Fleetcraft 

Improving road safety is very important to us here at the Bill  Plant driving school, this is why we developed the fleet services department within the driving school offering full corporate driver training services. We realise that the  management of occupational  road risk can be an area of confusion to many and are fully experienced in delivering full training packages to organisations.

We talk to corporations every day both large and small to not only assess their training needs but listen to what they are saying to make sure we give them the most efficient and relevant training.

The Driving Standards Agency is there to make sure of “Safe Driving for Life” On their website they give guidance on how to book your driving test online, forms and publications with road safety initiatives, and links to other useful driving resources.The agency aims to set driving standards to a high level of safety and make sure education and provision of learning resources is clear. The Driving Standards Agency also register and supervise quality assured instructors.

When driving with a disability most cars can be converted to suit your needs. The range of modifications available is extensive, from a simple hand control to a more technical modification like a joystick. Through the government grants are available to assist with the conversion.

Here at Bill Plant Driving School (Huddersfield) we have specially adapted vehicles to suit your driving needs.

Driving with disabilities

Applying for your provisional license

You can make an application for your provisional driving license before your 16th birthday (3 month)

The Driving Test

• The driving theory test and practical tests will be identical to other people taking the test but systems are in place to give you assistance should you need it.
• Bill Plant Driving School do offer specially adapted cars to take your test in, alternatively to take you driving test you could use your own vehicle with adaptations for your own requirements.
• More time is allowed which will mean the driving examiner can fully understand the level of your disability and this will also give you more time to enter and exit your car.

Here are Bill Plant Driving School we know that learning to drive is not that easy. Learner drivers must hold a provisional licence and by law have to be supervised by a person who has held a full driving licence for at least three years and be over the age of twenty one. The key to learning anything is practice and when your driving instructor thinks you are ready they are likely to encourage more driving sessions with other experienced drivers who are friends or family.

Driving Practice Tips

1) Avoid carrying passengers when you are learning to drive

2) Don’t overload

3) Remember what your driving instructor has said

4) Keep alert

5) Make sure your communication is clear

6) The novice driver is unable to absorb all driving information at once.

7) If you are unsure at any stage find a safe place to stop the car and discuss.

Some people prefer to learn to drive an automatic and you can take your driving test in an automatic car. Remember when you pass your test in an automatic vehicle the driving licence will only entitle you to drive an automatic car.

So you would have to take the driving test again for driving a manual vehicle. Bill Plant have many specialist driving instructors who will teach you to learn how to drive an automatic car for example the driving school in Huddersfield specialise in automatic driving lessons as does the driving school in Birmingham.

The process of learning to drive is much easier in an automatic car as you don’t really have to think about gear changes and use of the clutch. The right foot is used for breaking and acceleration and as there is no clutch you can ignore your left foot altogether.

Automatic driving is an ideal solution for people who are older or disabled because the car pretty much does the work for you, allowing you to concentrate on the most important issues such as planning ahead and steering. Bill Plant driving instructors will explain about the extra use of the handbrake and the different techniques needed to control the car at lower speeds.

The Hazard Perception Test is also known as the “awareness” test and is made up of video clips to test your knowledge of driving hazards. The video clips shown (14 in total) are all about one minute long.

The Videos shown will obviously contain a driving hazard that you will have to identify, in 13 of the clips there will be 1 hazard to identify and in one of the clips 2 hazards to identify, unfortunately they won’t give you any hints as to which is the clip containing 2 hazards.

Driver changes speed, direction or stops

In the video clips you will see hazards that will cause the driver to change speed, direction or even stop. To identify the hazards you will select the correct hazard by clicking either the left or right mouse button. Time is an issue here too as the quicker you identify the hazard the more points you will score. The points system operates on a scale of 5 to 0.

Oh if you were thinking of being clever and working round the hazard perception videos by clicking as many times as you could as the video plays the system will pick this up and you will ultimately score o. There may be other hazards on the video that you can see and click on but you will not loose points for clicking on them. Potential driving hazards won’t gain you points but also won’t loose you any either.

Remember you are looking for hazards that will cause the driver to change speed, change direction or stop. This is the driving hazard you must identify to score points.

Passing the Hazard Perception Test

In order to pass the test you must score at least 44 points out of possibly 75.

Driving Theory Test

The hazard perception test is the second part of the driving theory test. It comes after the you finish the actual theory test and there is a break allowed of 3 minutes in between, a tutorial will be played as to how the hazard perception test works and after that has been shown the test will begin.

It’s a special day in the driving world today. From this date the driving theory test has changed. For starters there will be more multiple choice questions an increase from 35 to 50. The increase in driving theory test questions is designed to raise the standard of drivers and promote road safety and other benefits.

Candidates taking the theory test will need to achieve a pass mark of at least 43 correct responses out of 50 with a maximum time allocated of 57 minutes to complete the multiple choice questions part of the theory test. The fee for the test has also increased from £21.50 to £28.50. So when booking your online driving theory test you will be made aware of the increase in test time and price information.