Do examiners have a quota on pass rates?

This is one of the most common questions that I get asked by my leaners when they are close to taking their driving test. There are many rumours circulating about this subject and none of them are true!

It is not true that the examiners are only allowed to pass a predetermined amount of driving tests each day. The truth of it is that if you do something dangerous or serious then you will fail. It's simple really... Drive for 40 minutes without causing any other road users an inconvenience and you will pass.

Do not believe rumours such as "if the examiner is in a bad mood then he will fail you" or "take your driving test in the morning so that the examiner hasn't used up his quota yet".

If you want to pass your test first time then pick a good driving instructor and be dedicated to learning, you'll be sure to have success :)

Try driving lessons with an honest and reliable driving instructor at www.monarchdrivingschool.co.uk

How to save a lot of time and money on driving lessons!

Chelsea's killer money saving tip on a rainy bank holiday!

I often end up having this conversation with people who call up enquiring about driving lessons and there is the following maths that nobody realises until I point it out to them.

Of course you will learn to drive quicker if you are taking two hour lessons rather than one hour lessons.. It would be fair to assume that it would take half the time.. Right?... Wrong!

Take a one hour driving lesson for example at the cost of £20. It takes the pupil 15 minutes to warm up into it and to start to feel comfortable behind the wheel again since their last lesson. The instructor will also use this warm up time to direct the pupil to a suitable training area for the topic that is to be covered in that lesson. The driving instructor will also need to allow 15 minutes time for the planned route home. So for this £20 the pupil is getting 30 minutes good learning time on the topic for that lesson.

Now take a two hour lesson instead, and if it were £40 (which with Monarch Driving School it would be less as double lessons are discounted), for ease of maths though we shall say £40. Take the warm up 15 mins and the planned route home 15 mins and that leaves you with 90 minutes good productive learning time for £40.

The pupil would need to take 3 one hour lessons at a cost of £60 to receive 90 minutes good learning time through one hour lessons. Costing them £20 more and taking them 3 weeks instead of 1 week (based on one lesson per week).

So when people ask how much it will cost to learn to drive or how long will it take then a fair answer would be that by taking double lessons it will be done in a third of the time (which is much better than half of the time) and with a saving of at least 33% (or more with Monarch Driving School who offer £5 off of double lessons).

So if you wish to learn to drive quickly and cheaply then consider taking double driving lessons with Monarch Driving School and save yourself a lot time and money!

Monarch Driving School offer discounted 2 hour driving lessons in the following areas:

St Helens
Warrington
Wigan
Bolton
Liverpool
Southport
Luton
St Albans