Driving Courses
Vroom School of Motoring provides excellent professional tuition and supports its pupils with course notes, which
covers all the aspects of driving. It also provides a weekly text messaging service to pupils mobile phones, with
driving tips which includes topics such as “Moving away, Stopping, Roundabouts, Overtaking” etc. Pupils are finding these driving tips invaluable when preparing to take their driving test.
Vroom School of Motoring also prepares learner permit holders and full licence holders for the “Ignition Test” this is a scheme put in place by Hibernian Insurance Co. to offer competitive insurance to pupils.
Vroom School of Motoring provides a Driver Education Programme for secondary schools, 4th year students and transition year pupils participate in the programme and covers topics, which includes:
- The Driver and the Law
- Introduction to the Motorcar
- Getting on the Road
- Traffic Signs
- Personal Responsibility behind the Wheel
- Cockpit Drill
- Controls Lesson.
Driving Tips
Here's a little friendly advice for new drivers from Vroom School of Motoring.
Don't order mega-size drinks at the drive-through. They tip over in the drink holders when you turn or stop, and if you hold the drink between your legs for stability, then you can't operate the floor pedals.
Don't try to eat a sandwich or burger while you're driving. The mayonnaise-covered tomatoes will fall into your lap and you'll have to make a snap decision between swerving to the curb (bad) or leaving the grease stain on your jeans (bad).
Don't make or receive calls on your mobile phone while you are driving. It's bad karma, everyone else on the road will be irritated with you, and you won't realize you're going too slow and swerving all over the place until you cause an accident. Same goes for applying makeup while driving: just don't!
Don't under any circumstances send a text message when you're at the wheel. The Gardai won't be sympathetic when you explain that you absolutely, positively could not wait until you pulled off the road to text "c u soon" to your best friend, so instead you rear-ended someone while your eyes and thumbs were busy on the keypad.
Don't be lame and give in to peer pressure. If some nimrod in the back seat says, "How fast can this thing go?" ignore them? they're not the one who will get busted or cause an accident. Someone in the car has to be the grown-up: you.
Do wear your seatbelt every time you get into a car, even for a short ride. Something as common as stopping suddenly to avoid a cat darting across the street can cause your face to meet your steering wheel. The results won't be pretty.
Do be vigilant for other drivers who are not as with-it as you are, and keep your distance. You never know when they will decide to enter your space (since they won't bother to signal), and the element of surprise isn't as fun on the road as it is at a birthday party.
Do obey speed limits so that you will have time to react should an unexpected obstacle (a pedestrian, another car, an animal) appear. Besides, no one will believe you got that huge dent going "only 10 miles an hour."
Do listen to your stereo at a low enough volume that you can hear emergency sirens. Those emergency service vehicles (Fire, Gardai, Ambulance) are a lot bigger than you, so you'll want to know if one is approaching before it runs you over.
Do take it easy, pay attention, and take the rules of the road seriously. In a few years when you can honestly say you've never had any penalty points on your license or an accident, people will respect you and it will be an enormous point of pride.
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