As an intermediate driver, you’ll be expected to have a good car control and fairly confident driving in medium traffic, moving off at junctions, roundabouts. You’d have practiced most driving test manoeuvres although likely to still need further practice. The length of the course is 20 hours with the last hour reserved for the driving test. It is normally taken over 4-5 days or longer, depending on your preference. On each day of the course, you’ll be driving between 2 and 6 hours, split into 2 hour sessions with short refreshment breaks in between each session.
Pre-requisites
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- Good car control including gears, stopping and moving off.
- Comfortable driving in medium traffic.
- Correct use of mirrors when turning.
- Experienced meeting situations and difficult turns.
- Comfortable moving off at junctions, crossroads and roundabouts
Course syllabus
This course is split into 2 stages which (in addition to the pre-requisites above) cover all the topics in the DSA syllabus for the practical test. Below is a general outline of the course. In reality however, your instructor will likely move faster on topics that you find easy and spend more time on areas where you require more practice.
Hours 1-10 -You’ll be focusing on the driving test manoeuvres, namely reversing around a corner, reverse parking, bay parking and making a three-point turn on the road. You’ll also spend considerable time practicing difficult turns, junctions, crossroads, roundabouts as well as learning to deal independently with meeting situations.
- Reversing round a corner
- Reverse parking
- Bay parking
- turning in the road (3 point turn)
- Pedestrian crossings
Hours 11-18 -You’ll practice driving on dual carriageways, overtaking other vehicles and driving independently without any directions from your instructor. You’ll also learn how to stop the car safely in the event of an emergency. Much of your training time will be spent improving your existing driving skills and working off any bad habits you may have picked up.
- Dual carriageways
- Overtaking other vehicles
- Independent driving
- Emergency stop
Hours 19-20 -Test day. On the day of your practical test, the instructor will pick you up one hour before the test start time so that you can get some last-minute practice and refresh your skills immediately before the test. Good luck!
How to book
Before booking this course, we recommend you first complete an assessment lesson with one of our instructors. To book yourself in for the assessment, please contact us on free-phone 0300 111 6858. We’re open Monday to Friday 9am-8pm and Saturdays 10am-1pm.