At RED Driver Training, we know there are many reasons to brush up on your driving skills. Our driving instructors will give you the tailored advice and feedback you need to feel confident and drive safely.
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Looking for refresher driving lessons in your area? Book now with RED. Select our 6-hour refresher driving package under introductory offers, and enter your postcode to find availability in a time and location that works for you.
For more information on refresher driver training, read on! Or call our customer support team for help with your booking.
A refresher driving course is short and intensive, designed for licensed drivers of any experience level who want to improve or learn new driving skills. Lessons can either cover drivers’ specific problem areas or more general driving techniques. The goal is for every driver to feel confident in their knowledge and abilities, making driving safer for everyone.
The RED refresher course is a six hour package that can be taken in 2 hour stints to suit your schedule: in these sessions, one of our qualified instructors will help you to overcome whatever the driving obstacle you’re facing, providing you with an end-to-end service, diagnosing the problem and providing actionable solutions to cope moving forward.
Each individual has different comfort levels, driving habits and decision-making abilities, meaning how you feel behind the wheel varies from person to person. Below are some examples of how doing refresher driving lessons can improve your experience on the road.
Drivers of any level may experience anxiety when on the road. You might have a specific motoring fear, like driving on motorways, driving at night, or driving in bad weather conditions. Or, you might have a less specific cause of anxiety and just need a confidence boost.
Either way, it’s a supportive environment to get helpful tips to overcome their driving anxiety. In turn, you’ll be able to handle situations that used to be stressful with ease and return to the road confidently.
Getting back on the road after an accident can be extremely daunting, and refresher lessons can be especially useful in building up confidence to feel safe again on the roads. Refresher driving lessons provide a safe environment, showing drivers who have had scary experiences that they can feel confident behind the wheel again.
Many people have a specific area that needs improvement, like parallel parking, maintaining a consistent driving speed or navigating junctions. Some may feel generally rusty on all their skills if they haven’t driven for a while.
Refresher driving lessons can target improving specific skills or provide support to refine everyday driving techniques. Refresher driver training can also be a great opportunity for you to learn something new: even motoring skills that can reduce your fuel bills.
Just moved cities? Or does a new job role require you to drive in unfamiliar places? A driving refresher course can help to familiarise you with local speed limits, parking restrictions and use of signage, helping you to navigate new roads safely and legally.
These lessons are especially useful if you’ve moved from overseas, and are looking to gain an understanding of how driving in the UK is different from motoring abroad.
Have you driven in an automatic but want to switch back to manual? Or vice versa? Changing the gearbox is a big shift, and it can be dangerous if drivers aren’t comfortable with the pedal and gear arrangement. Whether you’re getting used to a clutch and extra gears or simplifying your drive with an automatic, refresher lessons are the perfect way to help you get used to whatever car you’re driving.
Or, if your driving licence only qualifies you to drive in an automatic car and you want to learn how to drive in a manual, have a look at our manual driving lessons.
If you’re frequently accumulating points for repeated traffic violations, you’ve probably got some bad driving habits that need resolving. A driving refresher course is the perfect way to get an assessment of the techniques that you need to improve and tackle them head on. Taking a refresher course is the best way to overcome problems that put you at risk of losing your licence.
A refresher driving lesson is not too dissimilar to a beginner driving lesson in terms of what can be covered, but this session will be tailored to your specific needs. Here are some things that could be covered, but this isn’t an exhaustive list, and your problem areas come first:
Whatever you want to address in your refresher lesson, whether it’s one of these areas, a combination, or something completely different, your RED driving instructor will provide you with the tools to navigate this hurdle and to feel confident on the road.
So you’ve decided to do a refresher driving lesson? Read on and find out why Red is the best option for getting back to driving as quickly and safely as possible.
Whatever the reason for wanting to brush up on your knowledge, RED caters the lesson to your needs, offering bespoke sessions that address your particular problem area. Unlike regular driving lessons, this tailored experience means that you’ll be able to focus on what’s most important to you in refining your driving skills.
Our RED refresher driving package is a focused, intensive course with 6 hours of training, divided into convenient 2-hour sessions to fit your schedule.This means you’ll be able to hone your skills in a very short amount of time and get back on the road quickly and safely.
We know that drivers taking refresher courses can be especially nervous, and therefore need to be matched with instructors who will be sensitive to their needs. Many of our RED driving instructors have been trained by us, so we know that you will receive high-quality service. This means that you’ll get empathetic, constructive advice on how to overcome the difficulties you’re facing. Likewise, as the largest driving school in the UK, we have the widest array of instructors for you to choose from. So, whether you need someone who speaks a different language, you’d feel more comfortable with a female instructor, or an instructor who specialises in manual or automatic driving, we are certain that you will be able to find a driving instructor suited to your needs.
At RED, we pride ourselves on the bespoke, premium service we offer: we’re extremely proud to have been voted as Intelligent Instructor's Driving School of the Year for two years running. We also ask for feedback from our learners to ensure they’re happy with our services, and better understand their experiences and needs. As a result, we’ve earned a 4.7/5 rating on Trustpilot from over 15,000 reviews.
You can book lessons online 24/7 through the RED website or by calling our customer support team. When choosing your package type, select the 6-hour refresher package under our introductory offers. You’ll then be matched with an available instructor in your area. Next, you’ll be guided to book your training in 2 hour sessions that suit your schedule.
Much like our regular lessons, you can book your refresher driving sessions at a time and location that works for you. So, if you’re looking for driving refresher lessons in London, input your London postcode in our booking form to find driving instructors in your area, or likewise any postcode that is convenient for you.
If you booked your original lessons through RED, you can also search for your instructor’s name in our booking system to see their availability.
So, you’ve completed the 6-hour training package with RED? What you do next is up to you and whether you feel confident behind the wheel:
Our refresher package is a 6-hour session, and we aim to give you the advice you need to build your skills in that time. However, if you still don’t feel fully confident, we recommend booking further sessions until you do feel ready to go on the road again: lacking confidence behind the wheel can be both dangerous for you and other drivers, so take as many lessons as you need.
We understand that not everyone in the UK’s first language is English, and that shouldn’t stop you from refreshing your driving skills. We also know that it’s especially important that our refresher courses can be taught in many languages, catering to those who have moved from overseas and want to learn the rules of the British roads. As one of the largest driving schools in the UK, we offer foreign language lessons in dozens of languages. If you’d like to book a lesson in a foreign language, use our contact details to call us and we’ll try our best to accommodate your requirements. Likewise, if you have any other instructor specifications that would make you more comfortable, like a female driving instructor, please let us know. As one of the largest driving schools in the UK, we offer all of our lessons in dozens of languages. Use our contact details and call us to book your refresher course in a foreign language.
If you drive as part of your job, the government advises workplaces to offer refresher driving courses to their employees: check your workplace policy to see if this is already available to you, and at what intervals. Or, if you want to refresh your skills, ask your employer if they can arrange it for you: they might cover some of the cost if they think it’s essential.
Learning to drive in a manual car is not for everyone – for many people, automatic driving lessons are a better option. RED is here to provide you with expert automatic driving instructors and get you on the road safely, comfortably, and quickly.
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