Driving Lessons and COurses We offer

Our Intensive and Crash Driving Courses with our South London Driving Instructors will help you pass your driving test in only 2-3 weeks time whilst ensuring you are fully at ease and confident in your abilities on and off the road. The driving lessons and courses we offer are:
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Automatic

Automatic Driving Lessons in South London. Ideal if you have tried lessons in a manual car and find it just a bit too much for you. Automatic cars are easier to drive and whatsmore most new and electric vehicles are automatic. But that should not put you off from learning to drive ina manual car which is much more rewarding and does not require you to take a further drivig test, if you choose to drive a manula car at a later date.
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Advanced

Advanced Courses, for those career drivers in south London wanting to take their driving skills and ability to the next level and help with insurance discounts. This course should be a must for all drivers who are either employed or self employed whereby driving makes up a significant part of your daily working life.
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Pass Plus

Pass Plus Courses, ideal if you have just passed your driving test and wish to further improve your driving. Pass Plus lessons help with motorway driving and driving in various conditions making you a safer driver along with potential car insurance discounts in South London. Check with your local council if they will help fund this course.
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Crash Course

​Crash Driving Courses Condensed driving lessons in a short space of time needed to pass your driving test quickly in south London, then take our crash driving course. Multiple driving lessons over a very short period of time. Pass in weeks not months with DSSL.
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INtensive

Intensive Driving Courses, again this driving course will enable you to pass your test in the shortest possible time in south London. Again you take lots of lessons in a short space of time to condense learning and ability to succesfully pass your driving test over a shorter time frame.
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Motorway

Motorway driving lessons for those drivers needing extra confidence in their motorway and dual carriageway driving abilities in south London. Driving at higher speeds require more motoring skills and knowledge. Driving at faster speeds require faster reaction times as well as a whole new set of ettiquete and rules that don't exist on other roads. 
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Refresher

Refresher driving lessons are ideal for those experienced drivers in south London wanting to enhance their driving skills in South London. Good for newcomers to the capital. For experienced drivers young or old who have either not driven for a while, are not used to UK roads, or are coming back to driving after penalty points or an accident.
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Beginner

Beginner Manual Lessons we have a range of manual driving courses to suit beginners of all ages and abilities we will be able to quickly assess your motoring needs. Take a 1 hour driving lesson with us and we will be able to quickly assess your needs as a beginner driver in order to progress your driving to the next level in south London.
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Manual or automatic

Practical Lesson Just what it says, not classroom based you will be taught to drive in one of our dual-control automatic or manual cars for maximum safety with a fully qualified ADI and DVSA approved teacher in south London.
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Call us to find out more about our Driving Tuition in London
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Learn to drive in 6 Easy Steps

STARTING

Knowledge of the car and safety checks

MOVING OFF

How to start the car and put it into gear

STOPPING

How to stop the car in safe and controlled way

DASHBOARD

Understanding controls and warning lights

ACCELERATING

Mastering the cars speed and gear usage

STEERING

Efficient steering and manoeuvring

Learn the basics of driving

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Want to pass your practical car test first time? Watch the Official DVSA Video Guide to learning to drive in south London.

DVSA Learning to drive guide

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The basic course structure of our Driving Tuition in South London

Driving Schools in South London shall guide you every step of the way through to finally taking your driving test. When learning to drive there are a variety of driving techniques, manoeuvres and rules you will need to practice thoroughly in order to master the art and ultimately convince your driving instructor and test examiner that you are safe on the road.

1. Introduction - Knowledge of your vehicle's basic workings and mechanics through to how to check the oil, water levels, tyre pressure and tread depth and how to check that your brake, headlights, indicators and reversing lights are all working correctly,
2. Preparation - What to do when getting into you vehicle. ensuring the seat and mirrors are positioned correctly, checking dashboard warning lights etc before getting ready to move off,
3. Moving Off - How to put the car into gear, signalling and what blind spots to check before you disengage the handbrake, the clutch and start to accelerate an move out of you parking space
4. Clutch Control - How to safely use the clutch and changing up and down through the gears to control your speed,
5. Approaching Junctions - How to position the car when arriving at junctions, traffic lights Pedestrian crossings or hazards,
6. Stopping the car - In a controlled and safe manner,
7. Moving Off - from junctions, once again blind spot and mirror checks and preparing to turn into a road safely,
8. Parking the Car -  teaching you how to parallel and reverse park into spaces or car parking bays,
9. Roundabouts - We teach you how to approach a roundabout how to enter a roundabout and the correct signalling procedure when going round a roundabout.
10. Dual Carriageway - Maintaining speed overtaking and accelerating a decelerating.
11. Hazard Awareness - What is a hazard how to react to hazards and prepare before a potential hazard is realised.
12. Emergency Stop - How to perform an emergency stop safely.
13. Road Conditions - How to drive safely in rain snow and icy conditions.

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COMPETENCIES YOU WILL NEED TO LEARN

Your driving test will cover many of the following areas if you have knowledge and experience in these areas you will pass your driving test.

