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  Does the car need to be inside the white lines when parking in a bay? One of the manoeuvres that you might currently be asked to do on the UK driving test is called “The reverse park” exercise. The examiner might ask you to reverse park within a parking bay at...

Big congrats go to Tim for passing his driving test in Grantham today! This photo shows Tim immediately after passing his driving test in Grantham today. When he came to “BIG TOM” he had already had two driving test fails with a previous driving instructor. So we...

Tom passes his driving test with adverse weather in Grantham. Despite some appalling weather in Grantham this morning, Tom passed his driving test on his first attempt. I observed his test from the back of the driving school car, and there were some really tricky...

Tina is a very, very happy lady! Here is Tina having just passed her driving test in Peterborough this morning. She passed on her first attempt and is over the moon. Her initial contact with me sparked me into providing a blog for Learners about how to ensure that the...

Congratulations to John for passing his driving test first time! Here is John, immediately after passing his driving test in Peterborough this morning. He has every right to be pleased with himself. At the age of 64 he has come to driving a little later than many, but...

Have you heard? Guaranteed pass on intensive driving course, yes you heard right, “you are guaranteed to pass your driving test on an intensive driving course”. You know when things sound too good to be true, they usually are? Well, yes, the same applies above. I feel...

A Mum rang me today “Can you help please. My Son keeps failing the driving test”. It turns out that her Son has now had 4 attempts at the driving test, and keeps failing for completely different reasons eg the Police were searching someone on the road and it put him...

This is Kelly who recently passed her driving test after doing the BIG TOM 5 day Intensive Driving Course in Grantham for £597. She has a big smile on her face as she really, really needed to pass her test before she flew off for a year abroad! Time was very tight for...

  The location for Grantham Driving Test Centre has changed in March 2015. It can now be found HERE. This is a fabulous change for people taking their driving test at Grantham, and a large improvement on the previous small test centre in a dense residential area....