Winter driving and Learners
WINTER DRIVING
Don't know about you but I HATE ice, snow, fog, rain, well winter in general! The only ice I do like is in my drinks and oh yes ice cream!!! But when it gets to that time of year things don't always go according to plan. Lessons may be cancelled or shortened due to the weather.
When it comes to the day of your lesson and it is bad weather, I will text you early morning as to whether you're lesson will go ahead or not. If you cancel because you don't want to drive it in, you WILL be charged. I may give you the option of whether you want to go out or not - this, if you cancel, you will not be charged for.
Sometimes the day can start bad but it clears by the time of your lesson - however, rather than keep you in a state of limbo and mess you around - it's off, it's on, it's off again, it's on again - for your benefit and mine, I will make an executive decision on that morning. If it is cancelled then you are free for that time and you can make other plans and that is why even if it has cleared by the time of your lesson, it won't be back on! So do not be annoyed and think 'I could've had my lesson'.
Some students may a have a lesson, others may not - I have to take into account where you're at with your driving, your confidence on DRY roads (or lack of it), your own capabilities and abilities, how bad the weather is and the time of day of your lesson (first thing - roads won't have cleared yet, in the dark - sun goes down and the temperature can drop below freezing). You may see myself or other learners out in the bad weather but they may have a test coming up and can not afford to miss any lessons or they just maybe more of an experienced learner than yourself. We also have to remember that we encounter loads of idiots on the roads in good weather - they are ten times worse in bad weather! So I will contact you the morning of your lesson, no earlier, as I can not say what it will be doing tomorrow, and say if your lesson is on or not.
The weather changes very rapidly at this time of year - the other day it was foggy on the morning, bright sunshine at lunchtime but then foggy again mid afternoon! Sometimes a lesson may get cut short if there is a drastic weather change or the temperature drops below zero whilst out. If the temperature goes into a minus we are now into freezing and there's the risk of black ice. Freezing fog is one of the worse kinds of bad weather to drive in!
Also the weather can change in areas - I may have nothing where I live but you may have a couple of inches of snow and vice versa! On that foggy day I spoke about above - Eaglescliffe had bright sunshine yet Thornaby was heavy fog! So I may text you to see what it is like around you!
Generally I only do hour lessons in bad weather, if going ahead, as although the main roads are usually clear, it is the side roads where we do manoeuvres and they are usually not gritted so cannot do them properly, also no one in their right mind would just drive round for the sake of it!
However, it is a good opportunity to drive in it whilst I'm sat next to you rather than having never driven in it and then you pass your test and freak out at the first sign of snow!
So please bear with me, I cannot control the weather, I will contact you as and when!
Thanks!
