Getting started

The 1st thing you will need is a Provisional Licence, apply online click here.

The essentials

This guide is all you need to know to start learning. Three months before your 17th birthday you can apply for your provisional license – or as soon as you’re 16, if you’re disabled and receiving mobility allowance. Then once you’re 17, you can legally drive a car on public roads in the UK. It’s ok to start practising on private land, as long as the site is gated and far away from public highways. But remember, supermarket car parks are classed as public roads, so don’t use these.

Check your eyesight requirements click here, this is part of your driving test

Before you start learning, make sure you can read a number plate in good daylight from 20.5 metres away – that’s about five car lengths. For the new-style number plates (that were introduced on September 2001), the distance is 20 metres. If you wear glasses or contacts, that’s fine. Just make sure you always wear them when driving.

Now Contact Kev Townsend School of Motoring and book your 1st lesson.

Get your ‘L’ plates

When you’re learning, you’ll need to put ‘L’ plates on the front and back of your car – somewhere they can be seen easily. And you’re only allowed to drive with someone who’s passed their test, is over 21 and has been driving for three years or more.

Your ‘L’ plates also have to meet legal specification. Whenever the car is driven by someone who’s passed, the plates need to come off or be covered up.

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