DRIVE Driving Lessons Kings Lynn

20/10/2026

Just had a lovely message from my pupil that passed her test yesterday 🥰 the satisfaction in doing this job is second to none ☺️

Hi Mandy
I just wanted to say thankyou again for everything that you have done for me to helping me get test ready and to pass my test I definitely wouldn’t of been able to do it without you. If I hear of anyone wanting to start learning to drive I will definitely recommend you 😊

12/10/2026

Copied from another instructor but it’s true for all instructors so worth sharing to put the charge for lessons into perspective:

🚗 £45 an hour for driving lessons? Let’s put that into perspective…

When you compare driving lessons with other one-to-one professional services, the cost is actually very similar.

💇‍♀️ Haircut and blow-dry – £45–£60
🎹 Piano lesson – around £40
🏋️ Personal trainer – £45–£75
💆 Massage – £45–£75
🐕 Dog grooming – around £55
🚗 Driving lesson – £45

All these professions involve skill, training, experience and running costs, and deserve to be paid fairly.

But there’s something particularly valuable about learning to drive.

You’re not just paying for an hour of someone’s time. You’re investing in your future.

Driving brings independence, freedom, greater employment opportunities and everyday flexibility. And the skills you learn can benefit you for the rest of your life.

Your lesson fee also covers a fully insured, dual-controlled car, fuel, maintenance and dedicated tuition from a qualified professional.

And unlike most classrooms, ours is a moving classroom, surrounded by traffic, unpredictable hazards and other road users.

Instructors aren’t simply teaching. We’re constantly assessing risks, anticipating danger and making safety-critical decisions while helping inexperienced drivers develop those same skills.

Keeping everyone safe is a responsibility we carry on every lesson.

🚘 And what about the cost of owning a car?

Factor in buying or financing a vehicle, insurance, tax, MOT, servicing, repairs and fuel, and even a modest car can cost several hundred pounds a month.

That’s often comparable to the cost of regular driving lessons.

We accept these ongoing motoring costs, yet sometimes overlook the value of the professional training that prepares us to drive safely.

I fully appreciate that learning to drive is a significant financial commitment, especially for young people and families.

But rather than seeing lessons simply as an expense, perhaps we should recognise them as an investment in independence, opportunity and lifelong road safety.

Because passing your driving test isn’t the end of what you’re paying for. It’s just the beginning of what you get back. 🚗

09/10/2026

Congratulations to Troy passing first time in Lynn with some nice comments from the examiner. It’s been a pleasure, good luck for your future. Take care.

06/10/2026

Huge congratulations to Scott passing first time today in a foggy Lynn, made the early start worthwhile, I think 🤔🥴😂 enjoy car hunting, I’ll miss our laughs!

04/10/2026

It really isn’t worth it, GET OFF YOUR PHONE WHEN DRIVING! If it’s that important, pull over somewhere safe and check your phone.

This is Jack Haddow. He ploughed his 44-tonne HGV into the back of a couple’s car on the M6 after spending up to eight minutes scrolling TikTok behind the wheel.

Kevin and Deborah Prescott were travelling home when the horror crash happened shortly before 2am.

The couple were driving at the reduced 40mph smart motorway limit when 29-year-old Haddow ploughed into them from behind in his Mercedes Artos HGV.

The force of the impact sent their Jaguar XE saloon veering across the carriageway and smashing into the central reservation.

Deborah was left with a destroyed knee and foot, broken ribs, and her lower arm bone sticking out through her wrist.

A passing motorist who rushed to help found Kevin unresponsive in the driver's seat as Deborah cried out: "My husband has died, he's dead."

Deborah had to endure a nine-hour surgery to rebuild her leg and avoid an ankle amputation.

"I was completely bedridden," she later said. "I've gone from being an independent woman to someone completely reliant on others for the most basic of tasks."

The couple had to move hospital beds into their front room, ruining their long-held plans to go on a dream cruise and eventually retire to Malta.

Kevin, a 64-year-old armed forces veteran who served in the Gulf War, suffered a broken sternum, fractured ribs, and a broken spinal vertebra that required him to wear a brace for 11 weeks.

"I remember lying there, frightened that another vehicle would strike us and finish what had already been done," Kevin recalled.

Analysis of Haddow's iPhone 15 proved he had opened his device 21 times in the two hours leading up to the crash, with the TikTok app active right up to the point of impact.

Haddow pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Liverpool Crown Court sentenced him to 28 months in prison and handed down a driving ban of two years and nine months.

30/09/2026

Congratulations to my two pupils who had tests in September and both passed first time, on the same day too! Thomas and Betty

29/09/2026

DVSA are changing how tests can be swapped again:

28/09/2026

Copied from another instructor but it’s true for all driving instructors

27/09/2026

26/09/2026

I have had a couple of learners recently who seem to believe there is a ‘rule’ around speed, of being allowed 10% over!

Firstly this is very concerning because speed limits are there for a reason but if you drive around with the thought that it’s ok to go 10% above this, you’re more likely to go even further past this.

Secondly there is no ‘rule’, other than speeding cameras/Police/CPS can decide not to prosecute by using a guide of 10% above the speed limit, allowing for a very slight discrepancy in a cars speedo. However, some cars speedos could be 1-2 mph under the speed limit or 1-2 mph over the speed limit, or even more or could be exactly to the speed limit. So what you think might be 10%, could be more.

You shouldn’t be driving around with this thought even being in your head, I’ve explained the difference between hitting a child at 30mph and 32mph (yes, just 1 or 2 mph makes a huge difference) and today I saw a post from another instructor who had pupils who were speeding and he was trying to explain the dangers of even being just 1 mph over the speed limit and I’m sharing this with you below, maybe it will help you to understand a bit better about the danger of using this thought process:

However, I was also searching online for a way to explain the dangers of speeding, which led me to the concept of residual speeding—a concept that, tbh was entirely new to me.

In short, if a car travelling at the 30 mph speed limit brakes hard and stops exactly in front of a pedestrian, a car going just 1 mph faster (I.e 31 mph) under the same conditions will hit that pedestrian at a residual speed of about 7.8 mph. Since kinetic energy increases with the square of speed, small increases in initial velocity result in significantly higher impact speeds.

To put it simply, driving just 1 mph over the limit could result in hitting someone at 8 mph. Considering the likely injuries from being hit at that speed really helps reshape your mindset about driving just a 1 mph excess.

At 2mph over, the impact speed becomes around 12 mph, and at 3 mph over, it’s nearly 20 mph.