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Click Driving School Automatic transmission driving lessons I started training as a driving instructor in 2020 having been a primary school teacher for over 20yrs.
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I worked for Lendrums Driving School for 2yrs before opening “Click Driving School” in January 2024. I gained my DVSA approved instructor licence in October 2022. During my time as an instructor I have attended a number of professional training courses and am a Certified and Accredited “Driving Nerves Specialist”

12/06/2026

A super packed week with lots achieved and lots of learning taking place… well done team!

09/06/2026

Thank you for this Top Tip Emily!

Emily had her revelation during a complex drive taken in a range of different road types (most of which she 'hated' 🤣) She realised the more she 'expected' things, the better prepared she was.

05/06/2026

* Contraversial post *

🚗 Why I Hate the Word “THINKING” 🚗

The dictionary definition of thinking is:

“The conscious cognitive process of manipulating mental representations, analysing information, and reasoning.”

Now before fellow driving instructors come for me… 😅

I completely agree that we want to develop thinking drivers.

But here’s the problem…

Thinking is often too slow for driving.

When you’re parked up, reflecting on a situation, discussing a lesson, reviewing a mistake, or planning a route…

✅ Think.

Think as much as you like.

But when the car is moving, drivers need something different.

They need to:

👀 Be aware
🔍 Observe
📋 Plan
⚖️ Make judgements
⚡ Be decisive
🔄 Adapt
🎯 Act

Driving is a continuous cycle of gathering information, predicting what might happen next, and responding appropriately.

And yet, after collisions and near misses, I often hear phrases like:

❌ “I THOUGHT the speed limit was 40.”
❌ “I THOUGHT they were turning.”
❌ “I THOUGHT I could go.”
❌ “I THOUGHT nobody would be there.”
❌ “I THOUGHT they had seen me.”

Notice the common word?

THOUGHT.

In many cases, the collision didn’t happen because somebody lacked the ability to think.

It happened because they failed to gather enough information before making a decision.

Good drivers don’t drive based on what they think.

Good drivers drive based on what they know, what they can see, and what they can reasonably predict from the information available.

So perhaps instead of creating thinking drivers…

We should be creating:

✅ Aware drivers
✅ Observant drivers
✅ Planning drivers
✅ Decisive drivers
✅ Predictive drivers

Because on the road, assumptions are expensive.

And sometimes…

“I thought…” is the start of a very difficult conversation.

“Don’t drive on what you THINK. Drive on what you KNOW.” 🚗💭➡️👀

05/06/2026

Another busy but great week. Lots of goals achieved and learning taking place.

The yellow car appears to be beyond the stop line and sitting in the junction area while the traffic lights facing it ar...
02/06/2026

The yellow car appears to be beyond the stop line and sitting in the junction area while the traffic lights facing it are red.
From a still photo we cannot say for certain what happened, but one possibility is that the driver entered on a green light expecting traffic ahead to move, then became trapped when it didn’t.
The lights changed and they were left blocking the junction.

It is a good example of why we teach:
⚠️ Do not enter a junction unless your exit is clear.

Too many drivers focus on the green light and forget to look beyond it.
A green light gives permission to proceed if safe to do so, but it does not guarantee space on the other side.

🚦 GREEN DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN GO

The driver ahead may have entered on a green light.

The problem is they were looking at the traffic light, not the road beyond it.

If your exit isn’t clear, think carefully before entering. Otherwise you can end up stranded in the junction, blocking other traffic when the lights change.

Good driving is about planning ahead, not just reacting to the colour of a light.

How many times do you see this happen every day? 👀



(Interestingly the comments on the original post were that there was no crime committed - is that how we're going to benchmark decent driving? The fact it is inconsiderate and prevents effective use of a road system built to create ease of flow is immaterial? 🤷‍♀️)

29/05/2026

Another awesome week. Lots of smiles, laughs and goals met.

27/05/2026

Another handy Top Tip, this time from Francis.

Often drivers, particularly novice drivers, feel under pressure to do things at the same speed as everyone else.

To be able to cognitively process huge amounts of information, take your foot off of the gas pedal and take your time.

Fast and careless v slower and safer - what will you choose?

25/05/2026

I was on a road trip yesterday taking in several motorways and dual carriageways on route.

The amount of drivers mindlessly in the middle lanes without having any fathomable reason was mind blowing.

"Undertaking" is an offence, so what are we to do? Cross 2 lanes out to pass them, then 2 lanes back, while they just sit there, eyes ahead, no thought to or awareness of anyone else.

Reasons people sometimes give are: "I pay my road tax so I can use whichever lane I want" or "being in the outer lane will damage my car less" um how????

There's several words for people who drive like it "inconsiderate" "selfish" "mindless"

I often wonder whether it's lack on confidence in their ability to change lanes that causes them to sit there....if so, learn how to change lanes 🤷‍♀️

People please don't hog lanes...if you do you're a bit of a 🐽

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