A lot of people ask us this question and the answer is simple. Yes there are a lot of really cheap driving schools out there but why are they so cheap? Fuel at £1:40 per litre and insurances having doubled since last year is something no one can avoid. Some driving schools therefore advertise lessons at cheap unrealistic levels and then do the following, spend ages and ages parked at the side of the road literally boring you to death with the unnecessary mechanics of how a clutch works (a simple explanation is all you need...honest), turning up late and finishing early is another classic or if money has been paid up front, not turning up at all!
An instructor making just £3:00 an hour is not going to be the happiest or most motivated person around either.
Ask yourself what sort of food would you expect at a pub advertising 2 meals for £5:99...not a lot I'd expect and almost certainly "fresh" out of the microwave. Buy a pair of shoes for £9.99 and within a week or so you will be buying another pair.
What we do at ASAP School of Motoring is give you the best chance of passing your driving test by giving you what you pay for ie an hour is an hour not 45mins and we teach you to drive safely and not just learning test routes. Need proof? Go to West Watford and you will hardly see an L car. Travel a few miles to North Watford and the streets are full of driving school cars...reason? Yes it's part of the DSA test route.
We charge by the hour so no hidden nasty charges on test day either as is common with a lot of the cheaper schools, who charge a premium price on day of the test, sometimes up to a £100.
Another tactic to watch out for is the 10 lessons for £99 currently being offered by certain driving schools. The most common catch here is you pay up front the fee but unless you commit to say 40 hours or do lessons every week, you forfeit the offer.
Asap School Of Motoring was founded in 1996 when it was known as Haydan's and was located in Abbots Langley.
We now cover Watford, St Albans, Tring and Berkhamsted as well as our current home town of Hemel Hempstead. The owner is a Grade A ADI (Advanced Driving Instructor) which is the highest grade available to an instructor.
We do hourly lessons right up to full intensive (crash course) of 40 hours for complete beginners.
The test centres we recommend for the theory test have their own "tricky junctions" are:
Watford (right turn from Woodmere onto A41 and Dome roundabout
Borehamwood (Sterling corner and Apex roundabouts)
St Albans (London Colney and Park Street roundabouts)
Leighton Buzzard (spiral roundabout towards Houghton Regis)
Pinner (traffic lights at Eastcote and Ruislip Manor and Pinner)
Aylesbury (triple mini roundabout)
Feel free to contact me for lessons on any of above as these are the most likely places you could fail a driving test.
