Andrea’s School of Motoring Basingstoke

20/08/2026

Good luck to all of you receiving your GCSE results today x

15/08/2026

Switch it off 📵

13/08/2026

He’s only gone and done it 🙌🏻

Huge Congrats to Liam Marway on your 1st Time Driving Test Pass here this morning at Basingstoke Driving Test Centre, with just a single driving fault. Well done that man !
Definitely one to celebrate, and on the International Left Handers Day (the best people are all left handed)

It’s been a journey getting you through moments where you’ve doubted yourself and tested my sanity, I’ve had to push hard to keep you going, the result certainly shows that you took it all on board and put it all in to action when the time came.

Here’s to many years of safe travels, by train and now also by car.

🏁🚗💨🏆🥇👍🏻🎉🥳🙌🏻🎊🚂🛣️

Stay safe and mind the roads x

“Copy That”

13/08/2026

For all of you guys getting your A LEVEL results today 🤞🏻👩🏻‍🎓📚

09/08/2026

Just like that ….

03/08/2026

Check the facts

🚗 No, the rules have NOT changed.

There have been rumours circulating that if you pass your driving test in an automatic car, you’ll soon be able to drive a manual after just a one-hour conversion lesson.

Let’s separate fact from fiction.

The AA has proposed that drivers who pass in an automatic should be able to gain manual entitlement after completing a one-hour conversion session with a qualified instructor, rather than taking another practical test.
The suggestion has been made as one possible way of helping to reduce the driving test backlog. (ITVX⁠)

⚠️ However, this is only a proposal.

The law has not changed.

At the moment, if you pass your driving test in an automatic vehicle, you are only licensed to drive automatic vehicles.

If you want to drive a manual car, you must pass a practical driving test in a manual vehicle. You do not need to retake your theory test, but you do need to pass the manual practical test. (GOV.UK⁠)

As always, be careful what you believe on social media.
Rumours often spread much faster than the facts.

💬 What do you think?

Should a one-hour conversion lesson be enough to allow someone to drive a manual, or should the current requirement to pass a manual driving test remain in place?

Please tag and share your friends in 🫶🏾

Sheena Ahmed
Motorvation school of Motoring

30/07/2026

Such disgusting behaviour, should never be allowed behind the wheel again.

Three weeks after passing her driving test, an 18-year-old driver had already been caught up in a pattern of dangerous driving.

The police investigation found she had regularly been speeding, using her mobile phone behind the wheel and filming Snapchat videos while driving.

One video reportedly showed her reaching around 100mph on a county road.
Another showed her driving onto the wrong side of the road towards an oncoming vehicle as her friends shouted at her to stop.

In 2022, Liberty Mitchell pleaded guilty to overtaking on the wrong side of the road and causing the head-on collision in Gloucestershire that killed two innocent people a teacher and a taxi driver.

She was originally jailed for six years and eight months, but the Attorney General referred the case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

Her sentence has now been increased by two years and seven months, meaning she will serve a total of nine years and three months in prison.

She was also disqualified from driving for eight years and four months and must pass an extended driving test before she can regain her licence.

Two innocent people lost their lives, and countless others have been left to live with the consequences.

The sentence has been increased, but one question remains… should someone responsible for this ever be allowed to drive again?