Learn to drive in style, comfort to the highest standard with Open Road.
Open Road can also assist if you:
This course is suitable for someone who has learned all the skills necessary but needs some more practice and fine-tuning to pass their driving test. Also suitable for people who have been unsuccessful in a previous test.
Suitable for someone who has some previous driving experience and is looking to complete the rest of their training and pass their test.
This course will take someone with little or no driving experience through the whole DSA driving syllabus to give them car control skills, maneuvering skills and develop awareness and planning to give effective hazard perception skills.
As a new driver, you are more likely to have an accident in the first year after passing your test than at any other time in your motoring career.
Per mile of driving, the risk of an accident involving injury or death is about seven times greater for 17-20 years old than for those aged 40+. New drivers makeup just 10% of licence holders, but are involved in 29% of accidents.
Pass Plus is a scheme backed by the Government's Driving Standards Agency and insurers to encourage newly qualified drivers to become better drivers. Pass Plus gives extra experience and positive driving skills that would otherwise take a long time to acquire. Pass Plus consists of an additional course of six specially designed training sessions to follow on from a successful practical driving test.
They cover driving in town, rural roads, all-weather driving, night-time driving, dual carriageways and motorway driving, There is no further test to take when your instructor is satisfied with your performance you receive a certificate from the Driving Standards Agency. Pass Plus really works in helping to make newly qualified drivers safer and better drivers.
Many insurers give a discount to people taking Pass Plus - equivalent to a one-year no claims bonus.
So who can take part?
You can take Pass Plus within your first year of passing the practical driving test. Your Pass Plus instructor can provide more information on the scheme including the content of the training sessions and the small cost involved.
Why wait until you're 17 before learning to drive? Learning to drive is one of life’s most exciting and thrilling prospects. Thousands of teenagers every year wake up on their 17th birthday realizing that from this day forward the world becomes a bigger place as they can start to learn to drive. All that has changed, and you can now begin to take your first steps into the world of driving from the age of 14!
Form this age you can learn to drive off-road on a specially chosen track with a fully qualified driving Instructor with fully comprehensive insurance who has many years’ experience teaching and driving on the main roads.
By learning with a fully qualified instructor instead of a friend or relative you have the opportunity to learn with a professional in a safe environment, this way you won’t be tempted to pick up any bad habits along the way.
Because you can start to learn to drive off-road from the age of 14 there is no driving license required either! You can also be the envy of your friends as we use the world-famous Top Gear track!
By learning to drive off-road before you are 17 you get a chance to build up your confidence behind the wheel of a car, learn all the controls and get a head start for when you start taking your on-road lessons at the appropriate age.
Not only will you already know the basics of driving, but you will also feel relaxed and comfortable as after taking off-road lessons you will have all the knowledge you need to hopefully pass your test first time.
As well as learning the control of a car and gaining the essential knowledge needed to learn to drive, you will also be able to start learning the latest driving standards agency (DSA) syllabus and we can even offer theory test support.
By learning off-road you get the opportunity to focus solely on the driving experience and take your time mastering this skill without the hassle of other people and traffic on the roads.
You can get those turns and parking abilities down to a fine art without having the worry about other road users.
Primarily, the off-road lessons are aimed at anyone aged between 14 and 17 who are wanting to gain driving experience off-road before taking to the open road, however people of all ages are welcome to come and take lessons this way.
If you are nervous about getting behind the wheel of a car for the first time on the open road or you have tried many times and just don’t have the confidence needed to learn on the main roads, then consider this as your first option to learning the skills needed to build confidence.
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