Short notice driving test

Booking and taking a short notice driving test with Fineline Driving academy.

      Are you already an experienced driver? Have you been driving for a while on an international license or recently had a ban or license revoked? Are you confident in driving in any area in and around London without having previously driven there before? Keep getting silly test dates which are a few months away?
     
       If you answered yes to any of these questions, and need to pass ASAP, then Fineline Driving Academy offer an exclusive service where we can get a test for you within a week, drive you to the area, give you an hour refresher course to ensure you remove your bad habits, provide you with a suitable car to take the test in and finally drive you back, all for an unbeatable £99. Call 0800 689 9558/07446 350 220 to take advantage of this service, and you could have your full driving license within a matter of days! We have identified DSA driving test centers in and around London which are unbelievably quiet and you can take advantage, after calling us we will organize an assessment of around 30 minutes which is included in the £99 fee. If you are seen to be capable of driving safely, we will take a test booking fee of £62 pounds to pay for your test, book it at a test center which will be within 2 weeks of the assessment, pick you up on the day and guide you through your driving test. The £99 is paid on the day of the test, and is a great way for you to get your license without having to wait around! Call us on 0800 689 9558 to book an assessment!.

Driving test stories - update 1

     As part of Fineline driving academys attempts to interact with a nation of learner drivers, we like to share stories about driving tests which our instructors have been present in, in order to ensure you know what to expect in terms of things that will result in a pass/fail result. Every week, our instructors have a meeting where various items are discussed and any changes or improvements taking place at the driving school are shared, we also discuss the results of any driving tests taken during that week. Please use this for reference only, remember, every examiner is different and therefore something deemed a minor fault for some cases can be a serious/dangerous fault for another examiner.


Case study 1 -
                 During minute 23 of the driving test, a meeting situation arose where a double decker bus wanted to pass and there was not enough room for both the driving test candidate and the bus to pass at the same time. The bus drove around the parked car on their side of the road, however the driving test candidate did the same and thus causing the examiner to brake and fail the test by acquiring a serious fault in the 'meeting' segment of the driving test marking sheet.

Remedy -    When a meeting situation arises, if the vehicle you are waiting for is some distance away, then you should take the initiative to pass the parked vehicle safely ensuring you have check the center/right mirrors when overtaking and center/left when returning to your normal driving position. If you feel the other feel may cause you a problem, wait for them to go around their obstruction first, and in this case the vehicle in question was a large vehicle and therefore some extra vigilance should be applied. A bit more patience and this learner would have a full license!


Case study 2 -
                During minute 7 of the exam, the examiner instructed the driving test candidate to take the next road on the right. The road in question had a small section in the middle of the road to wait in if you are turning right that allows vehicles behind to pass on your left safely. The driving test candidate failed to notice this turning section and stopped in the same position with his indicator on and caused tailing traffic to beep.

Remedy -     If turning right into a road and there is a section containing a right arrow in the middle of the road, you must use this to wait in if there is oncoming traffic whose path you are about the cross. The reason for this section is to wait in, (normally the road is quite busy and doesnt need obstructions to cause). Try to plan ahead to avoid this situation happening, the examiner will give you plenty of notice if your are turning right, so check on approach if there is a waiting space and move into it if you can, if there is no oncoming traffic to wait for then simply take the turning as you normally would in a safe and controlled manner.

ADI PDI lesson plans.

                Training to become a driving instructor? We got lots of great downloads available at WWW.FINELINEDRIVINGACADEMY.CO.UK including full lesson plans which you are more than welcome to download and use. We also provide lessons to help you successfully qualify for your ADI badge, these are set at £25 per hour and we provide extensive help for parts 1, 2 and 3. Why pay over inflated prices from the national driving schools, when you can pay £25 for quality well constructed lessons at WWW.FINELINEDRIVINGACADEMY.CO.UK.  Just visit the website and navigate to the ‘PDI/ADI PORTAL’ for more information.

Driving lessons in west London

                If you live in Hayes, Southall, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Denham, Heston, Hounslow, West Drayton, Colnbrook, Ealing, Greenford, Acton, Hanwell, Ruislip, Northolt, Cowley or Iver and would like to start taking driving lessons, call Fineline driving academy on 0800 689 9558/07446 350 220 for a free introductory driving lesson. Find out why we are so recommended by our successful clients and what gives such a good reputation in the West London area. Also, visit WWW.FINELINEDRIVINGACADEMY.CO.UK for lots of useful info about driving including instructional videos and downloads.

