The LD System
The LD tuition system was based on many years experience of successfully getting people through the driving test and follows a highly structured course of driving lessons. Originally designed for intensive training, it was vital that no time in the car was wasted, so each lesson was given a very clear structure with specific targets or objectives to achieve. By targeting and focusing on specific skills development using LDC' unique "practice cycle" teaching method, learners progress far more rapidly.
To help speed up the learner's progress further, a video programme and workbook was later added to accompany the in-car training programme. The idea being that the learner would watch a video brief about the next driving lesson and complete a quiz in a workbook in the comfort of their home before attending each in-car lesson with their instructor. In this way the instructor would not need to give a lengthy verbal brief at the start of a new lesson and would only need to focus on any specific aspects of the video brief or workbook exercises that the learner wasn’t sure about. Because the learner was better prepared for each lesson and because less valuable practice time was wasted at the side of the road giving explanations on things the learner could have learnt from the video and workbook, the learner progressed even more quickly.
Hence, a combination of well planned structured training with clear targets, LDCs modern teaching methods (i.e. the practice cycle), innovative home study training materials and more actual practice time in the car on each lesson ensures learners are better trained and require far fewer lessons to pass the test – thus saving the learner money and stress from being thrown into the unknown as occurred on more traditional lessons.
Whilst this new approach proved very popular with the public, the majority of instructors whom LDC recruited at the time did not like the organised manner of the lessons, the ease with which learners could monitor their own progress or the reduction in driving lessons needed to pass the test. It soon became apparent that it was better to train new instructors from the beginning rather than try to convert existing instructors with their own established methods. Consequently LDC decided to heavily invest in the development of top quality instructor training, not unlike its training for learner drivers, to overcome this early set back.
Whilst getting people through the driving test in fewer lessons may at first seem a bad thing to do, in the longer term it is financially much more beneficial as it dramatically increases referrals and recommendations, and with a full book of pupils you can soon increase your lesson prices due to the quality and demand for your services. If, like us, you believe that quality counts and you would want to do the very best for your customers as a driving instructor, then LDC is undoubtedly the company for you.