Driving Lessons In Hyde Tameside And Stockport

Stuart Davies Driving School

3 weeks ago

UPDATE TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2020 2pm

I hope you’re all safe and well and continuing to follow the government guidelines.

To update you all on where we are at on this current COVID-19 situation, I originally planned that closing the driving school would have been for a shorter period of time than it has been but we have had to wait for more guidance 😷

Going by the information the government has provided today, we are expecting the opening up of the country from 'hibernation' to continue to affect many people including driving instructors like me. 😢

Due to continuing measures(even though they are gradually being eased) , social distancing and for safety, we still need to continue with the suspension of all driving lessons until I hear further information from the DVSA and government that will allow me to resume.

However your safety and well-being still continues to be my top priority in this whole situation. ⚠️

Once more information is given regarding driving lessons and restarting teaching, I will update you all again hopefully to arrange to get everyone booked back in again as soon as possible.

Most importantly to you and your families, please please. please continue to stay safe and well, I hope to see you all very soon. 😀 ...

Stuart Davies Driving School

4 weeks ago

Update from the DVSA its a very long mail but these are the key areas

Driving instruction and driving tests
Other than emergency training and tests for critical workers, driving instruction and driving tests have not yet been able to restart because the risk of transmission of the virus in vehicles is higher.
In his statement on 10 June, the Prime Minister reiterated that the government will remain cautious and measure the effect of the changes it makes. The Prime Minister explained this means moving slower than we’d have liked in some areas.
Driving instruction and tests will only restart when the government is confident that the assessment of risk warrants it, subject to the 5 tests and further detailed scientific advice.
In the meantime, I want to re-emphasise that you should continue to limit driving lessons to critical workers who are preparing for an emergency driving test.
Once again, I would like to thank those of you who have been able to offer driving lessons to critical workers during these unprecedented times.
We will, of course, share more information with you as soon as it’s available – including the dates that driving instruction and driving tests can restart.
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Planning driving test schedules

When we suspended driving tests, we rescheduled all your pupils’ driving tests to a named date and time.

But we now have 3 issues to think about:

• rescheduled dates might not be suitable for you and your pupils, as situations may have changed

• not all driving examiners will be available

• social distancing measures might limit the number of
tests we can carry out

This means we need to think about the best way to make sure your pupils can take their test at a convenient time, in a way that’s fair to everyone.

The fairest way we can do this is to put all the rescheduled tests ‘on hold’.

This means the test will no longer go ahead on the originally rescheduled date.

We will then ask people in the backlog to go online and choose their preferred date and time. We’ll invite them to do this in batches, based on when their test should have originally taken place.

We will contact you before we start this process, so you can make your pupils aware of what’s happening. We will also contact them directly with more information.

We are also planning how we can continue to help critical workers to get a test as a priority throughout this process.

They have further said that the test centers will need to be prepared before they can reopen and they will need to asses which examiners are able to work.

The key point is that if your test was rescheduled it going to have to be moved again.

We are still only able to teach key workers

Hopefully this situation will change as you can imagine this is hugely frustration for us all

I look forward to seeing you the moment we can start back

Stay Safe

Thanks

Stuart ...

Stuart Davies Driving School

2 months ago

Reading the full print of the new guidelines as well as the social distancing this section is of concern

1.8 Can I share a private vehicle with someone from another household?
No. You can only travel in a private vehicle alone, or with members of your household.

Hopefully some of the national association's who represent driving instructors will have more detailed information soon ...