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Louise Ryley-Borrett LRB Driving School
Hi, I'm Louise, owner of LRB Driving School.
My training car has an Automatic gearbox. I offer a client-centred approach to support learning in a style that suits you. My aim is to make passing your driving test both manageable and rewarding, this then resulting in you being a safer driver for life.
I'm focused on my continued professional development and committed to making learning available for all, including students who may feel anxious, looking to upskill, or getting back to driving after a break from the driving seat. With prior qualifications and training in SEND, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities. I have both skills to support students with their unique learning preferences and patience to support them to discover how they may learn best. We want your learner driver experience to be a smooth ride!!
Let's face it.......this is YOUR learning journey.
Advanced training
One of the first things I noticed when I started teaching, was the huge range of learning styles that people have. This is so unique and complex to each individual, that not one rule will fit all.
This concept, along with an inner drive to learn, intrigued me to keep working at developing my techniques of supporting and training my pupils to be safer drivers for life.
I feel that continued professional development, (CPD) is important if you want to maintain a diverse approach to your coaching skills and adapt to the styles that individuals may learn best.
Contact us with questions or to learn more!
Advanced Qualifications
Continued professional development
Autism Awareness Diploma
Completed 17th February 2019
SEND Diploma
levels 2, 3 & 4
Completed 9th October 2019
Level 3 Child Psychology Diploma
Completed 17th July 2021
Advanced Qualifications
Continued Professional Development
NCFE CACHE Level 2 in
Understanding behaviour that challenges
Completed 15th April 2020
NCFE CACHE Level 3 in Childcare & Education
Completed 9th January 2019
Advanced Autism Awareness Diploma
Completed 3rd January 2024
Advanced Qualifications
Continued professional development
Life Coaching Diploma
ADHD Awareness Diploma
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Driving Lessons
Before starting any driving lessons, you must hold a valid UK provisional driving licence. Full licence holders wishing to upskill, tackle anxieties, or maybe just fill some gaps in their knowledge by adopting additional driving techniques are all welcome.
Manual or automatic?.....So what's best?
Answer...... both, it depends on what you want to get out of your driving experience. What do you know...?
Here's what I found out....
When you drive, for your car’s engine to work efficiently it needs to change gears to accommodate your speed. As you drive faster, you move into a higher gear. This is true of both manual and automatic cars.
The main difference between an automatic car and a manual car is that a manual has three pedals – the brake, the accelerator, and the clutch. The driver presses the clutch while manually changing gears using the gearbox. Automatic cars have two pedals - the brake and the accelerator. Automatic cars change gears too, but they do it, (you guessed it!) automatically.
Most vehicles driven in the UK are manual. One advantage mentioned, of driving a manual car is that you have more control over the vehicle. For example, when driving up or down steep hills, you can choose to change down a gear to maintain a lower speed to better control the car’s speed. So, what do you do in automatic cars? answer... the same thing.
When travelling downhill, shift your automatic transmission into a lower gear using the gearshift. Typically, you will have the choice of ‘D’,’3′,’2′ and ‘1’ or something similar.
By shifting into one of the numbered gears (i.e. from ‘D’ down to ‘3’), the car will stay in a higher gear without downshifting. This will rev the engine higher, and it will slow the car down as you descend the hill.
It is perfectly okay to do this to your engine and transmission, although if you've never done it before you would swear it couldn’t be good for your car. If you ‘ride’ your brakes down the hill, like most drivers do, you will most likely overheat them. This will make them lose their effective braking power and can result in your brakes “vibrating” or “shuddering”.
Be smart – use engine braking.
Typically, automatic transmissions can handle uphill driving better than manual transmission. They automatically sense a drop in acceleration and change gears to a higher RPM (Rotations Per Minute).
Kick-down is used when maximum acceleration is needed, such as for overtaking. When the accelerator pedal is pressed all the way to the floor (beyond the position normally regarded as full acceleration) a lower gear is immediately engaged. This is known as kick-down.
Automatics are rising dramatically in popularity, according to Phill Tromans, freelance motoring journalist. “Most volume cars and smaller cars are still manual, but larger and luxury cars are increasingly automatic focused.
In the past, manual cars often enjoyed better fuel efficiency, control, and performance. Today, updates to automatic cars have helped them meet and sometimes even surpass manual cars in these categories.
In 2030 the ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars will see petrol and diesel vehicles phased out and replaced by electric models that do not require a clutch...
YEAR DEVELOPMENT
2027 The last person to learn how to drive in a manual car is born
2029 The last new manual cars are sold
Benefits of Driving Automatic
So, what are some of the benefits?
• Driving automatic cars is simpler to do, especially in heavy traffic.
• Automatic cars also require less maintenance than manual cars, so you won’t need to take it into the garage as often.
• Since the transmission does the work of shifting gears for the driver, there’s no need to worry about changing gears
• Automatic gearboxes provide a much smoother ride than manual ones, as they offer seamless transitions between gears. This results in a far more pleasant driving experience, without any hesitating.
• If you’re frequently stopping and then having to start again and again in traffic, it can be a hassle to constantly use the clutch. Since this is not needed in an automatic car, you can focus more on getting through junctions and busy roads safely.