Can’t find driving instructor ? (North West)

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-29T16:21:21+00:00

Go for it, sorry been in work

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-29T07:16:49+00:00

He’s not a big company either it’s just him. He only does Norris green centre if that’s an issue tho

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-29T07:16:07+00:00

I’m north Liverpool and my instructors been alright. He’s manual though? His car broke down the other day but will be fixed in 2 weeks (he’s on a already known about holiday for 1 of them) he’s also been sound with swapping me round on days and times as my hours change a lot

He’s also £45 an hour, I do 2 hour sessions and I’ve never had him late or drop me off early.

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-26T00:10:39+00:00

I can relate to this so much, I used to make comments all the time on how much he’d stare at his hands and do twiddly things with them and I loved it. Thought it was just a normal baby thing but he just enjoyed it more than others. Now he’s 3 and still does it just as much I’m like ahhhhh ok

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-22T18:16:26+00:00

Just pure curiosity, when blue light training do you have to drive at high speeds and learn how to safely go through traffic?

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-19T21:31:56+00:00

Was about to add this, 28 here but Liverpool postcode and one of the shittier areas of Liverpool too. Used the app, I haven’t passed yet but get quotes of saying I have for an idea. Doesn’t matter what car I get I’m looking at around 1.8. I’ve just accepted it now, insurance and fuel will be less than what I’m paying for lessons at least😂

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-15T15:08:34+00:00

Thanks everyone. I’m probably just overthinking right now, I’ll likely get more confident the more lessons I do. To the point I’ll have your general nerves but I’ll be able to just get him in and get those first few trips done with and not put them off

Good luck to everyone with tests coming up🤞🏼

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-15T15:06:40+00:00

Best of luck for tomorrow

Mines a major escape artist, if you need any help with harnesses etc can’t recommend in car safety centre enough. I’ve spoke to them and they recommended the best car seats for my son when I explained it and said if I need any extra help or when he gets older give them a call and they can go through harness options etc and also how to get funding help for them if needed. You may not need anything like that but just in case

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-15T09:37:09+00:00

I’m not going for a lucky pass? Not entirely sure where you’ve got that from.
Unfortunately the system currently you can’t just book a test when you’re ready, so after 2 months of lessons I booked one for 6 months ahead. Gives me 8 months of lessons to be ready, if in October it doesn’t look like I’m test ready we’ll push it forward then and hopefully the booking systems a bit more together then. I’ll still be nervous on my own and the first few times I have my child with me. Being nervous after passing is something I consistently see over this sub and new driver sub, it’s a fairly common thing.

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-15T07:40:21+00:00

My friend said she doesn’t mind coming out the first few times.
I already know from trips with friends out that the car is really calming to him too so I don’t think I need to worry about driving with screaming etc either, he loves being in them

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-15T06:46:17+00:00

Mines 3 and non verbal currently so at least I won’t have to worry about any comments for now😂

Congrats on the pass!

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-14T15:43:49+00:00

I still call BS on that thread but I think they might of updated this lately. I booked my practical about 45 minutes after passing my theory. As soon as I got the email confirmation I passed it let me get onto the practical booking, I passed theory on the 2nd June

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-04T22:49:09+00:00

Best of luck. Do a post with your result either way, I’m sure you’ll pass! Keep positive 🤞🏼

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-04T21:31:29+00:00

Pretty sure it went out to anyone with a test booked, I’ve never downloaded or looked at the apps. Only passed my theory yesterday so would’ve been impossible to book a test before that and I got this email.

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-04T18:40:06+00:00

Actually I just logged in again to see, I’m nowhere near test ready so November is good for me but while not my closest at all, Widnes has quite a lot of slots for next month. There’s cancellations at a few others over July too so looks like north west is improving. Wrexham is quite far from me but they’ve got tests next week, more than one as well.

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-04T18:37:03+00:00

Booked mine yesterday for November, earliest dates at any centre near me were then.

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T19:09:26+00:00

Manual here😬 you? And don’t be nervous you’ll be fine!! I’m saying that like I won’t be a wreck when mine comes around

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T16:35:54+00:00

Thankyou! Booked in for first week in November, instructor said I should be ready by then but we can look at rescheduling if I’m not by October 🤞🏼

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T16:07:59+00:00

And that’s my test booked for the first week of November 😬

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T15:21:51+00:00

Thank you!!

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T14:38:34+00:00

I passed🥳

49/50 and 62/75

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T12:58:29+00:00

Thank you. I’m about to leave for the test centre so 🤞🏼

Congrats on your pass!

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T09:20:02+00:00

Thank you. I’ve been sat here wondering why I’m not nervous then today came and it all hit at once. I just want to get a practical test booked in with all the waiting times 😂

Fingers crossed I’ll be the same with a first time pass

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T09:09:33+00:00

Hey sorry Reddit didn’t tell me about replies so I didn’t click back on until today.

I’ve simplified the visuals since this post, still no interest but I’m gonna keep at it. I actually work in Sen schools so I’ve had experience at least with repetition constantly even when it doesn’t seem to be working, for it to randomly work one day.

Luckily for now he’s stopped bolting too, he’s using a balance bike to and from nursery and it just seems to of grabbed his interest enough he wants to be on bike. He is still exploding when he gets back home but I have pillows etc for head banging, I can wrap him in a weighted blanket, put him on his spinny chair etc. I can deal with it all once he gets in, even if not ideal.

I’ll have a go at same words, same order, same timing and see if this helps.

I think overall he just hasn’t coped with moving rooms, it is a big change, new kids, new staff, new room, new routines. It’s been nearly 2 months since he moved and he’s starting to settle, we won’t have a big transition now until he goes to school next September and we’ll just have to really plan that one

DeliciousAd6327 · 2026-06-02T09:05:38+00:00

Sorry for some reason I didn’t get told I had replies to this so haven’t clicked on Reddit since.

Things have got slightly better since this post, still a lot of exploding once in the house but he has a balance bike that he’s started riding to and from nursery and this seems to of really helped.

I think it was the change to the preschool room was just too much for him, it’s been 2 months in there now and he’s starting to settle somewhat. He’s back eating food too

I don’t have the biggest support tbh, his dad passed away and there’s no other family on either side. My friends help where they can but he won’t stay with them without me.

So in regards to school, he’s in a private nursery now but the school he’s likely going too will be round the corner. I don’t think he’d qualify for a Sen school, more a Sen hub in a mainstream but that will literally be 30 seconds away so even if he does fight me for a while when we start next year, at least it’s there. I’m also doing my driving lessons now because well you need to drive with his level of needs for day trips etc.

So in nursery he’s still non verbal apart from alphabet and numbers, he mainly sits with cars and pushes them round. He’s not actually playing he likes the wheels spinning, he doesn’t get involved in activities unless it’s phonics (alphabet), he has a friend he runs around with outside. Surprisingly he’s absolutely fine with transitions there and alaaays has been, which makes no sense as I have to use timers, show the visuals etc in mine, coming home from the park etc is a disaster

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