Well done Kelvin, who passed first time with 7 driver faults last week. Another one who took very early (or very late) lessons to fit in with work, so I’m doubly glad he passed. I can have some lie-ins again now.
Very quiet, but a pleasure to teach all the way through.
Well done Steve, who passed in November with 10 driver faults. He is one of a group of three I have taught from the same company, and the only one to need a second attempt!
I’m glad he passed, because it means that all those horrendous 8am lessons (ones early as 7am) are now a thing of the past.
Well done Tim, who passed first time in November with 8 driver faults. I know that this is going to have a major impact on his career prospects, and that makes it especially satisfying.
A really nice young guy who I am sure will continue to be a safe driver. And another who reckons he will do Pass Plus after Christmas… Mmmmm.
Well done to Muhammed, who passed in November with 5 driver faults. Another great guy to teach, who needed this test pass in lieu of his job relocating somewhat further north. In fact, he only stayed in Nottingham to take this test, that’s how close a call it all was.
One of the handful of people who have hugged me in all the years I’ve been doing this (it’s about 50:50 male:female on that score!)
A bit behind here, but well done to Jack who passed with 5 driver faults in November. He says he will be contacting me for Pass Plus, but I’ll believe that when I see it! Everyone says they will, but once they start driving they usually never bother.
He’s been a really nice guy to teach, and hopefully this will now enable him to get a better job to give him the leg up he is is looking for.
Well done Anna, who passed today with just 3 driver faults. She now joins her boyfriend, Clive, who passed a couple of weeks ago, with a shiny new driving licence. They’ve already got a car (bought as soon as Clive passed), and as they’re expecting their first child in the new year this was important to both of them. Anna even said that if she failed today it wasn’t the end of the world because Clive had already done it and so transport was no longer an issue for them.
It’s nice to be able to make a difference to peoples lives like this.
An email alert from DVSA warns learners how they can save money by avoiding scam test booking sites. DVSA doesn’t refer to them as scams, but that’s what they are – even if they do actually book your test for you. If you book your test thinking you’ve done it using the official route then you have been scammed.
The theory test costs £25.00 (down from £31.00 from October 2014). The practical test costs £62.00 (or £75.00 on weekends). If you get asked to pay more than these prices you are being scammed. If you don’t get a booking immediately, or if you cannot choose the date from a list, you are being scammed. You should only book through GOV.UK.
As DVSA says (in the link embedded in the email), it is difficult to know when you are on the official site and when you’re on a scam site. Many of the scammers deliberately make themselves out to be the official DVSA site, and ALL of them want to purposely mislead you to take your money, no matter what words they have put in the small print now that the hounds are on to their scent.
If you see a misleading advert on any web page, you can report it here. Don’t be afraid: do it. ANYONE who is trying to handle test bookings for you other than your instructor is a scammer one way or another (and if your instructor tries to charge you a fee for doing it then he’s a scammer, too). It’s best we all report them.
DVSA says it is “working with the search engines” to have misleading sites removed. This is funny, since most of the scammers will have paid to get themselves to the top of the searches in the first place, and I can think of one very large search engine that is particularly averse to removing anything that affects its revenue in any way. So good luck with that one, DVSA!
Well done Clive, who passed first time last week with just 6 driver faults. His job means he has to get up very early and being able to drive means he will now be able to have a few hours longer in bed. On top of that, he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child early in the new year and being mobile is going to be very important in the coming months and years.
Well done Lucy, who passed with just 6 driver faults last week. She’s another one whose job meant that being able to drive would make life a lot easier. That, and being able to take her son to football practice.
She’s been fun to teach, and knowing she’ll now be able to get around makes me feel especially good.
Well done to Sy, who passed a couple of weeks ago first time with 9 driver faults. We managed to iron out the stampy foot in the end!
He’s already bought a car and will now be able to take his wife and kids places they couldn’t go before. It’s these sorts of details that make this job so enjoyable. And he is planning a motorway session in the near future.