learner for a driving test. Could it have anything to do with the fact that they are not a legal DSA registered driving instructor, or maybe they don't have the insurance to cover you on the test, is the car they are using roadworthy enough to be used on a test or is it that they have no clue what the DSA requires and know you won't be able to pass until you've had proper tuition from a legal ADI? What ever the case maybe, the fact remains that they are only able to offer these 'credit crunch busting £10 driving lessons' because something is doggy!
If you are one of those looking for very cheap driving lessons, then maybe you should think twice, what happens if you have a driving lesson accident, injure yourself and find out that you are not insured, or worst you injure someone else and find yourself being sued for thousands of pounds? Those few pounds that you were trying to save wouldn't seem that much would it? Still looking for dirt cheap driving lessons?
So why do they offer these very attractive driving lessons price, and not able to take the learner for a driving test. Could it have anything to do with the fact that they are not a legal DSA registered driving instructor, or maybe they don't have the insurance to cover you on the test, is the car they are using roadworthy enough to be used on a test or is it that they have no clue what the DSA requires and know you won't be able to pass until you've had proper tuition from a legal ADI? What ever the case maybe, the fact remains that they are only able to offer these 'credit crunch busting £10 driving lessons' because something is doggy!
If you are one of those looking for very cheap driving lessons, then maybe you should think twice, what happens if you have a driving lesson accident, injure yourself and find out that you are not insured, or worst you injure someone else and find yourself being sued for thousands of pounds? Those few pounds that you were trying to save wouldn't seem that much would it? Still looking for dirt cheap driving lessons?
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