DSA Driving Challenge

Good morning to everyone on this glorious friday :)) As I drive around on my lessons I see lots of people using mobile phones either talking or texting and it is my pet hate You can usually tell when someone is on the phone if you're following them as they are possibly going unusually slow or be positioned very strangely on the road and then if you decide to get past them they don't even know you're there So I found this little page on the DSA web site which approximates what happens when you are driving whilst using a mobile phone and the lack of concentration that results. Just try the challenge . . you might be a little shocked at the results http://bit.ly/hqF1Ku

A funny story for St Patrick's Day

How to Gain Admittance to the Olympics

An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman were without tickets for the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympics but hoped to be able to talk their way in at the gate.  Security was very tight, however, and each of their attempts was met with a stern refusal.
While wandering around outside the stadium, the Englishman came upon construction site, which gave him an idea. Grabbing a length of scaffolding, he presented himself at the gate and said, 'Johnson, the pole vault, 'and was admitted.
The Scotsman, overhearing this, went at once to search the site. When he came up with a sledge hammer, he presented himself at the gate and said, 'McTavish, the hammer.' He was also admitted.
The Irishman combed the site for an hour and was nearly ready to give up when he spotted his ticket in. Seizing a roll of barbed wire, he presented himself at the gate and announced, 'O' Sullivan, fencing.'

Dangers of using the wrong mirrors

One of the causes of accidents or a cause for concern and need for action in my opinion is the totally wrong impression of distance that is given in the exterior mirrors of cars and vans.
The only true reflection of distance behind, to a driver when he has overtaken another or is considering say moving into an outside lane is the inside mirror.
The offside mirror shows something one and a half times distant and the nearside on twice the correct distance away.
This means that if drivers only uses say the nearside mirror [ which many do ] after overtaking they will effectively pull in front of overtaken vehicle and be far to close, this causes both concern and anger to overtaken driver who is immediately tailgating.
Similar occurs when a driver pulls out in front of you when say in 3rd lane of motorway, he has looked in his offside mirror and presumed you are far enough behind when in fact you are almost at his bumper. The effects of this are dangerous.
Van drivers commit these maneuvers regularly because they have no interior mirror to relate distance to.
Ok rant over :))).

Mondays Blog March 14 2011

So welcome to all past and present pupils Just to let you all know my mobile web-site is up and running now  . . with a little help . . . no a LOT of help from my friends, Helen and Sheila at Social Media Buddies. They have set me up with a fab new mobi site which I hope to link to my new main web-site which is under construction. Shouldn't be long before everything is fully launched on the web and fully integrated with the Gods of Google :))

Wednesdays Blog

Hello to all my pupils and colleagues!!!
 Not the best of days for driving lessons with the rotten weather we had.
The roadworks are getting me down a little  . . well not me but I guess other road users are frustrated at the slow pace of their daily commute from north to south or south to north Soon be over though  . . well June LOL Just a reminder to present pupils that we are doing the "introductory special free trial offer" of an hour's free tuition as long as its taken as part of a two hour lesson. And to all the secret sales-persons inside you  . . .  don't forget the refferal reward of an £18 lesson for free . . maybe that's just too many freebies LOL Will be up-loading some videos in the very near future regarding the "show me tell me" questions in the test They just make it easier for you guys to remember the examiners potential questions Well its bye for now Cheers :)))

sundays re-posted blog :)

Another day at Blackpool's best Driving School My first pupil is Leanne in Wesham which by the way is pronounced "Wessam" :) Just to let my pupils know that if any of you introduce a new pupil to me then I will give you a full hours lesson YES THATS TOTALLY FREE saving you at least £18 So if you find ten friends thats obviously 10 hours of lessons worth £180 pounds Not bad eh? Can see myself working for nothing in the near future LOL
OK back to work :)))

My first blog for Blackpools Best Driving School

Well here goes nothing :)

My first ever Blog so better try and make it a good one

This is the first day of my first blog for the brand new driving school which we just launched in Blackpool "Blackpools best driving school" with a little help from my friends at "Social Media Buddies" which is the dynamic new way too run a mobile web-site. Hopefully when I get my head round this stuff I will be able to make my blog a little bit more interesting. So now I'll just say that I'm looking forward to letting you all into the new and exciting things coming your way very very soon here on Blackpool Best Blog but for now just a big thank you to Helen and Sheila down at F Y Creatives on Church St Blackpool

All the best for now  :)