SO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO DRIVE …………

 

ALMOST EVERYONE WANTS TO LEARN TO DRIVE A CAR AS SOON AS THEY ARE 17. HERES THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

BEFORE YOU CAN START YOUR LESSONS YOU WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR A PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE. YOU CAN GET A PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE APPLICATION FORM FROM YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE (FORM D750) OR BY CONTACTING THE D.V.L.A.
TEL: 0870 240 0009

AS YOU MAY KNOW THERE ARE 2 SEPARATE TESTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PASS BEFORE YOU CAN SIT THE PRACTICAL TEST TO DRIVE A CAR. THERE IS THE THEORY TEST WHICH IS A COMPUTERISED TOUCH SCREEN TEST COVERING A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF TRAFFIC SIGNS,ROAD MARKINGS,HAZARDS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE ROAD. THEN THERE IS THE HAZARD PERCEPTION TEST WHICH TESTS YOUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN 14 VIDEO CLIPS EACH APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LONG.

LISTED BELOW ARE THE BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE DRIVING STANDARDS AGENCY TO GET YOU THROUGH THESE TESTS.

1. THE HIGHWAY CODE (£ 1.49)
2. KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC SIGNS (£ 3.00)
3. HAZARD PERCEPTION CD ROM (£12.00)
4. YOUR DRIVING TEST (£ 2.75)
5. THE OFFICIAL DRIVING MANUAL (£12.99)
6. D.S.A. THEORY (QUESTIONS &ANSWERS) (£12.99)

THESE CAN ALL BE OBTAINED AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE OR FROM YOUR DRIVING INSTRUCTOR.