Essential Driver Training in Ballylickey

It's been around for sometime now. Nearly a decade. And it's all pretty simple.

Think of it as a framework for the delivery of your lessons. 12 concepts for safe driving broken down into a series of 12 lessons.

You have to complete the 12 lessons before you can take your driving test.

The Road Safety Authority recommends you take one 1 hour lesson every 2 weeks.

And they recommend you get 2 more hours of practice driving in between each EDT lesson. That is with your instructor or your sponsor.

What is a sponsor?

Generally your sponsor is one of your parents or guardians.

It can also be your instructor or another family member or friend that has held a full driver license for over 2 years.

Are you the sponsor?

An important tool in helping you to plan practice sessions with the learner driver is the EDT learner logbook.

The learner driver's ADI will provide feedback in the learner's logbook, which is aimed to helping you and your learner to structure practice outside of formal lessons.

As sponsor, your role is to compliment the work of the ADI by supporting the learner driver as they practice what they have learned in their lessons in a wide range of driving conditions and environments in Ballylickey.

Your role is to enable the learner to gain valuable experience and confidence as they learn to drive in Ballylickey.

What's the EDT logbook?

When you begin your EDT lessons in Ballylickey, you'll be given a logbook.

The logbook confirms which of the 12 EDT lessons you've completed, and basically it acts as an official way of letting the RSA know that you're prepared and ready to take your practical driving test.

Your logbook is not only a way of tracking your progress, but it's a way of reflecting on each lesson, and working out what you need to improve on.

There's space for your Ballylickey instructor to write down his or her notes on your performance, and also space for your to self-analyse.

Now don't get too critical here! This isn't about poking holes in everything you do, it's more about reviewing your lesson and figuring out how you can make changes to become a safer and more confident driver.

Your instructor stamps and then uploads all your EDT certifications to the RSA website.

Once their all done you can book your driving test at Ballylickey's nearest test centre.

Preparing for the driving test in Ballylickey

Everyone is nervous about taking the driving test. But nerves only exist when you don't feel prepared.

You can take control of your nerves by doing everything you can to become prepared and our Ballylickey instructors are ready to help you do that.

We will show you what will happen on the day, the test routes, the questions you will face.

And we will simulate the conditions you will experience and feel on test day so that any anxiety left will completely lose its grip on you.

And by the end of it you will feel prepared and in control.

And you'll have the best possible chance of getting that full driving license.