Driving Lessons

RACT Driver Training's highly trained instructors will equip learners with the skills they need to pass their driving test, while also teaching them low-risk driving techniques and educating them in hazard perception.They'll then possess the skills and knowledge they need to cope with those unexpected events that happen on our roads every day.

RACT Driver Training offers Learner Driver Training and Defensive Driver Training courses. Our Driver Training Service has a reputation for providing:

• More emphasis on driving skills
• Positive attitude to safe driving
• Highly qualified driving instructors
• Quality instruction time
• 50-minute lessons
• Modern air-conditioned dual-controlled vehicles
• Automatic lessons also available in Hobart

Services available

• Multiple lesson packages at discounted rates
• Safety drive courses offering practical and theoretical sessions
• Preparatory training for older drivers entering the re-testing phase beyond 85 years of age
• General driving assessments for licensed drivers looking for an objective assessment of their driving competence

Tips for supervising drivers

Supervisors play an important role in the process of learning to drive. As a supervising driver it's important to give your learner driver lots of practice, advice and support along the way.

1. In the early stages of driving, encourage your learner to concentrate on the car and the road. You'll initially act as an extra pair of eyes to watch the road and help your learner anticipate potential hazards.
2. Remember to have realistic expectations. Don't make your learner encounter situations that they are uncomfortable with before they are ready. Let your learner know that becoming a good, safe driver takes time and plenty of experience. Your role should decrease as the learner's skills increase.
3. Understand and reinforce the correct driving techniques taught by the driving school. Your learner driver should have at least three to four lessons with a recognised driving school. This helps establish the correct pattern of driving skills, attitudes and behaviours.
4. Make sure your learner driver gets plenty of practice in non-threatening situations. Start in quiet suburban streets (outside peak periods) or a deserted parking lot.
5. As your learner gains experience, introduce more demanding driving situations. This can include driving on busier roads, night driving, wet weather driving as well as sessions on busier highways and unsealed roads.
6. Where possible, use the same vehicle to produce consistent performance, encouragement and feedback. For the same reasons, it's also best if your learner driver sticks with one supervisor.

Enquiries

Hobart          6232 6399      

Launceston   6335 5612

Devonport    6421 1918

Buirnie          6434 2913