GEM Driving Instruction

Based in Bedford, GEM DRIVING INSTRUCTION can offer you competitively priced driving tuition tailored to your personal circumstances. For example, you may be a complete novice and never been the ‘business’ side of a car before. You may be someone who needs some encouragement after having taken a few lessons and something happened meaning learning got put on hold. Whatever the reason, come and give us a try and you will find that we make the whole learning process less daunting by not overloading you with too much information at any one time. We are patient, friendly and understanding and will listen to you if you feel that things are going too fast or you don’t fully understand something.

In addition to the excellent driving tuition we give to get you through your Driving Test, GEM DRIVING INSTRUCTION also offer tuition in Motorway Driving along with Refresher Courses.

Being an independent driving school is a real plus for the pupil because it means we value each and every trainee we teach because, after all, you are our best recommendation.

Qualifications

The principal owner, Geoff Mallard, is a fully qualified driving Instructor registered with the Driving Standards Agency to give manual driving tuition to pupils of all standards and is a member of several driving organisations :

D.I.A –  Driving Instructors Association
I.A.M – Institute of Advanced Motorists
B.A.D.D.I.A - Bedford And District Driving Instructors Association

 

Being fully qualified and registered with the Driving Standards Agency means that the instructor holds a GREEN BADGE which is displayed in the windscreen of the training vehicle. This tells the prospective students that the holder has passed all the tests to become a Driving Instructor.

Lessons

Lesson times are either 1 or 1½ hours. We usually like to give our trainees 1½ hour lessons because we feel that they benefit more from the extended practice and feedback without it always being new to them every lesson. Another reason is that, as instructors, we don’t feel that we have had to cram the learning in.

We will pick you up and drop you off from your home, place of work, School, College or University, within a reasonable travelling distance. We cover most of the Upper Schools such as Wootton, St Thomas More, Mark Rutherford, Sandy Upper etc. Since we started in business we have found that pupils like lessons at a variety of times of day from 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, and everything in between, and we will accommodate these wherever possible. Saturday driving lessons are also available by prior arrangement.

Our aim is to get you to Driving Test standard in as few lessons as possible. We achieve this by teaching our pupils as we would want to be taught ourselves – with patience and understanding. When you start training with GEM DRIVING INSTRUCTION you will not only be taught to drive to a high standard, but you will also be learning to drive safely for life.

Training Vehicle

When deciding on cars we went for the Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost The reason for this choice was that it is a very good all-rounder which the trainees would easily be able to get to grips with. It would also be similar to a vehicle which they would be purchasing for themselves due to its size and relatively low insurance costs. Its features include:

 

Dual Controls – Useful if the trainee needs a helping hand

Air Conditioning – Essential for all that the British weather can throw at us

Power Steering – Useful for control in tight spaces

Seat and steering column height adjustment

Our Policy

We will:
  • Give you the maximum amount of time on the road.
  • Teach you to drive in a logical manner.
  • Give you encouragement and feedback.
  • Not overload you with too much information at once.
  • Teach you safe driving for life not just to get you through your test.
  • Carry out an assessment lesson in order to structure future lessons if you have had lessons with others.
  • Check with you for any feedback at the end of the lesson.
We won't:
  • Shout.
  • Smoke, eat or drink during lessons.
  • Stop at shops for ourselves.
  • Take you for any unnecessary lessons
  • Turn up late - without letting you know in advance.
  • Pick up the next pupil during the lesson.
  • Waste time – after all, you come to us to learn to drive.
Terms & Conditions

It is agreed between the instructor and student that:

- Your tutor will, at all times, endeavour to comply with appointment arrangements but cannot be held responsible for any inconvenience or losses due to unforeseen events.

- The tutor will provide a reasonably clean and roadworthy vehicle for all sessions.

- Your tutor reserves the right to refuse the loan of the vehicle for the purposes of taking any type of tests or assessments if it is likely to jeopardise the good name of either party.

- The student must give at least 12 hours notice of any cancellation to avoid being charged for that session.

- The pupil must promptly make clearly known to their tutor any medical condition or other effect which may impair their ability to drive, whereupon the tutor will take the appropriate action to conform with legal responsibilities.

- The student agrees that he/she is duly licensed to drive the training vehicle.

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