Driving test stories

We always listen to our website visitors, and we’ve recently received a lot of people asking us to divulge information regarding driving test stories where our instructors have accompanied the learner and therefore are able to give a first hand account of the test. The aim of these articles are to help potential learners be more aware of the things examiners look out for on driving tests, and through past experience we have realised that many learners are taken by surprise when they fail for a particular reason due to not being prepared. At Fineline driving academy, we carry out very realistic mock tests whereby a different instructor will take your mock test in your normal vehicle and conduct it in an identical manner to the real examiner. The same marking sheet will be used, and the mock test will be slightly longer and more difficult to ensure you are more than ready for the test, this is all done at our normal rate of £20 an hour and backs up our ethos of providing premium driving lessons at affordable prices!

Case study 1

                At minute 17 of the driving test, the candidate approached a mini roundabout and instructed to take the first exit. The roundabout in question was a very tight roundabout, the left exit was not visible on the approach and anything coming out of the exit was also blocked. The candidate selected 2^nd gear on the approach and upon realising the tightness of the exit, slowed down too much for the selected gear resulting in a stall, additionally slightly passing the middle line of the road onto the opposite traffic. The outcome of the test was a fail with 1 serious fault and 5 minor faults.

Remedy – Upon approaching the roundabout and not knowing what is coming out of the exit due to it being very enclosed, the candidate should have selected 1^st gear to ensure the car moves at a much slower speed. The examiner explained in the debrief that anything could have been in the new road, and if unaware of what is in the new road then selecting first gear would have eradicated the fault and the candidate would have passed.

                Case study 2

                The candidate if asked to park in a suitable place at minutes 7,14,32 of the test. When asked to park by the examiner, the candidate failed to check the mirrors and signal each time and therefore resulted in a fail outcome.

Remedy -  When parking, always check the centre and left mirrors before changing direction to check any road users or obstructions will not be affected by your parking. On one occasion, a following car was taken by surprise by the sudden slowing down of speed and moving over without indication.

                Case study 3

                The candidate joins a 3 laned A road where the speed limit is the national speed limit (70mph), upon entering the carriageway, the candidate joins the middle lane and only moves to the left lane when asks to leave the next junction. At one point a following vehicle is quite close behind to our vehicle. The test resulted in 1 major fault for lane positioning and 4 minor faults.

Remedy – When driving in a carriageway of more than 1 lane, always keep to the left unless overtaking or turning right. The examiner explained that due to being in the middle lane, we caused a problem for other vehicles causing them to overtake/undertake which could all have been avoided by driving in the left lane.

Premium driving lessons at affordable prices

At Fineline driving academy, our instructors have a vast history of driving tests and can tell you the ins and outs of driving tests carried out using our instructors. We regularly meet and discuss how to improve of customer relations to ensure your driving lessons are always value for money and at the utmost quality standard. We would love to push the idea of providing ‘cheap driving lessons in west london’, but we don’t think this reflects the quality of the services we provide, and thus our ethos is to ‘provide premium driving lessons at an affordable price’. Our lesson prices are fixed at £20 per house and £70 for car rental + an hours lesson on the test day, as well as a free introductory lesson, just to show you what were about without you parting way with your hard earned cash!. So if you are ready to get your license, need help with your theory/practical or fed up with your current instructor then give us a call on 0800 689 9558/07446 350 220 and well be more than happy to help. Alternatively, visit WWW.FINELINEDRIVINGACADEMY.CO.UK  and request a callback or send us an email at enquiries@finelinedrivingacademy.co.uk , you can also follow us on twitter or join us on facebook.

‘Car Deaths Around the World’ infographic released

A new infographic which shows the level of car fatalities around the world was released by the UK’s life insurance broker Lifequotes4u.

The infographic illustrates in great detail the difference in car deaths in different countries throughout the world, including figures that cover the total number of car-related fatalities per year, as well as the death rate per every 100,000 vehicles on the road in a given country.

According to the infographic, the top five countries with the highest total number of car fatalities each year are: India (133,938), China (68,000), Indonesia (39,253), Brazil (37,694) and the United States (33,808).

When the figures are recalculated based on a rate per 100,000 cars, the top countries with the highest numbers of car fatalities are Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Kenya, Sudan and Angola.

On the other hand, infographic shows Iceland (12), Madagascar (45), Singapore (249), Norway (267) and Sweden (270) as the countries with the lowest number of car accidents fatalities.

Based on the rate of fatalities per 100,000 cars, the five countries with the lowest rates of car related deaths are Iceland, Japan, Sweden, UK and Germany.

The infographic figures show that the UK has less than half the number of car fatalities per 100,000 cars when compared to the USA, and 6 fatalities (per 100,000 cars) a year less than Canada. Furthermore, it shows that the UK has 2.5 less fatalities a year per 100,000 cars than France and a similar figure to Germany.

According to the infographic, 430 deaths in the UK were caused by speeding, and 430 more were caused by inexperienced driving. Drink driving caused 250 deaths whilst 300 people died from not wearing a seatbelt.

A lack of car insurance was not specifically pointed out in the infographic, however 300 deaths were caused by careless driving, and overall, the highest number of car-related deaths was due to drivers losing control of their vehicles.