5 Crucial things you need to know before booking Driving Lessons

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5 Crucial things you need to know before booking
Driving Lessons with any Dublin Driving School
1. Online Reputation
Any driving school can have a fantastic website
and all the bells and whistles to lure you in
with statements like 1 in Ireland or Irelands
leading Driving school. Its Nonsense. The public
is not stupid. The simplest thing to do before
you book driving lessons in Dublin is go and find
their Google reviews but, DONT CLICK THE 5 STAR
REVIEWS. Sort by 1 STAR REVIEWS  first and if
there are many say over 5 or 6 recent then walk
away.
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Reading the 1 star reviews gives you the true
indicator of how customer focused a driving
school is and whether a driving school is
trustworthy, honourable, or if they have an
extremely poor pupil focus and simply do not
care. Now,  there will be a few spammy  1 star
fake reviews but if there are a huge amount of
pretty recent 1 star reviews then immediately
click out and move on. You will be shocked at
what you find. Be extremely careful of any
Guarantees you see because there is no guarantees
when it comes to passing your test. You increase
your chances greatly with a reputable company but
again its down to the choice you make initially.
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2. Social Media Activities
Popular and successful Driving school websites
will be active on Social Media with their
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts and will
be promoting their services, offers and recently
passed pupils who engaged with their services and
actually shared their experience with their
followers.
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Here you will see a driving schools pass rate
clearly visible for all to see and attached
comments with pictures of successful candidates
being shared by friends, family and you will
generally know well in advance who has got this
side of the business boxed off.
In the Social Media world, you can pretty much
gauge from frequent posts and successful
candidates who would be a reliable driving
school for what you need.
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3. Brand/ Appearance/ Uniform
You will see plenty of Instructors hanging around
with Jeans or tracksuits or hoodies and the car
is filthy or barely moving Its so old. Then
there are the proper branded Instructors who look
professional, their car is branded and look
immaculate all the time. Any time they pass you, 
you can see their appearance is impeccable, their
car is spotless and they take pride in their job
and themselves. Any instructor that really goes
to the bother and trouble in this regard takes
their role seriously and they are making an
effort to show they care about you and who they
represent. Keep an eye out for Brands that stick
in your mind.
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4. Single Car Operators are just too busy
It only takes just 15 pupils doing 2 hours per
week to make up 30 hours. Any Instructors worth
their salt will have a constant supply of pupils
and pretty full most of the time. A common
problem throughout the country that readers here
will identify with is that pupils start their
lessons and then get stuck because the instructor
is too busy or the instructor is unwell so you
miss that particular lesson meaning the next
lesson could be 6 weeks time. When sourcing a
Driving School ask the question how long will it
take to complete my 12 EDT lessons and can they
guarantee it wont go more than 6 months.
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5. Main problems with 12 EDT Driving lessons
We all learn new skills at a different pace. Some
pick things up quickly and some are slower. It
doesnt mean one is better than the other. The
problem starts when an Instructor has you in
areas that are too advanced too quickly and you
cant cope. Just because it says in the book
the pupil should be able for hill starts,
roundabouts, junctions,  it doesnt mean they
actually are and the pupil becomes so anxious and
stressed that they no longer enjoy nor want
lessons any longer with that instructor. An
Elite instructor will know how far to push and
when to ease back, always controlling the lesson
while at the same time making the pupil feel
great about their progress even with mistakes.
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Support  or Filler lessons
Most young drivers think they cant take general
lessons before, during or after EDT lessons. We
can act as a sponsor but ideally, you should be
trying to get  2-3  hours of practice in between
lessons. The reality is that pupils are not
getting this practice through no fault of their
own sometimes because they simply have no support
or way of getting the practice achieved.
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Add to that a poor instructor and well thats
game over. Your barely moving, you know youre
not confident, uncertain in many areas and need
double the amount you thought you did. You can
also go for pretest lessons, which happens before
your test and help you pass your test with a good
score.
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Conclusion

• Source a Driving School with a proven  5 star
  online reputation not 1 Star.
• See the visible pupil interactions that have used
  their services on their Social Media.
• Find a Brand that visibly appeals to the
  followers and friends you know and display
  unmatched pass rates.
• Make sure you dont get stuck with a single car
  operator who cant give you lessons when you
  need.
• Ensure all of the above to be able to comfortably
  know you made the right choices and save you time
  and money in the long run.

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Opening Times Mon to Sat 800 am to 900
pmSunday Closed
Contact Us
52 Broomhill industrial estate,Broomhill Road,
Tallaght, D24
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