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Left reverse - With commentary

Posted by Will Dracott on Saturday, November 24, 2012, In : Learning

The new left reverse video with commentary
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Overtaking

Posted by Will Dracott on Thursday, November 22, 2012, In : Learning

The Highway Code applies to England, Scotland and Wales. It's essential reading for everyone. Here's a reminder about overtaking.

DO NOT overtake if there is any doubt, or where you cannot see far enough ahead to be sure it is safe. For example, when you are approaching:

a corner or bend

a hump bridge

the brow of a hill

Rule 166

New Video - Turn in the raod

Posted by Will Dracott on Thursday, November 22, 2012, In : Learning

New videos on the website regarding the turn in the road and the reverse around the corner. Here's the new turn in the road video with commentary. More available in the tutorials section on the site.

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London Motor Show free and open for business

Posted by Will Dracott on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, In : Car reviews

The country's biggest free motor show opened its doors this week in London. The Canary Wharf Motorexpo is playing host to a huge selection of new cars, along with several special activities.
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Brain training for driving

Posted by Will Dracott on Friday, April 23, 2010,

I've been doing some reseach into learning techniques and something interesting has cropped up. The Mozart Effect. It used to be said that by listening to Mozart it could make you smarter. This isn't strictly true. By listening to music that you find stimulating (puts a smile on your face) your body produces a certain chemical that then allows brain cells to produce synaptic pathways 20% quicker. Synaptic pathways is basically how your brain makes memories. The more memories you have of...
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Tip of the day

Posted by Will Dracott on Tuesday, February 23, 2010,

I've notied recently that many a learner after coming off the quicker roads (dual carriageways especially) tend to continue driving in the same fashion in one way or another. Either they continue to drive above 30mph or when approaching they wont come down to 15/10mph for any kind of junction so their MSM routine suffers (usually the gear change is absent).

So really try to make a mental note to yourself, after exiting those quicker roads, back to driving at the slower speeds. Same goes for ...
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Met office warning - Heavy Rain - Thursday

Posted by Will Dracott on Monday, February 22, 2010,

Heavy rain due on Thursday morning, they have issued a "severe" warning. If you're on your test, make sure you know where the windscreen wipers are and keep a 4 second gap.

Learn more about how to drive in extreme weather with the onlie driving lessons - http://www.a-class-driving.com/weather.php

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Pass!

Posted by Will Dracott on Wednesday, February 10, 2010,

Congratulations to Samina for passig today with an amazing 2 minors!!! A fantastic effort from her today, she worked ever so hard on her driving. Studied the online driving lessons every day on the run in to her test and took a lesson 5 days running. Just goes to show, if you work hard and want it bad enough, you can do it. Well done once again Samina.

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