Driving Instructors NSW

While anyone with appropriate licence can supervise you learning to drive, you may find it beneficial to have some lessons with professional driving instructors NSW.

Choosing Driving Instructors NSW

A person who receives money or any reward for teaching you to drive, must hold a valid Driving Instructor’s licence. They must display their instructor licence in the cabin of the vehicle while they’re teaching you to drive.

It is worth getting a driving school that provides quality driving training. Some of the questions you should ask an instructor include:

  • Driving Instructors NSWAre they a fully licensed driving instructor?
  • What course guidelines do they have?
  • Do they have supporting education materials to give students?
  • Do they complete a Driving Instructor Structured Lesson Planner for every lesson?
  • Do they design each lesson in conjunction with the novice driver and their supervising driver?
  • Do they offer a system of reporting progress?
  • Do they teach safe (low-risk) driving? Have they attended a ‘Beyond Test Routes’ workshop to improve their safe driving skills?
  • Can they provide guidance to the supervising driver, in order to satisfy the requirements of the novice and the log book?
  • Is the training one-on-one (not three in a car)?
  • Is there a choice of vehicle?
  • How flexible are they? Will they change their pick up and drop off points, to suit work or education requirements?
  • Are they a member of an Association with a Code of Practice?

You may also like to consider the statistics on NSW driving school pass rates. Quality driving tuition may cost a little more but it allows you to be better and safely prepared, so that you are successful on your driving test.

Conduct of Driving Instructors NSW

The Driving Instructors Act requires that driving instructors meet minimum standards relating to competency in driving instruction, probity and character, in order to protect the community and to benefit the driving instruction industry.

Driving instructors in breach of the Driving Instructors Act are investigated by Roads and Maritime. You can report instances of misconduct by phoning on 13 22 13.