Vehicle Cockpit Checks

Areas to learn:

1. DSSSM
2. Driving position
3. Head restraints
4. Seat belts
5. Doors
6. Gears and handbrake safety check
7. Mirrors​

Underpinning knowledge

• Order of adjustment
• Best driving position
• Mirror adjustment, including anti-dazzle
• Variety of seat adjustments

Vehicle Safety Checks

Areas to learn:

1. Petrol
   
2. Diesel
   
3. Battery
   
4. Oil
   
5. Water
   
6. Electrics
   
7. ​Tires

Underpinning knowledge

• Daily and weekly vehicle checks
• Service intervals
• Planning for journeys
• Clear windscreens

DASHBOARD CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTS

Areas to learn:

1. Accelerator, clutch and footbrake
2. Handbrake, steering, speedometer, horn, indicators, and gears, etc
3. Instrument panel warning lights
4. Wipers
5. Hazard, reversing, side, fog and headlights
6. Demister and heated windows
7. Manufacturer’s options

Underpinning knowledge

• The function of each
• The effects of incorrect use
• How to read and understand them

MOVING AWAY & STOPPING

Learn about:

• MSM and PSL
• Observation and blind spots
• Control and co-ordination
• On level and on gradient
• At angle and straight ahead

Underpinning knowledge
• Co-ordination of accelerator, clutch and footbrake
• Handbrake and steering
• Where and when to look and what to look for
• Suitable stopping places
• Signals when necessary

SAFE POSITIONING

Learn about:

1. Normal driving
2. Lane discipline
3. Passing stationary vehicles and obstructions
4. Bends

Underpinning knowledge

• MSM and PSL
• Other vehicle’s positioning (LGV, cyclists etc)
• Wide and narrow roads
• One-way streets

MIRRORS - VISION & US

Learn about

1. Eyesight
   
2. Interior mirrors
3. exterior mirrors
4. Flat mirrors
5. Concave mirrors
6. And convex mirrors

Underpinning knowledge

• MSM and PSL
• When to use them
• Why they should be used
• How to act on what is seen
• Blind spots
• Frequency of checks and why

ANTICIPATION & PLANNING

Risk and hazard awareness in connection with:

1. drivers,
2. cyclists,
3. motorcyclists,
4. pedestrians,
5. animals,
6. road works,
7. emergency vehicles,
8. ​and any other road users

Underpinning knowledge:

• MSM and PSL
• Hazard perception
• Visual warnings
• Times and places of high risk
• Road layouts
  
• Weather conditions
• Scanning and priorities

Use of Speed

Topics of learning:

1. Appropriate speed
2. Making progress
3. Hesitancy

Underpinning knowledge

• National speed limits
• Restricted speed limits
• Road and weather conditions
• Traffic conditions
• Pedestrian activity
• Stopping distances

Other Traffic

Areas of learning:

1. Meeting, crossing and overtaking
2. One way and two way roads
3. Three-lane two-way roads
4. Major, minor and narrow roads
5. Dual carriageways

Underpinning knowledge

• MSM and PSL
• When and why to give way
• Passing places and warning signs
• Obstructions, parked vehicles...
• Planning and anticipation
• How to act on what is seen
• Motorways

Junctions

​Junction Types:

1. T-junctions and Y-junctions
2. Crossroads and slip roads
3. Marked and unmarked junctions
4. One-way streets
5. Urban, rural and dual carriageways​

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Underpinning knowledge:

• MSM and PSL
• Turning, entering and emerging
• Advance warning signs and road markings
• Zones of vision
• Priorities

Roundabouts

​Areas to learn:

1. Mini and major
2. Multiple and satellite
3. Traffic light controlled
4. Approaching and entering
5. Leaving and turning
6. Straight ahead​

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Underpinning knowledge:

• MSM and PSL
• Lane discipline
• Correct position
• Zones of vision
• Observation
• Priorities​

Signals

​Types of signal:

1. By arm and by indicators
2. Brake
3. Reversing
4. Hazard lights
5. By other road users
6. Traffic controllers

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​Underpinning knowledge:

• Why signals are necessary
• When and how to signal
• Unnecessary signals
• Confusing signals
• Dangerous signals and why

​WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

In order for you to pass your driving test you need to be competent in the following areas to the stage that you can carry these things out automatically without being prompted by the instructor or the examiner.
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1. COCKPIT CHECKS
2. MOVING AWAY & STOPPING
3. CONTROLS & INSTRUMENTS
4. SAFETY CHECKS
5. ROUNDABOUTS
6. PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
7. REVERSING

8. TURNING THE VEHICLE AROUND
9. DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS
10. SAFE POSITIONING
11. ANTICIPATION & PLANNING
12. SIGNALS
13. MIRRORS - VISION & USE
14. USE OF SPEED

15. ROUNDABOUTS
16. JUNCTIONS
17. OTHER TRAFFIC
18. PARKING
19. WEATHER CONDITIONS
20. DARKNESS
21. EMERGENCY STOP

​Resources: Driving - The Essential Skills, The Highway Code, Know Your Traffic Signs and your Vehicle Handbook

SKILLS TO LEARN

It is recommended that before you take your theory test you need to develop skills in the following areas: 

• SPOTTING POTENTIAL RISKS,
• MSL ROUTINE Mirror-Signal-Manoeuvre.
• PSL Position-Speed-Look
• SCANNING & PLANNING
• PRIORITISING
• CUTTING DOWN THE RISKS
• RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER

Theory Test TOpics

​Theory Test is 50 multiple choice questions covering the topics of:

•  ALERTNESS
•  ATTITUDE
•  SAFETY & YOUR VEHICLE
•  SAFETY MARGINS
•  HAZARD AWARENESS

• VULNERABLE ROAD USERS
•  OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLE
•  VEHICLE HANDLING
•  MOTORWAY RULES
•  RULES OF THE ROAD

•  ROAD SIGNS
•  TRAFFIC SIGNS
•  DOCUMENTS
•  ACCIDENTS
•  VEHICLE LOADING​ ​
  

​​It may seem like a lot but we will get you driving safely and effectively and all of these things will become second nature.

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