Drive safe with mirror checks

Learner drivers should be clear on why mirror checks are important. It’s all about enabling you to drive safe as you drive around by using mirror checks. There are two types of mirror checks that can be done when you are driving. The first is an update check,...

Driving through flooded waters

When there has been heavy and sustained rainfall, there can be areas on the road of deep water. Perhaps the drainage system could not cope with the volume of water, or perhaps due to the absence of drainage there is a collection or pool of deep flooded water. Seeing...

Failing a driving test use of mirrors

The DVSA has recently published more guidance for the reasons why people fail driving tests.  Owner of BIG TOM, Tom Ingram describes in this blog number 2 on the Top 10 list – the use of mirrors. It is a curious one because, on the face of it, the reasoning for...

Driving instructor availability

According to the 2023 driving instructor survey of 2023, only 23.4% of respondents stated that they work 35 hours or more in a week. Over 75% of driving instructors tend to treat their occupation like it is a part-time post and that is bound to create difficulties for...

Driving test waiting times

At the time of writing, our local driving test centres in our region had the following driving test waiting times: Peterborough 14/02/2024  24 week wait Lincoln 14/11/2023 8 week wait Grantham 25/01/2024 18 week wait Boston 18/12/2023  14 week wait According to the...

Learning new skills for a driving instructor

In driving training there is always a need to keep abreast of new road legislation changes, teaching technique modifications and evolving pupils’ needs. In this blog, we show how much new continuing professional development has been undertaken by the owner of...