Sally Meakin Driver Trainer

20/08/2026

Congratulations to Harris Sawle from East Grinstead on passing your Driving Test on the First Attempt this morning in Crawley 🎉🎉
Great work on passing first time, it’s been quite the week for you after your fantastic A level results and now this! Wonderful 😎😊🎉
Well done and best of luck on the roads and at University… stay safe 🚗🛞🚦

07/08/2026

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With harvest season under way, you're more likely to come across tractors and other slow-moving farm vehicles on rural roads. 🌳

A few things worth remembering: tractors can be wider than they look, drivers may have limited visibility and these vehicles need more time and space to manoeuvre. 🚜

Only overtake when you can see the road ahead is clear, never on a bend or the brow of a hill, be prepared to slow down and wait if there's nowhere safe to pass. ✅

The Highway Code sets out guidance on driving near road users that require extra care (rules 204 to 225), including farm vehicles. It's worth a refresher before your next rural journey. 👉 https://ow.ly/cG5t50ZvN9E

31/07/2026

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Learning to drive? Make sure you know how to navigate rural roads. 🌳🚗

Last year we made some minor changes to the driving test to make it more reflective of the everyday conditions motorists face.

This means you may spend more time on higher speed, higher risk roads — such as rural roads — while on your driving test, where location allows.

If you're a learner, make sure you practise driving on a variety of roads, not just town centres and dual carriageways. If you're supervising a learner, it's worth brushing up on your knowledge and skills too.

These roads present real challenges that need to be learned, not just guessed at. ✅

The Highway Code is a good place to start: https://ow.ly/7W9P50ZuC68

23/07/2026

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Rural roads demand respect. 🌳

The scenery is beautiful and driving through the countryside is wonderful, but country lanes can catch drivers out.

Narrow carriageways, blind bends, no pavements, working farm vehicles, cyclists, horses with nowhere to pull in – they need a different kind of attention to a dual carriageway or a town centre.

A few things worth remembering:

✔️ Slow down. Speed limits are a maximum, not a target. On a narrow lane with a tractor around the next bend, that really matters.

✔️ Give way to large vehicles. Tractors, combine harvesters, livestock lorries – they're working. Be patient, leave plenty of space and never try to squeeze past if it isn't safe.

✔️ Watch for pedestrians, horses and cyclists. On rural roads there's often no pavement and no cycle lane. Always slow down and be prepared to stop if necessary.

✔️ Respect the signs. Fords, steep gradients, hairpin bends – the signage exists because the hazard is real. If you're not sure what a sign means, check the Highway Code.

Need to brush up on your knowledge? The Highway Code has everything you need for safe rural driving: https://ow.ly/aiF950ZpXIl

23/07/2026

Now Ellie Parks from Edenbridge has told her mum she passed her Driving Test yesterday we can celebrate it! 😂🎉🥳

Another Well Done on a fantastic drive and a well deserved pass in sunny Sevenoaks yesterday morning! 🚗🤩
Good work on reaching this milestone and I look forward to seeing you now you have your freedom on the roads. 😎😊 Stay safe 🚗🎉 xx

22/07/2026

Popped over to Tunbridge Wells for a change this morning and watched Hector Hannay pass his Driving Test on the First Time Attempt 🥳🙌🎉

Despite all the road closures and diversions you pulled off an excellent results and some great comments from the examiner 🚗🚦🎉⛔️

Really proud of your achievement and your determination and focus to get to this point! For sure I’ll miss our lessons but I couldn’t be happier that we are here 😊 I’ll keep an eye out for the new Jannik Sinner doppelgänger on the roads 😂🥳🙌🎉🎾🚗

09/07/2026

Find out about the 27 skills you need to learn become a safe driver and pass your driving test, and how long it takes to learn.

02/07/2026

Just look at that smile 😊
It’s been quite the journey to get to this point today for Jade Sedgwick ❤️
We started out together a while back and I’ve loved watching you grow, overcome so much and become such a fantastic driver. So proud of you! 🩷☀️🥳🤩
Witnessing you pass your Driving Test in Sevenoaks today was just the most perfect ending 🤩 First time too! ⭐️
I’ll really miss seeing you and your lovely Nan. Well done Jade 🫶🏻 ❤️🚗 ###x

17/06/2026

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Are you familiar with the new rules for car driving test bookings? 🤔

📅 Test changes are now limited to 2 per booking.

🔄️ Only learners can book, change or cancel their own test.

📍 Test moves are limited to one of the 3 nearest centres.

By introducing these new rules, we’re aiming to reduce the reselling of tests, create a level playing field for all learner drivers and give them more control over their learning to drive journey. 💪

Find out more about the changes: https://ow.ly/eC2x50Z9qmC

09/06/2026

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Changes to driving test booking happening today. ⚠️

From today (9 June), if you move your driving test, you can only move it to one of the 3 nearest test centres to where it's currently booked.

This is the remaining change we committed to make by the end of Spring 2026:

📅 31 March — test changes limited to 2 per booking

🔒 12 May — only learners can book, change or cancel their own test

📍 9 June — test moves limited to 3 nearest centres

Since 12 May, we've suspended 3605 accounts for breaking the rules and reported apps to app stores for removal. We're not stopping there.

Find out what today's change means for your booking 👇 https://ow.ly/JRQr50Z9eCk