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Driving Test Success in Navan – Orla

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Congratulations to Orla Clarke who passed her driving test in Navan on 26th March 2014. Her first attempt with iDrive!

Orla came to us, having failed previously,for a pretest and a few lessons leading up to her test.
During her pretest I identified a number of issues that Orla had to work on. Use of her mirrors, her reverse and her clutch use were some of them.
Orla was really determined to pass this time round and worked extremely hard to fix her clutch faults in particular. She had be clutching in too early, not fully releasing between gear changes and often releasing the clutch too quickly causing the car to jerk.
On the day I was delighted to Orla get no marks for her clutch at all, a huge improvement.

Really well done Orla, told you you could do it!! Safe driving!!>

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Driving Test Success in Navan – Laura

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Congratulations to Laura Keogh who passed her driving test in Navan on 25th March 2014 at the FIRST attempt!!

Laura came to iDrive for Essential Driver Training after being recommended by a friend who had passed with us.
We went through the first few lessons on a weekly basis then Laura went off, gained some more experience and came back after a few months to finish the rest and prepare for her test.

She was a little quick off her clutch at times and her braking could be a little severe at times. She intended to do her test in her own car but unusually she was driving the iDrive Fiesta better than her own car, which she was used to. She ended up deciding to use the Fiesta for the test and it paid off!!

Her tester congratulated her on a very good drive!!

Well done Laura, drive safely and thanks for using iDrive!!>

Driving Test Success in Navan – Edita

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Congratulations to Edita who passed her driving test in Navan on Friday 21st March 2014.

This was Edita’s 2nd test with iDrive having failed 3 weeks earlier for a simple error of not proceeding at a flashing amber light on a pedestrian crossing when no pedestrians were using it (it really can be that easy to fail!!) Other than this error she’d have passed easily.

She came back for a couple of refresher lessons before her re-sit and passed very easily with a low score on the day, despite the poor weather conditions and heavy Friday evening traffic!!

Well done Edita, safe driving!!

Driving Test Success in Navan – Dylan

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Congratulations to Dylan Coyne who passed his driving test in Navan on Thursday 20th March 2014 at the very FIRST attempt!

Dylan came to iDrive for Essential Driver Training on the referral of a friend. Dylan could already drive but it’s fair to say he had some bad habits that he needed to lose. Dylan quickly knuckled down and worked very hard to get rid of the existing faults he had. He worked very hard to master new skills like the turnabout and reverse too.

He passed his test 5 months after commencing EDT and managed this through hard work and determination to get it first time and he really deserved to do so.

Well done Dylan and safe driving!!

Driving Test Success in Navan – Claire

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Congratulations to Claire Breathnach who passed her driving test in Navan on Wednesday 19th March 2014 at the FIRST attempt!!

Claire came to iDrive without any driving experience whatsoever for Essential Driver Training. She completed her EDT lessons without any real private practice between them. She really worked hard and was determined to pass first time. Her observations were excellent but the thing Claire found most difficult was reversing around the corner. This was something we spent a bit of time on, even devoting the hour immediately before her test to it solely.

I was personally delighted to see Claire pass first time. She was a model pupil, listened intently and always worked hard to improve her driving.

Massive congratulations Claire, really well done!!!

Driving Test Success in Navan – Ciarán

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Congratulations to Ciarán Curtis who passed his driving test in Navan today, 13th March 2014, less than SIX months after starting to drive!

Ciarán came to iDrive as pretty much a total beginner. He had a learner permit dated before April 2011 therefore he didn’t have to do Essential Driver Training (E.D.T.) We started off with 2 hour lessons to get him quickly up to speed and on the road. Keen to learn and progress he listened to all the advice I gave him and worked hard to improve. Once insured on a family car he practiced as often as possible between lessons to perfect his skills.

All the effort and determination paid off on the day and he passed well. He even had a Testing Supervisor in the car with him as well as his actual tester, no pressure there!!

Well done Ciarán!

Aaron Fitzhenry

Driving Test Success in Navan – Aaron

Congratulations to Aaron Fitzhenry who passed his driving test in Navan on 4th February 2014 at the FIRST attempt!!!
Aaron was our 2nd pupil to pass that day.

Aaron came to iDrive for Essential Driver Training (E.D.T.). When he came he’d already done EDT 1 with another instructor but decided to change after his brother had already passed FIRST time with us. Aaron became a good, confident driver during the course of the EDT lessons and then wanted to put in some extra work on test preparation as he was determined to pass first time!

His effort was rewarded on the day with a pass. It goes to show that if you prepare properly for the test you increase your chances of passing FIRST TIME!

Well done Aaron, drive safely!

Mistakes Happen

The last week has seen a powerful road safety ad from New Zealand go viral.
“Mistakes” highlights a couple of issues which occur everyday on roads all over the world, people driving too fast and other misjudging whether it’s safe or not to exit a junction. It really is the most thought-provoking road safety ad that I’ve seen.

Drivers do make mistakes, all the time. It’s important that we drive at a speed that’s appropriate for the conditions before us and take allowance for other’s errors of judgement by observing properly and anticipating the likelihood of something, like that depicted in the video, happening in front of you.