How to learn to drive on an Intensive Driving Course in Peterborough

Intensive Driving Course in Peterborough

There are motor skills and cognitive skills associated with learning how to drive... the doing bits (changing gear, steering, finding the ‘biting point’) and the thinking bits (knowing where to look at what time, judging speeds and distances, anticipating hazards).

Generally, people fail driving tests because of a failing in the cognitive skills.  Put another way, most people when they go to test, can physically drive the car down the road, if they fail it’s due to the brain and nothing else.

The good news is that you can start working on developing the cognitive skills immediately, without even being in a car!  There are a variety of techniques that can help you to appreciate what I call “The ‘whys’ of driving”.  Most people will concentrate on the ‘whats’ of driving, but not the ‘whys’.  The fact is, if you don’t know WHY a driving action is necessary, you may remember to do it, but you probably wont!  There is little consistency.  Take a look at this Prezi I did on this very subject.

So you can either choose to be told the ‘whys’ while you are sat in the car with your Driving Instructor (not a cheap way to learn to drive), or you can find a training provider like Big Tom Driving School who offers you the ‘whys’ for you to learn about in the comfort of your home, at a time that suits you, and costs you..... NOTHING!

Where’s the smart money on this one?

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How to Plan Driving Lessons in Peterborough by Tom of Big Tom Driving School

This will help you to plan driving lessons.  If you start learning to drive thinking you will just take a driving lesson as and when you can, you could end up paying far more than you need to.  This approach often leads to long gaps between sessions, forgetting what you did previously, feeling frustrated that you don't appear to be making an awful lot of progress.

The key to planning driving lessons is actually to start with the end goal in mind. 

Ask yourself “When can I take my driving test?”

Even if you are not bound by a certain time to do with busy schedules, it is so important to have a goal.  Aimlessly plodding your way through driving lessons is like waiting for a bus, you MAY get lucky once in a while, but mostly, it’s tedious.  This is why the BIG TOM 5 Day Intensive Driving Course is so effective.

Once you have a goal in mind then you can start working backwards to plan how to make it work.  At Big Tom Driving School, we know how important this planning is to achieve success.  Which is why we can assist you to plan driving lessons around your diary, before you have paid a penny!

Call us on 0800 689 4174 to get free, impartial advice about how to go about learning to drive faster.

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"Fast Track Driving Course" by Tom of Big Tom Driving School

Fast Track Driving Course

A fast track driving course is a popular request for many customers of my Intensive Driving Courses in Peterborough or Grantham.  

Professional people with heavy workloads, pupils on holiday periods, and people with busy lifestyles, many customers are in need of learning to drive fast... learning fast, not driving fast!

I was talking to a Learner in Baston yesterday who was enquiring about a crash course in learning to drive.  He has had no previous driving experience and will not be able to do any private practise when learning how to drive.  He was doubting that he would need all of the 40 hours driving training on my “Beginners Intensive Driving Course”.  He may be forming this impression from peer pressure, or perhaps listening to Mum and Dad (who took their driving lessons many moons ago), or maybe just wanting to limit the overall cost of learning to drive.

When I told him the Driving Standards Agency have recently published ....  

”Research shows that 99% (742,500) of learner drivers take lessons from a professional instructor and that, on average, they pay around £1,500 for 50 hours of instruction each year”

..... it sends a powerful message!  Take a look at what the DSA, an independent organisation say HERE.

It is an average figure, some will take more, some less, but it does demonstrate what superb value my 40 hour Intensive Driving Course in Peterborough or Grantham is at £737 – especially as it includes a guarantee that any additional hours needed are free of charge.

When your goal is a fast track driving course, make sure you don’t cut corners in the process.  Be sure to fully understand exactly how many hours of driving experience are being offered on any crash course in learning to drive.  "Driving experience" means actually driving; the more you drive, the more you experience, the more you learn!

Wishing you well, and GOOD LUCK!

Tom from Big Tom Driving School www.BIGTOM.org.uk/home/

How to discover "Golden Nuggets" by Tom from Big Tom Driving School

Intensive Driving Course in Peterborough or Grantham

I make a point of asking the customers of my intensive driving courses, (once they have passed the driving test and the dust has settled), what it was that made it work for them.  More often than not, they will mention one thing that happened that really ‘clicked’ with them.  I call these “Golden Nuggets”; things that occur that have a measurably positive outcome on the learning experience.

 

I had one of these moments at the turn of the New Year whilst on a ski trip.  Our instructor got us to do a drill (which not everyone embraced, more on that later), and this drill was a defining moment for me.  At once, ‘it clicked’, the ‘penny dropped’, it was a ‘light bulb’ moment, however you care to describe it, but my ability to traverse across the mountain, even in semi-ice patches measurably improved once I had experienced this “golden nugget”.

The key word in this blog title though, is actually “discover”.  One definition is ‘...to obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study...’.

In other words, there is a definable transfer of learning.  The choice that we all have is whether we encourage that transfer of learning, or not. 

One member of my ski class decided she did not want to do the drill I speak of above, and over the following days, my Wife and I watched her enthusiasm, confidence and motivation melt away into the snow with every passing day that her ability did not improve.

And so my message with this blog, is to be open to discovering these “golden nuggets” – they are often very personal to us; my Wife for instance got very little from trying out the ski drill I refer to above, but she DID give it a go.   Be willing to try new techniques, be happy to personalise your learning experience and discover a “golden nugget” that means something to you.  They can be as ‘off the wall’ as you like, it really matters not, but it’s being prepared to experiment and discover these little gems.  The reward is truly phenomenal, it improves ability, increases confidence, stimulates further learning, builds trust and develops success.

Good luck with your driving lessons!  

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