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ARRIVE & DRIVE | Crash Course day 1 ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’šLast week, another motivated international group joined the Arrive & Drive trainin...
21/05/2026

ARRIVE & DRIVE | Crash Course day 1 ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’š

Last week, another motivated international group joined the Arrive & Drive training day at RBWE Driving Skills Centre, led by Pieter.

There was a strong sense of focus throughout the day, with lots of good questions, teamwork and valuable discussions along the way. At the same time, there was also plenty of laughter and a relaxed atmosphere.

Professional, motivated and enjoyable โ€“ exactly the kind of energy that makes these training days so valuable. ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘

Some feedback afterwards:

โ€œI had a wonderful experience today! Pieter is a great trainer and the vibe he is transmitting and the instructions he is giving are what is needed for a student. I started the day with a heavy heart and I ended it with a big smile on my face.โ€
โ€“ ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข

โ€œThanks for the advanced driving course day. Pieter was amazing.โ€
โ€“ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ

A strong start for this international team.

Next stop: practising in and around the exam area, with a focus on awareness, anticipation and understanding the Dutch driving mindset.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/


ARRIVE & DRIVE | Summer is getting closer โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’šEmre and Robin were the first to pass their Dutch driving exams. Kristina ...
19/05/2026

ARRIVE & DRIVE | Summer is getting closer โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’š

Emre and Robin were the first to pass their Dutch driving exams. Kristina completed the line-up today with a very sporty drive!๐Ÿ˜‰

Ready to enjoy the Dutch roads independently this summer.

Well done, Kristina, Emre and Robin. Time to continue making kilometresโ€ฆ but now the Dutch way ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations, Stevany from Indonesia! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐ŸŽ‰From first lesson to pink licence. This was Stevanyโ€™s expe...
14/05/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations, Stevany from Indonesia! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐ŸŽ‰

From first lesson to pink licence. This was Stevanyโ€™s experience:

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

Open your eyes bigger and wider than ever!
Dutch roads are packed with cyclists, scooters, trams, and sneaky priority-to-the-right rules.
Mirror checks and shoulder checks are your new best friends.

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

Dutch driving feels completely different from Indonesia.
Back home itโ€™s chaotic, full of motorbikes weaving everywhere, honking as communication, and more flexible rules.

Here everything is super disciplined, organized, and everyone actually respects speed limits and bike lanes. No more โ€œsqueezing throughโ€ โ€” itโ€™s all smooth, predictable, and cyclist-first!

๐ŸŸข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

In Indonesia I drove like a warrior in traffic battles, here Iโ€™m doing constant neck exercises and roundabout dances like a ballet performer!
The test is a real precision sport compared to home. And no turning right on red still surprises me every time.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

Huge thanks to Anke for her patience, team Arrive & Drive โ€” the training session opened my eyes immediately, fixed my habits, and saved me so much time and stress. Finally passed in Mierlo!

If youโ€™re struggling like I didโ€ฆ donโ€™t quit. Get the right help, open those eyes wide, and keep pushing. Totally worth it! ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ’ช

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


ARRIVE & DRIVE | Congratulations to Danylo from Ukraine!  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸŽ‰Survived the Dutch morning traffic full of school kids on b...
13/05/2026

ARRIVE & DRIVE | Congratulations to Danylo from Ukraine! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸŽ‰

Survived the Dutch morning traffic full of school kids on bicyclesโ€ฆ and one speed bump even sent us sky-high for a second ๐Ÿ˜œ

But overall: a super relaxed drive, a super relaxed guy, and a well-deserved pass.
Enjoy your Dutch driverโ€™s license, DanyloโœŒ๏ธ

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ lesdirect.nl


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations, Isaline from Angola, on passing within a weekโ€”she started on Wednesday and passed on T...
19/04/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations, Isaline from Angola, on passing within a weekโ€”she started on Wednesday and passed on Tuesday! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด๐ŸŽ‰

In her own words:

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

Really practice the โ€œextraโ€ check point (shoulder check)๐Ÿคฃ

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

โ There is no way I can compare both ๐Ÿคฃ, we have less than half of the traffic lights, less then half of traffic signs, most of the intersections are uncontrolled intersectionsโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

โ On the rush hour the lanes become different!
A two-lane street became a six-lane with no traffic control. Imagineโ€ฆ๐Ÿคฃ

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

My overall experience with Arrive and Drive is really positive.
Anke and Pieter are really nice people and really know what theyโ€™re doing, so just pay attention to the lessons and youโ€™ll pass ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


ARRIVE & DRIVE | Nice progress this week at Arrive & Drive ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’šMark and Isaline both passed their driving exams.Originally...
17/04/2026

ARRIVE & DRIVE | Nice progress this week at Arrive & Drive ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’š

Mark and Isaline both passed their driving exams.
Originally from South Africa and Angola, now ready to drive independently in the Netherlands. ๐Ÿ

Well done, Mark & Isaline. Drive safe and enjoy it!

