Success Stories

All pupils who pass their test with No Gears Driving School are sent a short questionnaire to enable them to give us feedback on their learning experience. This enables us to constantly review our performance and ensure that we continue to provide a high standard of driver training. The success stories detailed below are genuine comments taken from completed questionnaires and have been published on our websites in order to give you an opportunity to share the experience of people of similar backgrounds, age or experience. We hope that you find their comments both interesting and inspirational!

Jwan had previous driving experience from her native country in Iraq but needed her UK driving licence for her job as a busy General Practitioner.

“I found nogears on the Internet and they were able to fit in my lessons early in the morning and at weekends which was important, being a busy mother and working full time as well. I was absolutely satisfied with my driver training and learnt skills which made me a much safer driver. My instructor was very patient and competent with excellent teaching skills and manners. Some of the techniques which he used will also help my in my career – especially the use of diagrams to make information more easily understood. I would recommend them to anybody considering learning to drive in an automatic car”.

The use of pre-prepared diagrams is essential to help pupil’s grasp new driving techniques, routines or skills. They need to know what it is they are trying to do but more importantly why they need to do it in this way. Diagrams and a brief discussion beforehand help them better understand before they attempt to carry it out in the car.

Lesley decided to go for automatic because she found it hard to manage the clutch and gears in a manual car especially when reversing.

“I would like to say a huge thank you to my instructor for being very patient with the things which I found hard to grasp. He is an excellent instructor who was both very nice and funny as well!”.

Lesley’s comments raise an important issue for anybody learning to drive. If you enjoy your lessons you will almost certainly learn that much faster. It is one of our most important teaching principles.

Ria had been to four different driving instructors before coming to nogears and had taken her test 3 times before without success. She started in a manual but found learning to drive in a manual very difficult.

“I felt much more comfortable in an automatic and found that I progressed much more quickly. Before I went with nogears I had three instructors but none of them seemed to help me much. My instructor at nogears taught me a lot and I found that I picked things up much more quickly than before. I felt comfortable and at ease and thoroughly enjoyed my lessons. If I ever felt I needed to practice something or go over something again, my instructor always made sure that we did this until I was happy”.

Giving your pupils confidence in their driving abilities is an important success factor in preparing them for their driving test!

Holly had been learning to drive for a number of years and had been with 3 different driving schools and failed her test 3 times before coming to nogears.

“My sister had recommended nogears to me as she was taking lessons with them at the same time as I was learning with a different driving school. I chose automatic due to the fact that I suffered an injury to my left leg. My instructor at nogears was a very good instructor. He has the patience and understanding that you need for teaching. He was very encouraging which is so important to pupils who have fears of failing their test. I would recommend him to anybody who needs a good instructor”.

Encouragement is so important to the learning process. It can be very demoralising for pupils in the early stages when they continually make mistakes. As an Instructor you always have to provide encouragement in these circumstances and remind the pupil of all the things which they are doing correctly in order to help them maintain a balanced view of their driving progress!

Having tried to pass her test a number of times in a manual without success Cath decided to switch to automatic.

“I had taken my test a number of times over a 10 year period and had failed my last test on the manoeuvres. I found No Gears on the website after I moved to St Albans, and although they couldn’t fit me in straight away, I decided to go with them as their website looked good and they seemed like a good company to go with.”

After an initial assessment Caths instructor worked on routines to help her become more consistant with her driving and broke down the manoeuvres into simple stages.

“I found my No Gears instructor to be very thorough. In my experience the lessons I received from him were the best. He used a simple technique which made driving easier to follow. He guided me through all the manoeuvres using a step by step approach. In all the lessons I had previously had I never understood the reverse park. He simplified matters by breaking it down into simple stages”