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Take the correct documents on your theory test in Peterborough
Take the correct documents on your theory test in Peterborough, the test centre is just here . You will need to take both parts of your provisional licence. It is incredibly easy to forget this detail, because most of the time, if any person has cause to ask you to...
Eye Roundabout in Peterborough
The following is the road layout for what is commonly known as Eye Roundabout in Peterborough, more precisely known as Junction 8 A15 Paston Parkway, A1139 Frank Perkins Parkway, Parnwell Way, Eye Road. My thanks go to Stuart Mounfield (Infrastructure Delivery...
Driving Test in Peterborough
“Should I take the driving test in Peterborough in my car, or yours Tom?” This is the question I was asked yesterday morning on a driving lesson in Peterborough. John who is a 62 year old ex-teacher, is fortunate to have access to his Wife’s car. He has a choice. He...
Driving Lesson In Bourne
“Legally, what do you need to have in the boot of your car?” One of my pupils, who is Lithuanian asked me this question yesterday on a driving lesson in Bourne and the short is answer is “nothing”. You do not legally have to carry a spare wheel or it even be legal in...
BBC 3 Barely Legal Drivers
One of my pupils on a driving lesson the other day mentioned “Barely Legal Drivers”, a series on BBC3 and started explaining some of the things she had seen in the last episode. Thinking that she must have been dramatizing her account of it, I took a look at the...
Bay Parking on Driving Lessons
How To Practise Bay Parking Bay parking in car parks is very likely to be the most performed manoeuvre that you will need to do once you have passed your driving test. This video here, offers you some tips for different ways of doing bay parking, and how to practise...
Reverse Parallel Park
Stages of the Reverse Parallel Park This video shows you the stages of the Reverse Parallel Park. With practise this becomes more fluid and less mental effort is needed to identify the timing of each stage and to actually perform the necessary actions. [videoembed...
How to score from an intensive driving course minus the intense.
Andy took his intensive driving course in Peterborough and turned it all round quick smart. He needed to be able to drive for his work, and as you can see below, he liked that the course had no pressure attached to it: ” I found learning with Tom to be very...
Driving School in Bourne gets some Va Va Voom!
Here is the new driving school car! Proving to be very popular already! Big Tom Driving School in Bourne now has a new Vauxhall Corsa 1.4. Take a look around it, you can almost smell it’s new! Reece who is 17 years old from March took it for a no-obligation drive...
More Work For Driving Instructors in Grantham
How to get more work for Driving Instructors in Grantham Big Tom Driving School has more work RIGHT NOW for Driving Instructors in Grantham. Benefits include: • Pupil booking service • No franchise fee • Optional workload • No period of notice to serve • Hours that...



