Frequently Asked Questions
- 1. Government Approved Driving Instructors.
- Professional, patient, inclusive and encouraging instructors.
- Lessons structured to meet your goals and seven days a week including Weekends and Evenings.
- Modern vehicles with air conditioning and dual controls for everybody’s comfort and safety.
- Intensive courses, semi intensive courses to suit your budget.
- Refresher lessons and Pass Plus, Motorway refresher and structured training available.
- We return your call/message asap, usually by the end of the business day.
- We have both Male and female instructors.
- We have manual or automatic vehicles.
- No hidden fees.
You can pay directly to your instructor.
You need to read our terms and conditions for the lesson cancellation prior notice period or speak to your driving instructor directly.
No, if you are just about to go for your first drive, iDrive Leeds will help you to quickly grasp the basics. Your Instructor will help you overcome any nervousness and get you started in a quiet/calm area to develop your confidence and skills.
The day of your Driving Test
Bring your licence, Theory pass certificate (if you have it),
Have something to eat!
Glasses?
Water?
We’ll wait together in the waiting room and your Driving test / Examiner will come out to introduce themselves.
They will call your name out and They will ask you to sign the test agreement and check your licence now on an iPad unless there’s is faulty.
You will then be asked if you’d like your instructor ( whoever bought you to the centre with you on test).
You will then walk outside and
asked to read a number plate from a distance of around 20 metres.
You will be asked one ‘tell me’ question.
Examiner will explain how test works and what to expect including length of test and manoeuvre you’ll be asked to demonstrate .
The test will usually last 38-40 mins, and will feature 20 mins of independent driving using either a pre-programmed tomtom52 sat nav, or by following road signs.
The examiner will give you directions after that in the same way I have done on our lessons.
Expect up to 5 pull up on the left requests, where the examiner will be looking for how safely you can pull over and then re-join the flow of traffic.
You will be asked to perform one reversing manoeuvre. Either front bay park (reverse out), reverse bay park (at the test centre), reverse parallel park or pull up on the right and reverse 2 car lengths.
You may be asked to perform an emergency stop.
While driving, you will be asked to demonstrate one of the ‘show me’ questions.
The route will be designed to get you back to the Test Centre within the 40 minutes. If however, you commit a serious or dangerous fault, the Examiner will direct you straight back to the test centre or even abandon your test .
At the end of the test, the examiner will give you the result, and a copy of the result will be emailed to you straight away.
Note :
Don’t second guess the result! What you think is a fail may not be in the examiner’s eyes.
Think safe!
The examiner does not expect a perfect drive, but they do expect you to drive safely.
Always ask yourself, ‘is what I’m about to do safe, and/or necessary? If the answer is no to either, don’t do it!
Observe, observe, observe! You can’t place too much emphasis on using mirrors and looking all around on manoeuvres.
Don’t rush! Give yourself planning time, and don’t rush manoeuvres. Take time to safely readjust if you need to.
Remember, if you take a wrong turn, or get into the wrong lane, keep going the way it takes you. That’s always much safer than trying to correct it at the last minute.
Observe the speed limit at all times, but try to make reasonable progress when and if the road conditions allow.
This is YOUR test. If you need to take a 2 minute breather at any time, you are perfectly entitled to as long as you find somewhere safe, legal and convenient to stop.to