Here is a guide to the costs that you can
expect to pay to help you work out a budget and timescale on which to
base your
training. Please note that due to
constantly changing prices this is a rough guide and you should check
the current price of
each stage.
Provisional License - You will have to
pay for a provisional license to allow you to be able to legally drive
on the public
roads which is priced at £50 at the
time this article was written. This only entitles you to drive on public
roads while
supervised and having L plates fitted
to the front and rear of the vehicle and motorway driving is completely
forbidden.
Supervision must be by a driving
instructor or someone who is over 21 and has held a full license for
over three years.
Theory Test â€" This must be passed
before a driving test can be applied for although driving lessons can be
taken before this
is done. There are two costs involved
in this part the first being the cost of the study material required
containing the
information that you need to learn for
this test and the cost of the test itself. The minimum study materials
you will
require for this are three books and a
CD-ROM and these are. The Highway Code Driving the Essential Skills
Official DSA Theory Test Question Bank Any Hazard Perception CD-ROM
These can be found in all major bookshops or bought from sites like
Amazon or the DSA and be prepared to pay around £30 for
all these items. Don’t try to do this
test with less material as you are more than likely going to fail and
have to do the
test again incurring extra cost and
time. The current cost at time of writing this article is £31 and this
is normally
increased at least once a year.
Driving Lessons â€" This is the most
expensive part of the process and you can expect to pay £20 per hour
for professional
tuition. Your driving instructor is the
key to your success make sure that they are approved by the DSA by
checking the badge
that must be displayed on the
windscreen checking both the picture and expiry date. Also note that a
green or blue color
denotes a fully qualified instructor
while a pink or red badge is a trainee instructor. Having been an
instructor delivering
driving lessons in Glasgow for many
years I know that there are good and unfortunately quite a few bad
instructors. Do not be
slow or afraid to change your
instructor if you feel uneasy with them or that progress is to slow.
Average hours tuition to
reach test standard should be around 40
but some people do require more and so basing an estimated price on this
figure the
total cost including a driving test
which is currently £62 would be around £1000.
