Driving Lessons Shaftesbury

Taking your driving lessons in a manual car is still very much the most popular option, passing your driving test in a manual car will give you the most options with your driving licence and allow you to drive all Category B vehicles including automatic cars. 

With our local manual driving lessons our driving instructors will be happy to give you regular weekly driving lessons at a time that suites your own availability, this can be the same time each week or you can mix it up a little and have your driving lessons at different times of the day. This can prove usful especially as your own driving progresses as it will allow you to experience many different traffic conditions that often change throughout the day. 

So why take your driving lessons in an automatic car? 

Learn to drive in and automatic car is becoming more and more popular and not just from people that have struggled learning to drive in a manual car. 

Learning in an automatic is so much simpler, it takes away a lot of the stress and greatly speeds up most peoples progress when learning to drive. There is no clutch of fidgety gear stick to worry about, you dont have to worry about over revving that noisy engine as the car changes to the appropriate gear for you as you speed up or slow down. 

Pass your driving test fast with one of intensive driving courses here in Shaftesbury.

• Courses to suit your needs from 18hr to 48hrs
• The option of manual and automatic cars
• Your driving test booked and guranteed for the final day of your course
• Free re-test just in case you don't pass first time
• Pay a deposit when you book and pay the remaining balance later on
• Courses run Mon-Fri between 9-4
• A great local reputation with great results from our courses
• Over 600 customer reviews from local pases

Learn to drive from just 12 years of age with our Pre-17 driving lessons at Henstridge Airfield and The Bath and West Showground.

Driving days run once a month and will give you the perfect head start to your driving lessons.

By starting to drive at a younger age the children that attend have a more positive attitude to driving and the potential dangers they face while driving on the road. The earlier in age this education starts the better and safer driver they will often be when they come to driving at 17. 

All driving sessions must be booked in advance.

Are you towing illegally? 

If like me, you were unlucky enough to pass your driving test after the 1st January 1997 then you will only be entitled to drive Category B vehicles with your driving licence. What this means is that you cannot tow any trailer over 750kg on your current car licence, this could limit you from towing some caravans and horseboxes or even a loaded car trailer and you will have to take an additional driving test in order to gain the B+E entitlement. 

So, what is the B+E trailer test and what do you need to do to get started? 

The driving test itself is pretty much like the normal driving test, as in you will be expected to drive to a high standard but this time the driving element of the driving test will last for around 50 minutes so you need to be able maintain that standard throughout the test. As part of the B+E driving test you will need to carry out an independent drive using local road signs. 

You will also be expected to show the examiner how you would couplke and uncouple the trailer to your vehicle followed by saftey checks on the trailer.