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Johncy from India on recently passing his exam! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐ŸŽ‰In his own words:๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป...
01/04/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Johncy from India on recently passing his exam! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐ŸŽ‰

In his own words:

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

For expats of India as I come from there, we have been trained to reactivate driving, forcing us to focus more nearby 50mts distance.

Dutch traffic is different everyone drives predictable and expects your behaviour to be the same, the key is to focus at least 200m ahead or further in highway. It is a challenge to adapt but worth it. ๐Ÿ’ฏ

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

In India, driving slow is considered safe driving behaviour, but it considered impolite unless absolutely necessary driving exam in the India is more about controlling the car. On the contrary Dutch implying the traffic rules that we learned in theory, that I felt was the main difference

๐ŸŸข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

For us in India, honking is a language while we drive absolute integral part of driving... Also to vent out frustrations ๐Ÿ˜….
In Dutch driving honking is reserved for absolute worse situations and is offensive/highly impolite....if u did receive a horn, u messed up big ๐Ÿ˜‚

๐ŸŸข ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

Arrive and drive was pretty fun to be honest. It immediately helped improve my looking structure, steering movement. I found it really helpful for special manoeuvre too. You do it once and your foundations are set.

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Noah from Mexico on recently passing his exam! ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐ŸŽ‰In her own words:๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...
26/03/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Noah from Mexico on recently passing his exam! ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐ŸŽ‰

In her own words:

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

A simple memory tip for right-of-way at equal intersections:

โ€œRight: protect your passenger.
Left: you are the king.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ˜‰

This phrase helps you remember the priority rule in the Netherlands at equal intersections:

When traffic approaches from the right (passenger side), you must protect your passenger โ€” so you give way and stop if needed.

When traffic approaches from the left (driverโ€™s side), you are the king โ€” meaning they must give way to you.

Itโ€™s a quick and practical way to stay safe and make the right decision without hesitation.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

Drivers coming from the right side have priority, not those going straight.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

Everyone mostly respects giving way! ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

I had a good experience and would definitely recommend it. ๐Ÿ’ฏ

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Marina from Russia on recently passing her exam! ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸŽ‰In her own words:๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ...
25/03/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Marina from Russia on recently passing her exam! ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸŽ‰

In her own words:

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

The best is to switch off your previous experience and try to build a new system in your mind which includes buses, bicycles, speed pedelecs, old people and children.
For me it was like when learning a new language, you build a new mindset with cultural differences.

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

In my homeland there is no bicycle pads.
The traffic is organized differently: there are big streets with four or five lanes moving one way, lots of traffic lights and there are only pedestrian crossings with pedestrian priority.

All crossings and highways are organized in the same way so you need to learn just one behavior and there is practically no need in prediction of situations.

There are also a lot of traffic jams so you learn pretty well how to move slowly and forget about the flow.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

Here I wanted to share the funniest video I saw recently about the differences between Mexicans and Indians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux8GZAtCN-M

There is also a bit part about differences in driving and flow. I think it will be useful for people from Russia to see to understand the flow.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

My overall experience was fine. I wish I knew about Les Direct before.

What was great is that first you have a training day on the special driving premises with other students and see their mistakes and understand that you may do the same and try to correct them.

Another great thing is that lessons are longer, more tailored to the date of exam and Anke is very flexible with the timetable.

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Tania from the US on recently passing her exam! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽ‰In her own words:๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป...
24/03/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Tania from the US on recently passing her exam! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽ‰

In her own words:

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

If something is unclear, ask questions. ๐Ÿ‘Š

๐Ÿ”ต ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

Pedestrian and bike traffic! Donโ€™t let it freak you out.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

So many road signs to pay attention to.
What we would consider main roads are not necessarily priority roads - Giving way to traffic on the right.

๐Ÿ”ต ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

I had a good experience. I got plenty of practice and Anke was a joy to work with.

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Bruno from Brazil! ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐ŸŽ‰In his own words:๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ...
24/03/2026

๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ | Congratulations to Bruno from Brazil! ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐ŸŽ‰

In his own words:

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€:

Take your timeโ€”everyone learns at their own pace. For me, it actually took two tries for both the theory and practical exams before I got my license.
Iโ€™d recommend focusing on the theory first: do as many mock exams as you can until you feel confident. Then, when you start driving, focus on applying that theory in practiceโ€”especially the priority rules at uncontrolled intersections, which are super important here.

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

The biggest difference for me is definitely the amount of bike trafficโ€”itโ€™s on another level compared to back home. ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ

The other big one is the priority rule at uncontrolled intersections: drivers coming from the right always have the right of way. It really changes the way you drive, especially if youโ€™re already an experienced driver and used to different rules in your home country.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€:

One of the funniest differences for me is how much deeper you need to go into traffic rules to pass the Dutch theory exam. Back home, it felt a lot simpler. Here, the theory is really detailed, and then the practical exam is almost an hour long in total!

Here, the theory is really detailed, and then the practical exam is almost an hour long! You have to do two special maneuvers, drive both in the city and on the highway, and even use a navigation system for part of the testโ€”it felt like a full challenge.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ:

Overall, my experience was good, even if it took me a bit longer than I expected.

๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.lesdirect.nl/en/arrive-drive


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