Elinor Shields

I have had two instructors over the past year, Kate and Tony. Kate taught me how to drive and I was with her up until my second test failure. I went with Tony as he is my dad (which luckily meant free lessons!). Both were great instructors, patient and understanding. Kate taught me everything I needed to drive a car and gave me the confidence after I failed the first time around. She was very patient, friendly and pushed me to be better and to get over my fears. Tony, my dad, gave me that extra confidence to fine tune everything I already knew. He separated the fact that I was his daughter and treated me the same as any of his students. He taught me how to manage road users, read situations and how to do a 'proper' emergence stop! I was very pleased with the LDC system.

It's great for when you are starting out as there isn't a linear structure you have to follow, which meant I was learning things faster than my peers. I didn't use the workbook that much but that was purely for the sake of not having to carry around with me. Everything is online anyway which was much easier. I combined the online theory test material with an app I downloaded which meant I passed first time around. Overall, I'm very glad I went with LDC. I've passed my test with just over year of starting driving lessons and the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with driving as a road user now. I think with other companies it can be quite a shock when students pass as they haven't had the experience as I have had. A big, fat 'THANK YOU'!