Teaching a Learner Driver: A Guide for Amateur Instructors

by Don L. Gates

If you're thinking of teaching someone to drive, this is the book you need.

It's written by a professional who works with people who are learning to drive every day of his working life. With over thirty six years of experience, both as a driving instructor and driving examiner, Don will help you to train a learner driver to be safe, confident and capable.

With the help of this driving instructor guide, you will learn how to give structured driving lessons, and how to deliver driving instruction like a professional, avoiding many of the pitfalls that amateur teachers fall into. The instructions are easy to follow and all tricky points are illustrated with clear diagrams. Everything is covered from gear changing, through to manoeuvring skills to preparation for the test. With a careful study of this book, you'll really enjoy teaching the art of driving and improving your own skills; and, most importantly, your learner driver should pass first time!

A copy of the 'show me tell me' questions is included.

This is one of the Learning to Drive series which includes:

The Highway Code & Theory Test Questions for Cars

Teaching a Learner Driver (A guide for amateur instructors)

The Learner Driver's Logbook (Lesson plan & progress record)

The Driving Test & How to Pass (An examiner's guide to the 'L' test)

260 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2023

About the author

Don L. Gates has spent most of his life working in the driver training and testing industry. He began as a driving instructor way back in 1984 working for a local driving school, before retraining under the British School of Motoring, and eventually going on to run his own business.

Not content to stay at that level, he became a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, passed the RoSPA police driving test at gold standard; and began to train company car drivers for the advanced tests.

Don then went on to become a driving examiner, a job which he did for many years before leaving to branch out on his own once again.

He now spends most of his time writing, using his extensive experience at all levels of driver training and testing to produce a series of books which will hopefully help him to pass on some of that knowledge to you.

When he has spare time he also likes to cook, but is not yet planning on launching any recipe books!