Drive with Karl

16/04/2026

1st Time Pass for Becky 🚘🎉👏👏👏

So today it’s congratulations to Becky who has triumphed at her driving test (despite a little detour 🤣). What a great journey, from the onset, she has been committed and determined, ability never in doubt, making her believe was the hard part. Lesson on lesson progress was evident and the challenges kept increasing, RA were a fear but these soon became a strength. Always ready for her lessons, enthusiasm was obvious, and once that test was secured, we ramped it up. With hard work, self reflection, and a couple of mocks the confidence was there. Well done, this is thoroughly deserved and you’ve waited so long, it was great seeing that result today. Enjoy the freedom and hopefully it will make your life so much easier, I’m sure Hubby will be grateful. Enjoy, and remember you own this outcome, the hard yards have been yours, stay safe and see you around 🚘🎉👏👏👏👏

14/04/2026

1st Time Pass for Holly 🚘🎉👏
Massive congratulations to Holly who has today passed her driving test and with an impressive clean sheet. This has been a great journey witnessing your skills develop, and today you have got your reward. Throughout you have been clinical, coupled with the commitment and dedication we are here today. This is certainly a loyal family, as this is the 3rd sibling and additionally a cousin, so for that trust I am truly grateful. Thank you to mum and dad for the extra hours outside of lessons, it has certainly played a huge part in today. Well done Holly, today most definitely belongs to you, now go and enjoy the freedom of your little car. 🚘🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🚘

12/03/2026

1st Time pass for Ty 👏🚘🎉
Congratulations to Ty who has gained his driving license at first attempt. Throughout you have worked extremely hard, embraced guidance and reflected on your own performance, and today you got your just reward. Having witnessed the drive from the back seat, your commentary was excellent, and the examiner echoed this sentiment. Well done, enjoy the freedom this now brings you, and I hope it goes some way to supporting for your future career aspirations. Well done, it’s been a pleasure 👏🎉🚘

27/01/2026

1st time Pass for Iain 🚘🎉👏
Huge congratulations to Iain, who has today passed his driving test and impressively with a clean sheet. During the course of your lessons you have worked hard, fully engaged with discussions and worked extremely hard to improve your skill set, knowledge and understanding. Today you have gained the reward for your efforts, and I hope this now offers you the freedom for other things. Well done, it has been a pleasure working with and helping you. The accolades belong to you, well done and stay safe 🚘🎉👏

08/01/2026

1st Time Pass for Jack and an impressive clean sheet 🚘🎉👏👏👏
So Jack fires us into 2026 with a lovely pass at 1st go, and with a clean sheet, the comment from the examiner that was an exemplary drive. Jack came to me back in Oct, part trained, so the journey has been relatively short, however, throughout this time, you have grown tremendously and acted upon the discussions we were undertaking, and this has proven evident in your skills throughout. Over the weeks you have worked hard, practised and aimed for top tier in all aspects, this you demonstrated today. Well done buddy, it has been a pleasure, you deserve and own this outcome, and I now look forward to seeing you around. I shall miss our weekly meet, but onwards and upwards. Good luck with your future career and stay safe 🚘🎉👏👏👏👏👏⚓️

23/12/2025

Well as that’s a wrap to 2025, I would like to say thank you and wish a very Merry Xmas to all my students past, present and future. Again another great year and very much look forward to 2026. Best wishes to all, enjoy and stay safe 🎄🍾🥂🎉

01/12/2025

It’s a 1st time pass for Logan 🚘🎉👏
Today it’s congratulations to Logan who now has a full driving licence. Throughout your journey you have been great, challenging your thoughts and striving to get better and better. What has been nice to see, is the high standards you clearly place upon yourself and wanting to achieve perfection at every level. I have enjoyed my time with you and will miss our weekly catch up. Good luck with your future career aspirations, you will make a fantastic young Sir ⚓️. Well done, you really deserve this and stay safe. Have a great Xmas 🎄🚘🎉👏👏👏👏

19/11/2025

Changes ahead 🚘

We’re making some subtle but meaningful changes to the practical driving test. 🚗

You may have seen that we have been trialling changes to the driving test at 20 driving test centres.

As part of the trial, learners drove on routes containing more high-speed, rural roads during their driving test, where location allowed. Now, we are rolling out the changes to all driving test centres in Great Britain from 24 November 2025.

As well as increasing the amount of time spent on higher-speed roads, we are:

✅ reducing the number of stops during the test from 4 to 3
✅ lowering the frequency of emergency stop exercises from 1 in 3 tests to 1 in 7
✅ adding flexibility to the independent driving segment, allowing it to run for the full duration of the test

These changes are designed to help improve road safety by better replicating the conditions motorists face in the real world. They won’t affect the skills needed to take a driving test.

Find out more about the changes 👉 https://ow.ly/vMIL50Xu1bT

14/11/2025

It’s a 1st time pass for Lucy 🚘👏🎉
Today is a happy Friday for Lucy and no more buses 🚌 to work as she has passed her driving test and at 1st go. This has been a great few months, and seeing your skills develop and the hurdles you have overcome has been extremely rewarding. Over the last few lessons you have worked extremely hard to fine tune those aspects you still felt required work, and for that today, you got your reward. The drive you delivered attracted very complimentary feedback from the examiner, and for me a pleasure to observe. Well done Lucy, you deserve and own this outcome today. Good luck with your future aspirations and look forward to seeing you around. Well done 🚘🚘🚘🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏

07/11/2025

It’s a clean sheet for Danny 🚘🎉👏👏👏👏👏
So today it’s many congratulations to Danny who has just passed his test and with an impressive clean sheet. Danny came to me not as a beginner, but with experience from many years ago where a test had also been unsuccessful. It is fair to say that from the onset he had some very good knowledge and underpinning skills, so our strategy here had to be bridge any gaps and regain the confidence. As the weeks passed, Danny soon became capable and a test was secured, and here we are today. This has been a great time with Danny and from a personal point of view a special one, both his Dad and older Brother are both ex shipmates of mine ⚓️🥃. Danny well done, it has been an absolute pleasure, you own and deserve this outcome today, and I hope it goes some way to making your life easier, I am certain it will. I look forward to a beer🍺 with you in due course. Stay safe my friend and well done 🚘🚘🚘🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏⚓️

29/10/2025

It’s a 1st time pass for Sophia 🚘👏👏👏👏🎉
Congratulations to Sophia who despite the wet weather has passed her driving test at first go. It’s been a bit of a journey, but with perseverance and determination this proves you can get there. Over the last few lessons on the ramp up to test, you have worked really hard, this is endorsed by today’s outcome. Nice feedback from the examiner who was particularly impressed by your commentary. I can echo this as I was sat in the back and witnessed the drive. Well, not sure what I’ll do on a Monday now 🤣, well done and thoroughly deserved. Stay safe and look forward to seeing you around. 🚘🎉👏👏👏👏👏🎉🚘