Learning to drive in Hull

06/11/2024

https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/using-your-own-car

When to book your car driving test, what to take with you, what happens during the test, major and minor faults, and what happens if your test is cancelled.

14/09/2024

https://youtu.be/LzmGM_FqIVc?si=BaamXL0lYVaa-VbJ

Encountering a horse while driving… here’s the clues to look out for, and how to pass safely!

20/03/2024

⚠️ There now follows ANOTHER rant about people and bus lanes. If you’re easily offended please look away now ⚠️

Sooooooo, when the bus lanes are not active (basically outside the times shown in the sign), it is just a normal lane and should be used.
(It will also be expected in the driving test)

If you choose not to use it, or you don’t understand it, that’s fine. You do you.

What’s not fine his shouting abuse at me and my learners just because you don’t have a clue what you’re doing!!

The jobs stressful enough on the roads in Hull - without some d***y clowns who have no idea how to drive properly giving big ‘uns.

And feel free to hang around long enough and I’ll explain in detail why you’re wrong - you might even learn something 🙄😂😂

07/03/2024

⚠️ Bus Lanes in Hull ⚠️

So not sure if this is a council mess up and they’ve got it wrong, or they’ve pulled the wool over our eyes… But the promise to change the bus lanes back to how they was seems to have been overlooked! 🤔🤔

🚌 How they were before: the bus lane was active in a morning heading towards the city centre 7-9.30am, and in the evening heading away from the city centre 4-6.30pm.

🚌 What the NEW signs say: the bus lanes in BOTH DIRECTIONS are active in BOTH mornings AND evenings!!!

The signs are changing already across the city ready for the official change date of the 18th March. So be careful with these new times, they are not what they originally were!!

05/03/2024

Put this together a few years ago… will be worth another post with the changes coming up to the bus lanes in Hull 👍🏻

26/01/2024

For those with driving tests coming up…

28/03/2023

Another vid: 🛑 STOP SIGN! Is that gonna be a fail? 😩

Stop signs

07/10/2019

Learner drivers can take motorway driving lessons with an approved driving instructor. 🚗

Motorway lessons are a good way to get broader driving experience before taking a driving test.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/learner-drivers-will-be-allowed-on-motorways-from-2018

25/06/2019

24/04/2019

Shared from a driving instructor:

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A good reminder to parents of any pupils starting to learn to drive: (feel free to share)

Driving in the 80/90s:
When I was taught to drive it took me roughly 10 hours to pass the test.
Reverse parking was not taught.
There was no Theory Test.
There was no hazard perception test.
There was no independent drive section.
There were no show me/tell me questions.
There were no/very few bus lanes.
There were no red routes.
There were no/very few cycle lanes.
There were no advanced stop lines.
Cyclists were taught cycling proficiency at school.
Pedestrians were taught the Green X Code.
There were more police enforcing driving standards.
There were less vehicles on the road.
There were hardly any parked cars.
I never heard the term "road rage"
There were no speed humps, 20 zones, "chicanes" or other traffic "calming" measures.
As far as I remember other drivers gave me space and time while I was learning.
There were less/no mini roundabouts/double mini roundabouts/Spiral roundabouts.
I wasn’t taken out of town, on to National Speed limit roads.
I wasn’t allowed on the Motorway.
Roads were better maintained with signs and line markings you could actually see, and pot holes had not been invented.
Supermarkets were not open 24/7 and closed on Sundays so you could always use their car parks for some initial practice.
The test only lasted about 20 minutes.

Your children have so much more to deal with than you ever did so please show them the respect, don't pressurise them due to the cost , just give them the support they deserve for just attempting to learn to drive on todays roads yet alone facing the dreaded L test.

The question is, would you pass your driving test if I asked you to sit a mock test tomorrow?

21/04/2019

Happy Easter everyone!!
Hope the Easter Bunny has been kind with the chocolate this year
👍🏻😂😂