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Top 5 Driving Test Tips

Here’s our top 5 Driving Test Tips that we hope you find useful.   1. Don’t Rush Once you start learning to drive, you’ll probably want to do your test and get licensed as quickly as possible. However, it’s important to give yourself enough time to prepare and not to rush into the test before […]

9 Tips To Help Pass Your Driving Test

9 Tips To Passing Driving Test

At Wimbledon Driving School, we want to do everything we can to help our pupils succeed on their driving test.   We believe there are nine key things all learner drivers should do to maximise their chances of passing their test first time – they may seem basic, but it’s crucial not to forget them! […]

How To Reverse Around A Corner First Time

Driving tips on how to reverse around a corner When you’re learning to drive, there are many manoeuvres that can be hard to master. Three-point turns, the rules of roundabouts and getting to grips with clutch control can all prove tricky. However, there’s one manoeuvre that many learner drivers cite as the one they find […]

What Makes a Good Driving Instructor?

With so many driving instructors out there promising ‘expert tuition’ and ‘the cheapest lessons around’, it’s getting harder and harder for the very best to stand out from the crowd. So what should you be looking for in a good driving instructor?

Patience

It goes without saying that the vast majority of learner drivers, regardless of their age, are incredibly nervous when getting behind the wheel – whether it’s their first time or if they’ve had a bad experience before.

Knowing Your Road Signs

Knowing Your Road Signs

Having a sound knowledge of the Highway Code is an essential part of learning to drive. If you want to be successful in passing your test and gain some independence on the road, it’s really important that you are familiar with all the different road signs.

9 Tips For Driving In Built Up Areas

Driving in built up, urban areas can be tricky to master, especially if you’re not used to taking to the streets in towns and cities. If you’re looking to gain confidence with your driving in these areas, read on to discover our nine top tips… 1. Overtaking City roads are full of obstacles – buses, […]

5 Top Tips To Driving In Streatham

Five top tips to driving in Streatham

Even with the tube, a great bus network, and all those Boris bikes, sometimes you’d rather just get in your car and drive through Streatham. Or sometimes you might need to get somewhere which means using every single form of transport available for a journey which would only take 10-minutes by car.

4 Tips On Driving In London

Driving in London

For many people, the idea of trying to navigate London by car is the ultimate nightmare: pedestrians wondering into the streets, car horns blaring and buses pulling out unexpectedly. But the reality is quite different, and while London can be scary to drive in, follow our top four tips and you’ll be navigating the city in confidence.

3 Reasons Why Hazard Perception Tests Are So Important

Why Hazard Perception Tests Are So Important

Each year, 3500 people are killed on the UK’s roads. New drivers are involved in up to 1 in 7 vehicle accidents causing injury or fatalities. For this reason, the Government introduced the Hazard Perception Test as part of the UK driving test in the belief that it would help to reduce the amount of […]