What you need to know about pedestrian crossings    When you first begin learning to drive  it can be very easy to become overwhelmed with all of the rules and guides that go driving a car. Many students often feel mastering the clutch, brake and steering a massive distraction on their  driving lessons but once you have the basic controls down to a T you can then start focusing more and hazards on the roads, including; the different pedestrian crossings that you will come across, your confidence will help you become a safe and driver.  Here’s a few basic rules

New driving instructor has joined our Blackpool Driving School    This month we have a new driving instructor who has joined our driving school in Blackpool. Golden Mile Driving School welcomes Trevor Eagle, Trevor has been an ADI for many years teaching learners all over the Blackpool and Fylde. We so happy to have him join our team of driving instructors. We feel it vital that our pupils feel relaxed and comfortable on their driving lessons and Trevor has a great reputation of doing just that! Some customer reviews so far  “Learnt so much from my lessons with Trevor, and

Plans for tougher sentences for those who drive irresponsibly and devastate lives. life sentences will be introduced for those who cause death by dangerous driving, and for careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs new offence of causing serious injury through careless driving to be created part of government action to make roads safer for all and stop devastation caused by dangerous drivers and cyclists Killer drivers face life behind bars after plans to increase maximum sentences received resounding support from families and campaigners. Ministers today confirmed that drivers who cause death by speeding, racing, or

Be Prepared for the New Driving Test Have you passed your driving test? , or you might even be preparing for the new driving test in December 2017 or even a driving test in the coming months or weeks – either way, we advise  that you spend some time reading our latest blog post  about preparing for your driving test. Over the years, we have provided Driving Lessons in Blackpool and the surrounding areas, only to find out that a pupil has had their test aborted for one of the following  reasons. Make sure you have everything you  need. If your

Show me tell me questions 2017   1. About the questions The driving test is changing on 4 December 2017. The questions you can be asked, and how you’ll be asked them will change. We are inofrming all our learner drivers about the new questions and starting to incorparate them on their driving lessons.  The driving examiner will ask you one: ‘tell me’ question (where you explain how you’d carry out a safety task) at the start of your test, before you start driving ‘show me’ question (where you show how you’d carry out a safety task) while you’re driving 2. ‘Show me’ questions

Find a driving instructor in Blackpool The DVSA have recently given driving instructors the option to opt-in to display their standards check grade on the ‘find your nearest driving instructor’ service on GOV.UK. We want consumers to be able to make a more informed choice when they choose a driving instructor. The “Find your nearest driving instructor” service was officially launched in July 2011. Since then, over 27,000 ADIs have signed up to appear on the service – around 67% of all ADIs on the register. The use of this service among consumers has been steadily increasing too. It was viewed around

THE DANGERS OF DRIVING WHILST SLEEP DEPRIVED When our learner drivers are asked what the biggest causes are of road deaths, they tend to answer with  drink driving, driving whilst on a mobile phone or speeding. One thing they almost certainly won’t come back with is sleep deprivation, and yet it is one of the biggest killers! SO WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS? We would  all like to think that we’ve paid full attention on our driving lessons  and it’s only the intentionally negligent that are at the root of our roads death tolls. Recent  studies  show that around 15% of

What are variable speed cameras or limits  Variable speed cameras appear and are used on many motorways in the UK with plans to get them on the M55 which leads into Blackpool.  Unlike other fixed cameras and average speed cameras, variable speed cameras don’t tend to enforce the road speed limit 24/7, but are used when the motorway’s national speed limit of 70mph, is temporarily lowered eg.  50mph. These temporary speed limits are set and changed automatically at the press of a button by operators at a control room. Within the past 10 weeks more than 500 motorists in Britain