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What do driving lessons include?

Driving lessons include courses about car controls and operators, driving rules and safety issues, and essential habits to master on the road. For starters, your driving tuition also covers basic practices like starting the car, covering the clutch and brake, or moving around quiet roads. While most driving instructors can bring their four wheels for the task, feel free to use your own if you want! Although to avoid any unfortunate incidents during your driving lesson, make sure to have your vehicle diagnosed and serviced in advance. Here’s what to expect from your car driving lessons:

Automatic driving lessons

There are more things to learn from your automatic driving lesson than simply braking and accelerating. When you book automatic car driving lessons near you, instructors will introduce you to the automatic gearboxes, which commonly contain letters and numbers signifying park, reverse, neutral, and drive. Understanding the brake and accelerator pedals is easy, so your instructor may focus on teaching you about the mirror, speed, and how to shift gears when driving up or down a slope, in traffic jams, or when parking. Having automatic driving lessons near you also lets you drive around, starting from a quiet parkway or backstreet and maybe reversing around a corner. Since this car is significantly easier to manoeuvre, it wouldn’t take long before you start practising around busier public roads.

Manual driving lessons

Due to its complicated controls, driving and mastering a manual car can be a little more intricate than learning an automatic vehicle. Braking and accelerating are easy, but clutch pedalling can be more challenging. One of the best ways to get a clear grasp of its functions is learning the biting or friction point. Once you’ve got the hang of it, your instructor lets you know how to shift gears to maximise your fuel consumption. Driving on hills is optional but still a critical element of your manual driving lesson. If you don’t know how to control your clutch and change gears on a slope, chances are you might start rolling down. To avoid such conflicts, ask your instructor for tips and tricks when getting manual driving lessons near you.

Advanced driving lessons

If you want to take your driving skills to the next level, you can also turn to Airtasker for intensive driving lessons near you. An experienced driver takes charge of this task. Usually, it includes a range of defensive and performance driving courses to help you drive more efficiently on public roads and highways. No need to overspend on advanced driving tuition! Nearby instructors on Airtasker can teach you how to control your vehicle when faced with difficult situations like wet and slippery road surfaces. If needed, you can also ask your Tasker how to deal with a sudden breakdown before bringing your vehicle to a mechanic shop. 

In such unfortunate cases that you can no longer move or drive your automobile, it is better to stay where you are and let a mobile car repair expert come over and help you out.

Recent Driving Lessons tasks in Newcastle

Get driving lessons - around 10 hrs ( on L's at the moment)

$45

Waratah West NSW 2298, Australia

25th Feb 2024

I need to get driving lessons. I'm a beginner, so will need someone to be patient and teach me all I need to know in order to become a confident driver. You need to have a full licence and be a professional at driving and have adequate knowledge of all the rules. I've provided the per hour rate I'm willing to provide (~45-50 per hour) - Automatic - p.s. I don't have my own car at the moment

Driving lessons

$70

Macquarie Hills NSW, Australia

13th Jan 2024

driving lessons in an automatic car on saturdays - Due date: Flexible

Driving lessons help on weekends

$100

Jesmond NSW, Australia

9th Jul 2021

I need to learn driving on road. I know the basic driving but needs to get experience in Australian traffic. Please contact me asap. Thanks

Driving lessons needed- 2 hours

$65

Elermore Vale NSW, Australia

22nd Feb 2021

Hello, I’m looking for an experienced, full license driver with a good driving record who can help my husband (Carlos) practice a bit further to obtain his P1 licence. We have our own car (automatic) and meeting point would be our residence at Elermore vale 2287. He has experience driving (obtained an overseas license years ago) and has had several hours of practice lately but needs extra practice at roundabouts, intersections, parking and 3-point turns in Australia. Additional hours may be booked if things work out well. Best, Jordana & Carlos

Driving lessons needed

$65

Elermore Vale NSW, Australia

21st Jan 2021

Hello, I’m looking for an experienced, full license driver with a good driving record who can help my husband practice a bit further to obtain his P1 licence. We have our own car (automatic) and are available Monday to Friday anytime in the morning until 10:00 a.m. Meeting point must be our residence at Elermore vale 2287. He has experience driving (obtained an overseas license years ago) and has had several hours of practice in Australia. He would like to get more practice at roundabouts, intersections, practice parallel a bit more and 3-point turns. Pay per hour is $25. This initial task is set at $65 for 2 hours to cover the Airtasker fee.

Driving lessons and Car for Test

$500

Newcastle NSW, Australia

25th Aug 2020

Hey all, I need 2 days of 2 hours each day car driving lessons in Newcastle and the next day I need the car for my driving test, time and dates are flexible depending on the availability of the test.looking for an AUTO car. Any way I can book the test depend on your availability.