Your Instructor should lead you through a structured course of tuition and provide you with some form of progress report so that you know where you are. The DSA Drivers Record is ideal for this with a separate sheet for your instructor to use as well as your own record of your progress for you to keep. If your instructor has his/her own personally designed progress report this is fine but if you don't have a copy for yourself so you can see where you are and you want one you can download the DSA Drivers Record, print it off and ask your instructor to fill it in for you at the end of each lesson. However, you need to bear in mind that for this to be effective you need to be commited to the task ahead and make sure that you take it with you to every lesson.

You should never be afraid to ask your Instructor questions no matter how silly you may think they seem at the time. It helps us (driving instructors) to help you (pupils) if we are aware of any misunderstandings, difficulties or problems as soon as they arise which, in the long run, will save you money. You should also find that each individual lesson is structured and has a beginning, a middle and an end such as:

• a recap of the last lesson
• a decision on what will be covered on the current lesson
• a discussion about the new topic (if it is a new topic)
• practice (and your Instructor should be happy to give a demonstration if you feel you need it)
• feedback from your instructor on your progress (let him/her know if you don't agree)
• an outline of what will be covered on the next lesson
  (if it's a new topic do some preparaition by reading up on the topic in 'Driving-the essential skills')

Reading up on a new topic before the lesson is SO valuable on several different levels. It helps you to get the most out of the lesson if you arrive to it with information about the topic in mind

Recommended reading:

My advice to my learner drivers is to hang on to this book and read 'Section Ten - Defensive Driving' on the first of every month (it's only 20 pages long and the layout of the book makes it very easy to read) for your first two years of driving. If you are totally familiar with the information in this section not only will you be a safer driver and quite likely save money on your car insurance but you would be able to sit an Advanced Driving Test if you take on the points raised within those 20 pages and make them a part of your every day driving. it cover to cover a couple of times after passing the test. Even if you don't remember all the details of the sections that don't apply to you such as towing for example or driving in Europe, your friends will be most impressed when they are unsure of something and you can go to your glove box and find the answer to their query.

These books will be available in all good bookshops and online at such places as Amazon. If you are in our area and planning to take lessons with Lois School of Motoring however, these books and those you need for the practical test are available to you at a reduced rate when you book a block of lessons. This is a flexible offer in which you can have just the books you still need at the reduced rate.